Whatever Happened to Liquid Metal Golf

[choeppner]

Hey Guys,

 

Anybody know what happened to the Company Liquid Metal Golf. Never real hear about them anymore, and I remember they used to make some pretty nice woods. Did they go under, as I no longer see companies stocking them, or anyone playing them. If I remember right, back when I was at SDGA in 2000 a Liquid metal driver would run you around 300-400 dollars so not cheap by any means. Just wondering what ever happened to them now? Are they still making golf clubs, get bought out?

 

Thanks

 

-CHRIS-

[gentles]

Not sure about the golf company, but I kniw about the mother company.

 

It is the same company that produce Head Tennis equipment...I think the Babolat name is also under Liquidmetal. As far as I know, it was a short stint into the golfing world that never really took off.

[floyd]

Man I loved those infomercials.

[igman]

I have an anser style putter that retailed for over $300 (for sale) that feels phenomenal.

[Swingtheclub]

I ran a search on the company and got nothing maybe they melted.

[DoNDoN]

The last I had heard they were bought out by Cleveland Golf a while back ago.

[Ogre41]

Golfsmith had some of their components a year or two ago. I guess once you have hit that level you are done as a company. Same thing with the MAC by Burrows Golf. They had some of their stuff too.

[K2_2]

I don't know what happened as far as who bought what right's etc, BUT...

 

The clubs had good feel, but were very expensive for the time (pre Tour issue and import days lol) and the iron lie's couldn't be bent; actually, you could bend them, but they slipped back to the stock lie very quickly. Price, limited adjustability, and competing with established companies like Callaway, Taylor, and Titleist probably made the owners/backers decide to call it a day.

 

Cool material though.

[nobogey]

Liquidmetal was a product produced at Howmet Foundries in Whitehall Michigan. The parent company was an overseas group of investors,but all of the work from design to production was performed by Howmet. The investors eventually gave up on the product and Howmet took over. They eventually folded the line up after a few more years and sold remaining inventory and the rights Golfsmith.

 

PS At one time Howmet produced Titanium heads for Mizuno,Cobra,Macgregor, and Callaway

[choeppner]

Thanks for the info

 

-CHRIS-

[Parmaster]

Liquidmetal was never able to rebound after their initial production run was deemed Non-Conforming by the powers that be. (when I think about it, this might be one of the first drivers to fail due to a rebound effect) They did another run that was deemed conforming, but it was a moot point and the company never took off commercially.

 

The "liquidmetal" alloy is still used in a number of other non-golf related applications and think Maruman licensed the technology in the late 90s for some stuff they were working on overseas.

[K2_2]

Thanks for the additional info everyone. Parmaster, I remember Maruman bringing a few 'amorphous face' clubs to market in Japan using liquid metal, I had almost forgotten about that.

[ihatecats18]

Rabbit hole brought me here

[hiwaymansbuzz]

I have an old set of liquid metal irons..

2 of my irons the head broke off of the shaft, the other one the head split in half itself. 

[Davidv]

Sad but it appears they have evaporated, never to be seen again.

[mfitzy]

They have been out of business for about 20 years

[Fairway14]

12 minutes ago, mfitzy said:

They have been out of business for about 20 years

 

Liquid Metal Corporation is no longer in the golf business, but it continues to be a company trying to design and sell products for the medical and, or, industrial industries. https://www.liquidmetal.com/

[MIZELEC]

I loved my liquid metal driver and 3 wood.  Leaving the clubs in the garage when it was hot seemed to melted what ever liquid was inside of the head and the club face came off the head, that's when I noticed it.  Still have the 3 wood.  I really loved that club

 

[lvgolfer962]

I still have the deep faced version (professor Johnson). Pulled the shaft because it was a decent one and re shafted it for my girlfriend. She liked the pretty blue paint job. 

[CDLgolf]

On 11/1/2007 at 12:02 AM, gentles said:

Not sure about the golf company, but I kniw about the mother company.

 

It is the same company that produce Head Tennis equipment...I think the Babolat name is also under Liquidmetal. As far as I know, it was a short stint into the golfing world that never really took off.

 

 

Must have also produced Head skis. I had Head skis with Liquidmetal in them.

[tannyhoban]

They liquidated.

[V-Blade]

I bought a putter off eBay probably 10 years ago.  It was some kind of Ford Motors promotional piece.  Actually pretty nice feeling (mostly) face-balanced model.  Totally smooth and shiny face.  The shaft in it is a single bend.  I just putt around the family room once in awhile because I like mallets.    Always wanted to pull the shaft and get more offset in it to see how it plays.  

[5baytjd]

My brother-in-law has a full bag of Liquid Metal clubs.  They were designed by a team at Cal Tech (he is associated with folks there), but the clubs failed the conformance testing (as someone noted earlier), so that spelled the death knell for their golf foray.

[Winston Cooper]

When I lived in Aliso Viejo, CA back in 2001, I bought a set of LM irons (except the 3 iron) which had been the clubs of the LM company President. I used them until I retired and bought a set of Adams Ideatech irons. But, I still have the LM irons and LM Putter. They’re like new. 

[dbleag]

I remember John Hoeflich being their club designer.

 

He also was involved with Tommy Armour 845's, Titleist DCI's, TaylorMade RAC, Nickent and several very famous iron models.

 

A search related to him may help you find out more.

[AcePHA]

I have a full Liquidmetal bag with 2 sets of irons(steel/graphite). Play them regularly and love the look and feel.

 

I did have a few durability issues over the years. My steel shafted 4 iron failed on me, breaking off at the end of the hosel. Another issue was with a PW that lost a big chunk off the sole due to a rock strike(it was hidden in the dirt).

I love the sound of the drivers too. Haven't been able to pull myself away from them. My golf gear is stuck in the 90s like I am...

Edited October 13, 2021 by AcePHA

[Cvoos]

Liquid metal clubs are coming back👍🏻 
https://stocks.apple.com/ALvDrFrAuT6-2haT0zPHw2Q

[LHGolf4]

10 hours ago, Cvoos said:

Liquid metal clubs are coming back👍🏻 
https://stocks.apple.com/ALvDrFrAuT6-2haT0zPHw2Q

Well that is exciting.  I had the PJ driver back in the day (never found a left handed set of irons to try).  It will be interesting to see what they come out with. 

[DCGolf2022]

Been buying their stock LQMT, since Apple bailed them out over 10 years ago.  Net net, they are much bigger than golf clubs. Apparently Apple has nearly 60ish patents today using Liquidmetal technology. The net of the technology is that they can inject a mixture of metals into cavities, just like plastic has been done for years. The metal cools and is more precise than anything out thee. Additionally the end results is lighter and stronger metal than other metals, like titanium and stainless steel.   Additionally, Apple products will utilize this technology. The rumor on the street is that the next Apple Watch, the "rugged one" will be BMG (Bulk Metallic Glass aka Lquidmetal).  Apple announce date is September 7th, 2022. Other areas that they targeted is Medical and auto industry. Tesla is going to re using their technology.. And lastly, the folding phones that everybody is using... the hinge is LQMT... So... I have been buying their stock for over 15 years... Hoping that the payoff is right around the corner. I'm going to celebrate by buying a full set of LQMT clubs from the Japanese company that currently working to bring the technology back..... Cheers happy golfing and... buy LQMT... it is currently at 9 cents.... going to 20 bucks (IMHO).  

 

Additional history:  Developed by CalTech grads, few years back ... the king of the industry (Professor Lee, man from China, spent 60 Million to buy the company). Lee is a Industry Major player and has been working to develop the Operations to support the wave of products that are coming!  Go check out Reddit.com. (search LQMT) and read up about it.   If you have 5K to invest... you might be glad you did. 

[choeppner]

On 8/27/2022 at 5:09 PM, DCGolf2022 said:

Been buying their stock LQMT, since Apple bailed them out over 10 years ago.  Net net, they are much bigger than golf clubs. Apparently Apple has nearly 60ish patents today using Liquidmetal technology. The net of the technology is that they can inject a mixture of metals into cavities, just like plastic has been done for years. The metal cools and is more precise than anything out thee. Additionally the end results is lighter and stronger metal than other metals, like titanium and stainless steel.   Additionally, Apple products will utilize this technology. The rumor on the street is that the next Apple Watch, the "rugged one" will be BMG (Bulk Metallic Glass aka Lquidmetal).  Apple announce date is September 7th, 2022. Other areas that they targeted is Medical and auto industry. Tesla is going to re using their technology.. And lastly, the folding phones that everybody is using... the hinge is LQMT... So... I have been buying their stock for over 15 years... Hoping that the payoff is right around the corner. I'm going to celebrate by buying a full set of LQMT clubs from the Japanese company that currently working to bring the technology back..... Cheers happy golfing and... buy LQMT... it is currently at 9 cents.... going to 20 bucks (IMHO).  

 

Additional history:  Developed by CalTech grads, few years back ... the king of the industry (Professor Lee, man from China, spent 60 Million to buy the company). Lee is a Industry Major player and has been working to develop the Operations to support the wave of products that are coming!  Go check out Reddit.com. (search LQMT) and read up about it.   If you have 5K to invest... you might be glad you did. 

That’s some pretty cool info. Might have to buy a few hundred shares just to put aside and see what happens. Can’t be worse than dodge coin was.