Tag: MacGregor
MacGregor Golf 2010 Lineup – Farewell To An Old Friend
As you may or may not be aware, MacGregor golf was sold to Golfsmith about a year ago. The struggling club company was reborn this April, and I took a stroll through my local Golfsmith store earlier this week to check out the new lineup. As I expressed in my previous article about the new […]
MacGregor Golf Reborn – April 2010
Last summer I wrote a guest post for another golf blog about the demise and eventual sale of MacGregor Golf. In May of 2009, MacGregor golf was sold to Golfsmith International Holdings for a pitiful $1.75 million, and with that one of the greatest, most storied golf companies in history was gone. Well, not entirely. […]
Clay Long – The Best Putters You Haven’t Heard Of
Who is Clay Long, and why haven’t you heard of his putters? For starters, Mr. Long doesn’t much advertise his putter designs. Designed for golf purists and enthusiasts that are serious about high-end putters that perform and feel great, only a select few dealers around the country get to sell his clubs. Fortunately for me, […]
Hall Of Fame Clubmaker Don White Joins Scratch Golf
Hall of Fame clubmaker Don White, who has made clubs by hand for clients like Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer, Greg Norman, Jose Maria Olazabal and Ben Crenshaw, has joined Scratch Golf following the demise of his former employer MacGregor Golf. MacGregor was sold to Golfsmith, who plans to reintroduce the MacGregor name as its premium […]
Remembering MacGregor Golf
About five years ago, MacGregor golf was sold to Golfsmith International Holdings. While I was skeptical, Golfsmith vowed to re-launch the brand and elevate it to become their flagship product. When the new clubs finally arrived about a year later I found myself very disappointed with the product they turned out. I wrote a post […]
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