Wally Uihlein, president and chief executive of Titleist and FootJoy parent Acushnet and an industry force for much of the past three decades, unexpectedly announced his retirement overnight.
The financial meanderings of the golf business won’t ever be confused with the excitement of a Players Championship, but when one of golf’s leading companies changes hands, it reverberates in its own special way like a eagle-birdie-birdie finish at TPC Sawgrass.
What started off as a hobby for Bob Vokey, quickly developed into a passion and later, a legend. The 76-year-old sat down with AGD editor-in-chief BRAD CLIFTON recently to talk about life as a leading wedge designer, the best short-game players of all time and why the new Vokey SM6 will change the game.