Pre-1930……, so a little before 7:30pm. Sounds like my game. No such thing as
an “old ball”, just a “lost ball”….
Gar Wright
(cell) 619-733-3309
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Behalf Of Dwayne Junker
Sent: Wednesday, May 27, 2020 8:43 AM
To: sogagg@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [sogagg] Re: How A Missed Putt Started A Golf Ball Empire
Be darned. I just finished checking all of my golf balls and every one of them
is pre-1930! Who’d a thunk??
Of course the good news here is even if I go back and subtract, say, 15 strokes
from all my SOGAGG scores, I STILL don’t win low net.
Whew....
/Ace
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On May 27, 2020, at 08:15, Gar Wright <gar.wright77@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
How A Missed Putt Started A Golf Ball Empire
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Phillip E. "Skipper" Young, a graduate of Massachusetts Institute of
Technology, founded Titleist in 1932.
When playing a round of golf with his dentist, Young missed a sure putt that
seemed to be caused by the weight of the ball He then asked his dentist friend
to X-ray the ball and the film showed that the rubber core was off-center.
After this initial discovery, Young took X-rays of more golf balls and found
that most were poorly constructed with off-center cores and prone to erratic
shots. This inspired Young to produce his own line of golf balls, which would
become known as Titleist.
1930: Young developed a machine that could uniformly wind rubber string around
a rubber core, making a "dead center" golf ball. He named the ball "Titleist,"
noting it was the "winner" of the quest to create the best for the game.
1935: The golf division of the Acushnet Process Company produced the Titleist
golf ball, which had consistently been the company's most successful product.
1948: Introduced "Dynamite Thread" to increase the yardage of their balls.
1949: Titleist became the most used ball at the U.S. Open Tournament.
1976: Titleist was purchased by American Brands (now known as Fortune Brands).
1985: Fortune Brands sold off the Acushnet Company's Acushnet Rubber division,
which was Acushnet's original business (circa early 1900s).
2002: Titleist reached the $1 billion mark in annual revenues.
On December 8, 2010, Fortune Brands announced that it would soon sell or spin
off Titleist and some other brands. It was then announced on May 20, 2011 that
a Korean group associated with Fila Korea, Ltd. and Mirae Asset Private Equity
would purchase Acushnet for $1.23 billion in cash.
Acushnet employs roughly 3000 people in Massachusetts, making it one of the
largest employers in the region. It is headquartered in Fairhaven,
Massachusetts alongside its Packing and Distribution Center about three miles
south of its original location.
They also have two golf ball manufacturing plants and an R&D Technology Center
located in the New Bedford Industrial Park, as well as a Custom Golf Ball plant
located in New Bedford.
And all of this due to a missed putt...and a lot of blood sweat and tears,
persistence, & dedication to making things happen!
With all the missed putts, whiffs, slices, hooks, topped shots, etc…, that our
group seems to patent, why can’t one of us come up with a billion dollar idea
that we can make a little money on??? *(Happy to split the profits…..) -- KD
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