Callaway In a Nutshell

[Gxgolfer]

By SirPuttsAlot via SirShanksAlot.com

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Hello folks and thanks for checking back again. Some of you have probably noticed that my last two posts have been pretty shaky, well, thats because SirShanksAlot forgot his password and has been posting under my name. Don’t worry though, I’m back and I’m going to change my password ASAP.

As most of the regulars probably know we are in Las Vegas right now but we had a chance to head down to San Diego for a couple of days and see some things there. Yesterday we got to take a brief tour of the Callaway plant and we were quite impressed.

We didn’t get to meet anyone of great significance and we didn’t get to really learn anything about the new products but we did get a chance to see their assembly process which was cool. For anybody who has never seen how a golf club is built I would highly recommend taking a tour like this, very informative. For SirShanksAlot and I it wasn’t really anything new but it was neat to see the focus and attention that go into every single golf club that comes out of the plant. It only takes 45 minutes for Callaway to assemble a driver but in that time it goes through about 8 sets of hands and all of them are looking for blemishes or defects. There is truly nothing second rate that comes out of the plant there.

We also got to see the warranty department which was very interesting. Even though Callaway says they have a two year warranty we saw clubs being fixed that were over 5 years old. I also learned that they will clean your set of clubs once a year for free. A pretty neat service, the clubs come out looking brand new.

Anybody who ever considers buying knock-off or fake clubs should take one tour through a plant like this and they will see in a hurry why you pay the big bucks for Callaway equipment and why it is worth it.

Thats it for now but stay tuned for some updates from the PGA show soon.

[Evil R1]

Hmm, I'm interested in this whole cleaning the golf club for free thing. Do they just clean it or do they polish it, etc? I might have to give them a call durring the off season.

[SirShanksAlot]

Hmm, I'm interested in this whole cleaning the golf club for free thing.  Do they just clean it or do they polish it, etc?  I might have to give them a call durring the off season.

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Ya I had no idea about the whole cleaning thing either. I know they do it on repairs... I've had some repairs come back like new. Give them a call!

[stevemac]

Anyone else remember the post about the ebay item that was a heavean wood, in which didn't have a Y after callaway what were the 8 people sleeping or something

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How about a counterfeit club-

[SirShanksAlot]

Anyone else remember the post about the ebay item that was a heavean wood, in which didn't have a Y after callaway what were the 8 people sleeping or something

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How about a counterfeit club-

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It wasnt it was registered with callaway, so it had a serial number

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From what I remember about the tour, the eight "hands" are looking for defects in the construction of the club. The actual parts (heads and shafts) are checked somewhere else by one person.

[SirShanksAlot]

Anyone else remember the post about the ebay item that was a heavean wood, in which didn't have a Y after callaway what were the 8 people sleeping or something

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How about a counterfeit club-

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It wasnt it was registered with callaway, so it had a serial number

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From what I remember about the tour, the eight "hands" are looking for defects in the construction of the club. The actual parts (heads and shafts) are checked somewhere else by one person.

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It just seems kinda obvious that even though you are only looking at the construction, u could catch something like that, but obviously they go through thousands of clubs a day

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Ya very true. They were telling us about their program to reduce employee fatigue and that kind of thing... they change jobs every hour or so. It's like any job though, I'm sure your eyes just start to go crazy after doing the same thing over and over again.