About The Persimmon bLog
This is the official blog of The Louisville Golf Club Company
2500 Grassland Drive
Louisville, KY 40299
Written and Edited by Josh Fischer, marketing director.
e-mail: josh@louisvillegolf.com
February 27, 2007
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I’m really glad to see this new blog for people like myself who still enjoy using persimmon woods and putters. I think it will give us a chance to find one another and exhange thoughts and experiences.
Comment by Bill Anderson — May 23, 2007 @ 3:04 pm
That is exactly the idea Bill, thanks so much for posting the comment. As the last company still actively promoting and innovating golf clubs made of wood, we feel it is our duty to foster this type of thing so that the experience of golf with wood doesn’t fall from the game. And to be honest, he have a great time doing it, it is a labor of love we hope to share with golfers like yourself.
Comment by admin — May 23, 2007 @ 4:22 pm
By the time I started playing golf in my 30’s metal heads were becoming popular and I did not play long with the cheap laminated woods I initially bought. As a fun thing this fall I bought a set of 10 (1 iron thru E wedge) Ben Hogan Apex irons. They are both well used and well cared for. I managed to get some very nice Ben Hogan laminated 3 and 4 woods and have been using a couple of old Big Bertha drivers waiting for something to happen in a persimmon driver. Well yesterday it did. I walked into a local golf club builders shop and there in the corner was the most beautiful blonde that I have seen in a while, a Louisville Golf Bomber. The guy was even a little reluctant to sell it to me as he said it would be kind of like losing an old friend. I promised that I would bring it in to visit from time to time and he agreed to shaft it with steel and sell the club to me for a $100 (that’s about 98 bucks US these days). It’s pretty much the end of our season here so I will let you know of our adventures next spring.
Comment by Dave Wilson — October 31, 2007 @ 8:27 am
I came across your website and related Blog this evening and have enjoyed the tour. After giving up golf for over 30 years, I began playing again about three years ago. My mind still remembers the game, but some of my muscles are having amnesia; nonetheless, it’s great to be back on the course spraying shots far and wide. As the old joke goes, I’m getting my money’s worth by playing virtually all of the course and taking lots of shots on every hole.
Last Spring I purchased an old, persimmon 3 wood in perfect condition (at Goodwill) to display in my office. It’s a handsome club and takes me back to when I began to play. It cost me all of $3 and sat in the corner for several weeks until I couldn’t stand it any longer and put it in my bag (I figured I would take a few swings with it at the practice range - just for grins). Well, to my surprise, this club hits beautifully and now is my 3 wood! It appears to be from the late 1960’s, has a gold colored shaft (which says “Boron”) and has a very nice custom leather grip. It has become my favorite and most consistent weapon (except for a weedeater).
I’m excited about spending a little more time to learn about your real wood “Woods”! If your “new” woods hit and feel like the “old” woods I used when I learned the game it could get interesting.
Comment by John Nanni — February 24, 2008 @ 10:27 pm
Hey Josh,
Cool blog! I’m jealous that Ross is getting to play golf with ya!
I’ll have to come back later and read some more great golf insights!
Tyler Henning
Comment by Tyler Henning — April 14, 2008 @ 2:57 pm
Thwe new clubs I think , did the same for Golf the Aluminum bat did for high school & college baseball.
Would someone clarify the ref above to someone building the old persimon wood ??
Comment by Dick Greenwood — April 27, 2008 @ 8:48 am
Actually, comparing the aluminum bat and the wood bat (Ash or Maple) in baseball is not a good comparison - the fact that the baseball is a static piece of the puzzle, and that the golf ball reacts differently because of loft and launch angle, not to mention the shaft, gives the argument several nuances that are not reductive. Simply put, it is not an apt comparison simply because it is wood vs. metal. As far as the clarification, I do not know what the writer’s intent was, but old vs. new persimmon is mainly a function of old shafts vs. new shafts - shafts have come a long way and are now lighter and longer.
Comment by admin — July 1, 2009 @ 12:58 pm