14-year-old hybrid in play at Q-School

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Australian Steve Allan finished first at the PGA Tour Q-School 12 years ago. He’s back at the Q-School Finals this year at PGA West in La Quinta. Calif., armed with a club that predates his Q-School win — a TaylorMade Firesole “Rescue” Hybrid with a “Bubble” shaft that was introduced in 1999.

Take a look at the almost 15-year-old technology Allan brought with him to the PGA Tour Q-School Finals this week at PGA West in La Quinta, Calif., as well as the photos below of what a Firesole Rescue looks like when it still has its paint and its stampings intact.

Click here to see more photos from Q-School, and Click here for more discussion in the “Tour/pre-release equipment” forum.

Click here to see more photos from Q-School, and Click here for more discussion in the “Tour/pre-release equipment” forum.

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13 Comments

1. 

   John

   November 27, 2012 at 10:36 am

   Says a lot about my addiction of buying into new equipment frenzy…My wife is absolutely right, I’m an idiot.

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2. 

   CA

   November 27, 2012 at 12:22 pm

   +100000000000

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3. 

   Rus

   November 27, 2012 at 2:24 pm

   It looks like he lost the H/C in 2000… Put an old sock or somethin on it!

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4. 

   Rick

   November 27, 2012 at 4:46 pm

   What about the recent rule on the grooves shape?

   Is this “Rescue” still conforming?

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5. 

   Jake03331

   November 27, 2012 at 4:51 pm

   @Rick, the grooves back in 1999 were not of the same design as more recent years and those no banned under the “conforming groove” debate. Most irons still rocked V grooves, so this club would be good to go.

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6. 

   Mike D.

   November 27, 2012 at 5:43 pm

   The groove rule doesn’t apply to clubs with less than 24 degrees of loft.

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7. 

   Greg M.

   November 27, 2012 at 6:19 pm

   maybe this hybrid is to Steve as the 7 iron is to Tin Cup! …old reliable

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8. 

   Omar R.

   November 27, 2012 at 10:04 pm

   needs to go to continental golf

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9. 

   Dalton

   November 28, 2012 at 11:46 am

   I wish today’s hybrid’s were all as small profile as this original. I’ve still got one of these in my attic. May be time to break it back out!

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10. 

    northhighlandway12

    November 28, 2012 at 1:11 pm

    Someone correct me if I’m wrong, but, weren’t the majority of clubs, way back in the birth days of golf,
    wooden shaped heads with lofts that resembled todays 7-irons, 6,5, etc. Why are people calling hybrids, new technology?

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11. 

    3putt18

    November 28, 2012 at 5:59 pm

    I had 2 of these clubs. I sold them both last year. They were/ are great clubs.

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12. 

    Tom McCarthy

    November 29, 2012 at 12:10 am

    Still playing my Taylormade Rescue club I bought on an American Express points promotion about 12 years ago. What a great club!

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13. 

    grexa

    November 29, 2012 at 12:20 pm

    It shows the confidence in the equipment a player is comfortable with. It also shows how it’s the indian, not always the arrow.

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