Page 1 of 2 - No serial number! - posted in Golf Equipment: I bought a new Cleveland Launcher Driver.It doesnt have a serial number on the heel. Im not that worried. You probably haven't read the warranty that covers your golf clubs. Every Ping club has a serial number. Director of research and development at Wilson.

Current Day Wilson Staff Logo (2011) Industry Golf Founded 1914 Headquarters, Products Website Wilson Staff is the professional and advanced amateur products division of. Wilson designs and manufactures a full range of, accessories, and apparel using the Wilson Staff, Wilson, ProStaff, Profile, Ultra and Hope. Wilson's other lines are generally considered to be ',' 'value,' or 'economy' brands, while the Wilson Staff line provides higher quality equipment used on all major professional golf tours.

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Current Wilson Staff players include and champion as well as. Contents • • • • • • • • • • • Wilson Staff's place in golf history [ ] In 1932 Wilson Advisory staff member Gene Sarazen was inspired by the of an 's to create a club head that would glide smoothly through sand. Sarazen welded a piece of steel to the sole of the club and ground it producing ‘bounce’.

This marked the introduction of the sand wedge and in 1933 alone, Wilson sold 50,000 of these clubs, marketed as the R-90, which went on to be the most popular sand wedge in golf. In 1933 Wilson Advisory Staff member created a design for distributing weight away from the heel of the club head, moving it towards the “sweet spot” of the blade.

This design feature was used in the Wilson Ogg-mented irons, the forerunner of perimeter weighted. Hamilton Pump Organ Serial Numbers. In 1948, then President Lawrence Icely provided the financial backing for and to form the Women’s PGA, predecessor of today's. In 1954 Wilson began producing the Wilson Staff ball which was seen as revolutionary due to its ability to launch up to 40 percent faster than the golf club's head speed. Previous Wilson Staff Logo circa 1960 In 2005 Wilson Staff claims to be the first golf company to utilize in golf equipment. Equipment [ ] Wilson Staff currently markets the following equipment.

Like most golfers, you probably haven't read the warranty that covers your golf clubs. In fact, you probably didn't know they had one. Clubs are so well made today, who expects them to break? Truth is, no matter how intelligent the design, or how strong the titanium or steel, nearly 125,000 clubs are returned to golf shops and manufacturers each year. (We can only guess how many are broken and thrown away.) But if your club fails, will the company replace it for free? That depends.

Breakdown Say your driver shaft breaks during a round. Assuming you don't want to pay to have it re-shafted, your options are to try returning it to the store for exchange or repair, or sending it back to the manufacturer. If you take it back to the store, bring your receipt. You'll have to abide by the store's returns policy, which often means a clerk must rule out that your club is neither a clone nor a counterfeit. Then, while you're still there, the store should contact the manufacturer. Depending on the situation and the store, you'll either be handed an instant replacement, have to wait until the store receives a replacement, wait for the manufacturer to repair and return your original club, or wait for the store to repair your club (in which case you'll probably have to pay for the new shaft). Usda Ams Process Verified Programming.

If that sounds like a lot of aggravation, blame the store, not the manufacturer. The Lake Ate My Club What do consumers hoping to score free replacement clubs say?

One of the most-frequent excuses is, 'My clubhead flew off into a lake, and I was so mad, I threw the rest of the shaft in after it.' (Not even a skeptical consumer rep would ask a customer to jump in and fish out the pieces.) No one's accusing them of lying, but golfers also commonly claim 'The club broke when.' • The bag fell • It hit a tree during a swing • It was in my car trunk when • I had an accident • It was run over by a golf cart (or automobile, or train) • It was mishandled by an airline baggage employee • It was slammed into an open car trunk. Why all this attention? Because the club market is highly competitive, and companies want to keep you as a loyal customer. 'If a golfer spends good money on our clubs, I don't want him worrying about it breaking later only to find out that we don't care,' says Greg Hopkins, president and COO of Cleveland Golf. 'We stand behind our products.'

However, several companies claim they're being forced to limit their generosity. They blame the growing number of golfers trying to take advantage of the unwritten code, looking for free upgrades from clubs or shafts no longer in stock, or returning clubs they've abused. Them's the Breaks A poll of equipment companies reveals that one of every four returned clubs was broken due to abuse. They weren't properly cared for, they cracked 'accidentally' (see sidebar), or they were the victim of a fit of rage. All violate most warranties, and prompt a company response based on a golfer's statements.

So don't lie: Savvy retailers and manufacturers need just one quick look to know how a club was treated. For example, a steel shaft snapped in the middle was likely not broken during a swing. 'That raises eyebrows,' says Dawn Nacey, credit and returns manager at Tour Edge, which this year added 'foul play' to its list of exclusions from its lifetime warranty. 'Most steel-shafted clubs will break at the hosel or grip,' Nacey says.

'If the break is in the middle, we know it probably was cracked over a knee.' Companies also know that a colored metalwood clubhead marred with shiny metallic pits has been rattling around in the bag without a head cover, banging up against the irons. Green scratches on the soleplate can only be made from artificial turf at driving ranges; several companies have made these a warranty violation because range mats don't 'give' at impact, causing ultralight shafts to break. 'Most golf pros can tell whether a club was broken out of anger or poor craftsmanship,' says Scott Chaffin, director of golf at Mile Square GC in Fountain Valley, California.

Yet Chaffin says he's had several golfers 'bring in a club that still has bark on the shaft and claim that they didn't hit it against a tree.' Returns (most of which are broken clubs) have become such a big issue that several major manufacturers keep close tabs on the returners. Callaway uses its computers to track repeat returns and look for trends. Every Ping club has a serial number etched into the hosel or sole plate, which allows its computer to detect recurring violators.

Many companies devote entire departments to scrutinizing returned clubs in an effort to determine how they broke and detect any defects, particularly in new product lines, and to prevent future ones. Breaking Point Drivers make up 90 percent of all returns, as they have the largest clubheads and the longest shafts, and are swung the hardest.

'More people get angry with drivers than with any club,' says Chuck Renner, Ping's director of customer relations. 'Look at any tee box and you'll see' where drivers were slammed down. Occasionally, the face of a driver caves in, usually from hitting a rock.

But drivers most often snap at the shaft near the hosel. Tremendous 'load' pressure builds on both ends of the shaft during the swing, so if the ball makes contact anywhere but in the middle of the face, the resulting clubhead twisting can be the last straw. 'Shafts typically fail because someone hits it on the hosel or in the high heel,' insists Frank Garrett, director of research and development at Wilson. 'We often see ball [dimple] prints on the ferrule of broken drivers.' Steel shafts are 10 to 20 times less likely to break than similarly weighted graphite shafts. 'Steel is very damage-tolerant,' says Scott Hennessy, president of True Temper, which makes steel and graphite shafts. 'The only way to damage a steel shaft is to dent it, and you'll be able to see that.

But with graphite, you can damage the fibers inside without being able to see it. Then you get a domino effect, and it eventually snaps.'

Still, graphite shafts are much stronger than they used to be. 'In the last five years, they've become much more durable and breakage resistant, due to improvement in the materials, designs, and consistent manufacturing,' says Hennessy. 'But as long as golfers aren't perfect, no shaft will ever be break-proof.'