The photo is one of the tableaux in the golf club museum. It depicts part of the workshops used by the pros. In those days very few clubs could be purchased from shops and nearly all were made to measure to suit the individual golfer. The hickory shafts were cut off to suit the height and stance of the golfer and it could be sandpapered down to get the flexibility right. The grips were then fitted. The wooden clubheads were machined from blocks of persimmon of suitable woods and metal strips fitted. Some clubs were hollowed out for weights to be fitted, again to suit the individual golfer. There were choices of irons and putter heads and the hickory shafts were cut to size and sandpapered down to get the right flexibility. The clubs lasted a long time in those days and there was not much advantage in buying a new driver to try and get another ten yards in those days.

File: Drawer 1, Pocket 11, T032

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#Medium:Photograph#
#Location:Liphook Golf Club#
#Date Of Event:c1900#
#Date Item Created:5 Jul 2007#
#Author:Tony Rudgard#
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