Golf Seamus celebrates 50 years since Shepard’s 6-iron on the moon with a special collection

The latest limited edition collection from Seamus Golf is a compliment to the 50s^th anniversary of one of the most famous golf shots in the game’s history: the 6 irons hit by astronaut Alan Shepard on the moon, sending a golf ball flying “miles and miles” for more than 30 seconds before it came back to the surface of the moon.

The Portland-based Oregon manufacturer of handmade and hand-made golf facilities is no stranger to special collections, having run limited heads for the Masters Championship based on plants and trees from the National Golf Club Augusta, and for golfers who have participated. in the charity Hundred Hole Hike, among a wide range of examples.

The latest release is inspired by the 1971 Apollo 14 mission in which Shepard, the mission leader, handed golf over the borders of the land. On the last day of the mission, Feb. 6, Shepard used a modified club – a Wilson Staff Dyna-Power 6 iron head attached to a retractable leg to collect moon rock and soil samples – to bring the two balls he took with him. turn to it. Shepard had obtained prior permission from NASA and, prior to the trip, worked in a bunker in Houston while wearing his space suit worth more than 200 pounds. Although he did not communicate firmly on his one-handed exchanges on the moon in the big suit, Shepard’s last sight sailed easily through the moon’s weight, which is one-sixth of the earth.

Today, the club is on display at the USGA Golf Museum and Seamus celebrates his 50th^th the anniversary of the bullet that was heard back on the ground with a limited-edition driver, fairway, hybrid and putter headcovers, and a limited run of 11 golf bags at a price of $ 695 apiece that weighs 1.4 pounds and are designed to resembling the weight suit Shepard wore on a famous spaceship.

For $ 895, Seamus also sells a limited range of 14 Golf on the Moon Kits that includes the golf bag, reflective gold hood, bronze spot pen, black moon sign, custom made golf towel especially with a titanium carabiner, and a head-memory. All the products in the collection feature popular technical clothing in the elite backpacking space that is 15 times stronger than steel at the same weight, 30% lighter than nylon and polyester, and also waterproof -protected for good measure.

“The moment that golf is played on the moon represents what we consider to be Far & Sure time, our inspiration and the kind of moment we think of when we think about it. what moment will most affect the game, ”said founder Seamus Akbar Chisti. “By thinking of playing on the moon our creative minds are spinning and we thought the idea of ​​bringing the materials used in packaging to the climbing like K2 is relevant here. ”

Materials from Seamus’ Golf on the Moon Collection are available in limited numbers starting today. And Seamus is not the only golf company in Portland to have applied for action for the 50’s^th anniversary of the “launch of the Shepard moon.”

Nike Golf, with which Seamus has collaborated several times, this week unveiled a limited edition version of the Air Max 90 golf shoe with another theme. The line, priced at $ 150, was quickly sold out after initially being made available only to members of the Nike community.

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