Just ten minutes from Chicago O’Hare International Airport is the location of Wilson Golf’s Innovation Center-the research and development facility for golf clubs and balls. In this nondescript building you’ll find more than just golf clubs and balls being developed, Wilson Sports also does R&D for it’s tennis and baseball lines, as well as build all custom golf club orders.
In this video we take you inside the Wilson Innovation Center and show you what actually goes on in this facility, from measuring golf ball compression, to how they make product molds, how custom clubs are assembled, the 2010 Wilson Golf lineup of clubs, golf club archives, and much more!
History of Wilson Golf
One of things I learned when I toured the Innovation Center with my host Mary Nguyen from Wilson, is that Wilson Sports didn’t start out making golf equipment, it has roots in the meat packing business. Schwarzchild & Sulzberger company (later changed to Sulzbeger & Son’s) that operated meat packing plants in New York and Chicago, which started out making tennis racket strings and violin strings from animal by-products from their slaughterhouses that they operated. This eventually led to making tennis rackets and baseball shoes.
In 1931 it renamed itself Wilson Sporting Goods Company and began focusing on golf and introduced the R-90 sand wedge and the rest, like they say is history.
Special Thanks to Wilson Golf!
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Do any PGA Tour Pros actually play Wilson brand equipment? With all the big sexy names in golf these days, Wilson would need to pay someone a lot to use their equipment.
Just Padraig Harrigton, Ricky Barnes, Paul Lawrie, Fredrick Ohlson.
Harrington has been with Wilson since 1998, if that’s saying anything.
I have a set of wilson gooseneck blades was wondering if u can give me some specs on them. Like when they were made approx. and groove configuration, what kind of shaft was standard factory issue back then. Have 3 thru pw what were factory lofts also what kind of metal heads were milled from and what size is the hossel, this whould be great help. Than You MA Pennington
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