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TaylorMade Taylor Raylor - SALUTES APOLLO 11 50th Ann. One Only Prototype
$ 792
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Description
The Original Apollo/RAILEX
Putter was conceived and created by Dr. J A Corvi (
1965
),
Chief Engineer Apollo
.
Dr. Joseph Achiiles “
Eagle
“ Corvi (1919-1982).
Dr. Corvi’s Apollo
/RAILEX
Putter was licensed to TaylorMade in 1982 by Golf’s Oracle
and Renaissance Man Dr. Gary Wiren in 1982. aka Taylor Raylor.
The original Apollo putter is simply a “
Channel Beam
” design, like a sphere
it is fundamentally the most efficient for its purpose –
travel/accelerate in
a straight line
. Reference structural engineering handbooks
for
" C or Channel Beam"
( JPL, MIT etc)
Early 2019, Dr. Gary Wiren and Fireman Lt. Ken Flanigan (
creator of 9/11 Fireman's Commemorative Putter
)
discovered a cache of hermetically sealed Apollo Putters and Dr. Corvi’s
approved
designs
for a 2
nd
generation
cosmetically elegant Apollo
IGU
(inertial
guidance unit
) Putter.
Dr, Wiren and Lt. Flanigan cosmetically
blinged
(
prepped, plated, polished
) several
one only
prototypes
for inspection/approval.
The
COPPER MOON
herein, being one precursor to the final Limited Edition (#500) 24 carat Gold Plated Apollo Putters
to be offered “
before this decade is out
”.
“We choose to do this, not because it is easy, we do this because it is RIGHT.”
"
One small step for golfers, one GIANT LEAP for GOLF.
"
COMING 2020
A
newly designed
Apollo IGU
(
inertial guidance unit
) 2
nd
generation, masterpiece retains the exact same physical dimensions (weight, loft, 10,000 MOI) as the Original Apollo
/RAILEX
by combining advanced HSS (hollow structural section) machining/technology, beauty and TRUTH. The aforementioned
NEW masterpiece was achieved thru a series of rigorous testings on Dr. Corvi’s MOIX = determines MOI for an
entire
golf club (head, shaft, grip).
To be released 2020.
“A profoundly unique masterpiece will have some strangeness in her proportions.”
Dr. J A Corvi - 1980