Some 70 years after the "Tommy Armour Silver Scots" name first appeared in the United States as a premium golf club brand, the Tommy Armour Golf Co. is introducing the latest versions of the brand with its new Silver Scot forged cavity backs and tour blades.
"It's safe to say most of today's players grew up and are comfortable with more contemporary game-improvement shapes in irons," said Armour Vice President/General Manager Kirk Peglow.
"Our goal with the new Silver Scot forgings was to get as close in performance to game-improvement clubs as we could while delivering the feel, feedback, appearance and workability that players like in more traditional clubs," he added. "We think these products finally bridge that gap with a non-traditional approach to traditional irons."
The Silver Scot cavity backs, Peglow said, feature low muscleback mass below the equator of the ball and perimeter weighting to make these new forged irons higher flying, easy to play and highly forgiving -- much like sole-weighted irons.
The new Silver Scot tour blades, Peglow said, also feature unusually long and low muscleback mass below the equator of the ball, rather than behind the ball as traditional musclebacks do. Peglow said this allows for better lift, high trajectories and outstanding ease of play.
To round out the Silver Scot sets, Armour has produced sole-weighted forged wedges in gap wedge (52 degrees), sand iron (56) and lob wedge (60). Each comes with a Rifle wedge flex shaft and matching Armour staff grips.
Suggested retail price for a set of eight (3-PW) is $839.99.
A constant CG (center of gravity) in both blades and cavity backs provides players with the opportunity to purchase a mixed set configuration through Armour's Custom Shop. Peglow said the irons also feature round profile (game-improvement shaped) top lines, unlike traditional irons that have straight profile top lines through the 7-iron and round top lines in shorter irons.
"Not only are these Silver Scots highly playable and helpful in achieving higher, longer ball flights, we have incorporated more intangible stylistic touches into these clubs not found on many other traditional products these days -- things like double knurls, color and fancy ferrules," Peglow said. "We believe these clubs will have lots of shelf appeal as well as bag appeal when golfers take them to the course. The average player can once again play a set that looks like golf clubs should."
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