Anyone else still using Titleist 962b irons?

[Booker]

I use them in the winter months to hit balls in the garage. Great looking iron, they don't feel as good as my 680s, but still a very gameable iron. They're much smaller from Heel to toe than most mbs. I have 2-pw, got them heads only from mikes golf outlet a few years ago for under $100. I can take a few pics tonight of them, the triple grind sole is a winner.

Do the 962b's have the same shaft as your 680's? Not doubting your statement on 962b vs 680 on feel, but shafts can make a difference on feel, I believe. The 680's are a set of clubs I would like to have some day, I've had the 681[liked], 690mb[liked], and 670[didn't care for].

 

Yeah both have dg t.i. x100s, IMO the 962b feel similar to my r9 B stamp irons.

[pcedens]

As title states, anyone else still using these irons? Just got another set of unused heads for shaft experiment, low offset,more traditional lofts, great sole grind, smaller head size, conforming grooves and practically indestructible in same fashion as older Pings. I am curious if others appreciate the irons or if I am one of few remaining.

Love them!!

[Dan Drake]

So I figured I would necro a 962 thread after Mr. Wunder's interview articles about the B's being his favorite iron of all time: My favorite irons of all time: Titleist 962BAlso, I'd love to hear some recommendations of wedges to complete the bag if you play the B's. I'm thinking that some Scratch wedges would work really well with their smaller heads, but what say you?!?

[jplroper]

Thanks Dan, now you have me looking at ebay for another set of 962's.

[Old Tom Morris]

Seemed as if the 990 irons were much more popular at the time these models came out? The 990s never seemed very playable to me.

[BirdieBob]

Oh yeah....had a set from 1998 until about 2005. Smaller compact head and looked, felt great.

Stainless steel cast head with small cavity...Excellent!

[Nard_S]

Been sitting on a loose heads for about a decade and finally getting around to shafting them up. They have a perfect weight head to head, the tapered bore is money. Classy looking club that are getting DG S400 TI. Pretty stoked to build them.

[Dan Drake]

Don't blame me, blame ya boy @johnny_wunder!

Seriously though, I have the 6-P of the B's and 4 & 5 of the regular 962's. I'm debating grabbing a B head for the 4 & 5 as well, not that I should be.

Ultimately, I want to have my set of clubs built and ready to go, should I ever "need" them. The irons choices have come down to the 962/B set and a set of MP 32's, that I could also make a 60/32/67 combo set with. That MP combo set has kinda become the basis for my 1/2 set, and my other permanent/never sell set is my dad's EYE 2 BeCu 1-L. Since those aren't technically legal, they will become a fantastic office piece which leaves me with the 962/B combo set to build my "personal" set with. For those wondering, my Callaway set is what I practice and play in games/events with, of course, but I'm a junkie and any excuse I can come up with to put another bag together is ok with me!

All that said, I'm not doing to bad, right? The iron sets that I have on my workbench are MP 32's, EYE 2 BeCu's, and 962/B's.

Sounds like I need to get on the 'bay and find a set of 845's (had one in high school, lol) to complete the collection! Seriously though, I just can't. The garage is already a mess and my wife (who is an amazingly patient woman!) would not be very, uhh, amused right now if boxes of golf clubs start showing up.

Maybe if I find something in that corner of the garage to sell I can swing it. She seems to be ok with anything that makes the number of clubs smaller.

Hmmmm......

[Shanks2424]

I am playing the DCI 990 irons witch are my favorite Titleist iron of all time. I have owned probley 4 or 5 sets of DCI 990 irons I sell them then regret it and rebuy them lol.

[jplroper]

Played the 845's the first 2 rounds this year, then switched to the eye 2's for the heck of it , honestly didn't play as well with the eye 2's.

[jplroper]

I've bought and sold a bunch of 990's and 962's, they're my favorite sets of Titleist irons. What shaft are you playing yours?

[Mitchell]

Attaboy! ??

[BigHook25]

If just for practice go for it, but for regular use, why in the hell. These are some of the most unforgiving irons out there. Any mishit they hurt, especially below 70 degree weather. There are so many irons that are better that you can play.

 

[Shanks2424]

Right now I have Dynamic Gold s300 but might be switching to KBS Tour S+ soft stepped once or True Temper Amt White S300

[Mitchell]

My main playing set has weight-sorted (w/o the fancy labels) s400 hard-stepped once with hickory dowels. Have a “couple” of 2-pw sets, just in case, ?evidently I have been making this game way too difficult for a lot of years?

[Nard_S]

Hickory dowels,.you're a man of good taste.

[QuigleyDU]

I never owned a set, but I loved how they looked.

[Titleist Guy]

The Titleist 962b irons are one the best irons EVER made.  I still play "b's"  

[aaronsnow]

Sorry to resurrect this thread but I just have to say: I have a set of 962b irons that I use every once in a while. Last year, I put them in the bag for a bit and shot my lowest 18 hole round (-1) with them. I figured it was probably the Indian rather than the arrow, so I eventually put them back on the wall in favor of my set of T100s irons. After bad rounds, my brother would joke that I should probably put the "David Duvals" back in the bag and we'd laugh.

Fast forward to this year when I decided to put them back in the bag for fun and THE SAME THING HAPPENED. I ended up shooting my lowest 9 hole round (-4) with these old 962b irons in the bag. I'm to the point now where I'm probably going to sell my T100s irons and just go full time with the 962b set. The ball flight is better (higher with more spin), I have no problem finding the sweet spot, and they look cool as hell. 

EDIT- Forgot to mention that in the 2 weeks since I put the 962b irons in the bag, my handicap has dropped 1 point.

Edited June 9, 2023 by aaronsnow

[jplroper]

On 6/9/2023 at 11:54 AM, aaronsnow said:

Sorry to resurrect this thread but I just have to say: I have a set of 962b irons that I use every once in a while. Last year, I put them in the bag for a bit and shot my lowest 18 hole round (-1) with them. I figured it was probably the Indian rather than the arrow, so I eventually put them back on the wall in favor of my set of T100s irons. After bad rounds, my brother would joke that I should probably put the "David Duvals" back in the bag and we'd laugh.

Fast forward to this year when I decided to put them back in the bag for fun and THE SAME THING HAPPENED. I ended up shooting my lowest 9 hole round (-4) with these old 962b irons in the bag. I'm to the point now where I'm probably going to sell my T100s irons and just go full time with the 962b set. The ball flight is better (higher with more spin), I have no problem finding the sweet spot, and they look cool as hell. 

EDIT- Forgot to mention that in the 2 weeks since I put the 962b irons in the bag, my handicap has dropped 1 point.

  Thats awesome, when something works it works. Like the David Duval reference.

[kevster1]

oh man what a blast from the past....loved the 962B's. Isn't that what Duval used for his 59 and when he hit #1

[adamwittman]

4 minutes ago, kevster1 said:

oh man what a blast from the past....loved the 962B's. Isn't that what Duval used for his 59 and when he hit #1

Yes

[jplroper]

  I can hear the 962's awakening from their basement hibernation, snows almost gone now.