Quiz Time: Name That Manufacturer

[GolfSpy Barbajo]

Nope, nope and nope...

[Undershooter]

Well wilson staff has 3 majors in that span but are around 100 years old lol

[hckymeyer]

Here is the list of all of the Major Champions since 2007.

 

2007

Masters: Z. Johnson

U.S. Open: A. Cabrera

British Open: P. Harrington

PGA Championship: T. Woods

 

2008

Masters: T. Immellman

U.S. Open: T. Woods

British Open: P. Harrington

PGA Championship: P. Harrington

 

2009

Masters: A. Cabrera

U.S. Open: L. Glover

British Open: S. Cink

PGA Championship: Y.E. Yang

 

2010

Masters: P. Mickelson

U.S. Open: G. McDowell

British Open: L. Oosthuizen

PGA Championship: M. Kaymer

 

2011

Masters: C. Schwartzel

U.S. Open: R. McIlroy

British Open: D. Clarke

PGA Championship: K. Bradley

 

2012

Masters: B. Watson

U.S. Open: W. Simpson

British Open: E. Els

PGA Championship: R. McIlroy

 

2013

Masters: A. Scott

U.S. Open: J. Rose

British Open: P. Mickelson

PGA Championship: J. Dufner

 

2014

Masters: B. Watson

U.S. Open: M. Kaymer

British Open: R. McIlroy

PGA Championship: R. McIlroy

To be fair to the other sex the original clues never specifically called out PGA Majors.  I'm thinking it could also be LPGA or Champions tour.

[markb]

Must be some semantic loophole like that that we're missing.   But who even knows the senior "major" winners or the five ladies majors?

 

Anyway, I'm stumped.  I've googled the crap out of it and I find nothing.   The best candidate I can muster is the club fitting studio chain Cool Clubs, that was founded in 2007 and not likely profitable till now.   They assemble clubs, but can't really be considered an OEM so its not them.   I give up.

[xxio]

Volvik? I remember starting to see them here in Asia about 2009, so 2007 is a possibility.

[xxio]

Matrix

[Kenny B]

RT Technologies

[Aotearoa_Brad]

John clearly made this too difficult - either that or there's a clever way to make $120M a year and stay under the radar!!!

[GolfSpy Barbajo]

RT? Nope.  Matrix? Nope. Volvik? Uh-uh.  

 

Pay attention to the phrasing:

 

Started 2007 with less than nothing...

 

$120 M in sales for 2014...

 

Just now starting to turn a profit...

 

Their equipment was used to win 3 majors in that time frame...

[MmmmmmBuddy]

2nd guess...

 

True Linkswear..

 

Except they launched in 2009.

[GolfSpy Barbajo]

That's true. They did.... 

[MmmmmmBuddy]

Accra shafts??

[Undershooter]

Ok so IMO the company in question was established much sooner than 2007 but they had less than nothing around that time. I would concentrate on companies that are recently more successful but have been around for a while. Thats why I said wilson staff earlier.

[The Dansome]

WILSON

[jbil8802]

I'm gonna take a stab at it and say Nike Golf.

[Aotearoa_Brad]

oh wait ... Wilson Staff was Wilson before 2007 - is that it?!

[Undershooter]

Nike has way too many majors in that time frame.

[hckymeyer]

oh wait ... Wilson Staff was Wilson before 2007 - is that it?!

I think you may be on to something here. Especially considering where John just came back from.

 

I may call a technicality though on the number of Majors. Pretty sneaky not counting the Wilson majors

[Undershooter]

I think you may be on to something here. Especially considering where John just came back from.

 

I may call a technicality though on the number of Majors. Pretty sneaky not counting the Wilson majors

I'm not sure if its them or not bc I said Wilson staff a page or so ago and he didn't say if it were right or not. His wording did leave it open for them though bc he said majors from 2007 until now.

[markb]

They are still the same company.   John would not subject us to such deceptive hairsplitting semantics.   Wilson Staff clubs existed long before 2007.   Go to the webpage, it's still Wilson.com.

[Undershooter]

It didn't say the company had to exist before 2007. Just that they didn't have anything. Could mean they were in transition or bankrupt. Could mean lots of things.

[RoverRick]

Srixon

[Blade]

True Linkswear

[RookieBlue7]

Wilson Staff was around long before 2007.  I've got a putter from the 70's that I sold that was a Wilson Staff putter.

Less than nothing before 2007, $120 million in profits and 3 majors.  Hmm... Tour Edge Exotics maybe?

[GolfSpy Barbajo]

[Kenny B]

Cleveland Golf

[xxio]

The started in 2007 is the tricky part.

 

Started in, meaning started as a business

 

Started in 2007 with less than nothing, a long time OEM that was in the red and now $120M a year.

 

If it's the second, I'd go with Cally. Callaway was losing big about that time.

[Undershooter]

Wilson originally started in 1914 I think. So its super old. With that said I agree with xxio on the callaway point. Except i figured they had more than $120 mill in sales.

[Mr.Clean]

"Less than nothing"

 

How about Zero Friction??

[Mr.Clean]

Scratch that last one, apparently I didn't read your list of wrong answers closely enough!