Dick’s Sporting Goods Entry in the Golf Club Design Business – An Eagle or a Shank – You be the Judge
There is no doubt that Dick’s is a major force in golf equipment retailing, yet I was still surprised this week to see that they had a patent application publish that is directed to a club head design.
The patent application published as US Pub. No.
Interesting, very interesting. Look’s like the OEM’s may soon have more competition.
It does make you wonder how long it will be before walking into a golf retailer will be like walking into a grocery store. Will each name brand product will have a very similar “house brand” product for sale right beside it (for 30% less)? Perhaps a little chart will even compare the ingredients…. yes, the house brand is all titanium; yes, the house brand has an MOI of 5000; yes, the house brand….
Dave Dawsey – Monitoring Golf Club Technology
PS – Yes, I will finish “The Week of Karsten” at some point; the posts are very time consuming and not many people were reading them, so I got burned-out and needed a break.