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Think You Know Your Golf History? Prove It!

Posted on 22 January 2008 by Jeff Summitt

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The thing to understand is, in golf, if you think someone was first with that idea, someone probably beat them to it. One thing you will start to hear more of in the immediate future will be adjustable clubs where the shafts can be threaded into a head. Well, guess what? Screw-in shafts were done as far back as the 1900’s if you ask. That may give you a little hint to some of the following questions.

1. What decade was the first cavity back iron introduced?
 
a. 1930’s

b. 1950’s

c. 1960’s

d. 1970’s
   
2. What decade was the first metal wood introduced?
  a.1860’s

b.1890’s

c.1940’s

d.1970’s
   
3. What decade did the first slip-on rubber grip introduced into the market?
  a.1930’s

b.1940’s

c.1950’s

d.1960’s
   
4. What decade was steel first introduced into a golf shaft?
  a.1810’s

b.1880’s

c.1890’s

d.1910’s
   
5. What decade was the first composite shaft introduced?
  a.1940’s

b.1950’s

c.1960’s

d.1970’s
   
6. What decade was the first patented golf club?
  a.1810’s

b.1840’s

c.1870’s

d.1910’s
   
7. What year was the first titanium head introduced?
  a.1987

b.1990

c.1993

d.1995
   
8. What decade did the first adjustable weighted metal wood appear to counter hooking or slicing the ball?
  a.1860’s

b.1900’s

c.1930’s

d.2000’s
   
 
   

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