Behind the Scenes: Inside Wilson Golf Innovation Center

Guest Post: Our friend over at http://www.sandbox8.com/ today brings you a rare look inside the Wilson Golf Innovation Center. Make sure you check Rob’s blog for other great golf stories and product reviews! You can also follow him on Twitter & Facebook.

Inside Look at Wilson Golf

Just ten minutes from Chicago O’Hare International Airport is the location of Wilson Golf’s Innovation Center-the research and development facility for golf clubs and balls. In this nondescript building you’ll find more than just golf clubs and  balls being developed, Wilson Sports also does  R&D for it’s tennis and baseball lines, as well as build all custom golf club orders.

In this video we take you inside the Wilson Innovation Center and show you what actually goes on in this facility, from measuring golf ball compression, to how they make product molds, how custom clubs are assembled, the 2010 Wilson Golf lineup of clubs, golf club archives, and much more!

History of Wilson Golf

One of things I learned when I toured the Innovation Center with my host Mary Nguyen from Wilson, is that Wilson Sports didn’t start out making golf equipment, it has roots in the meat packing business.  Schwarzchild & Sulzberger company (later changed to Sulzbeger & Son’s) that operated meat packing plants in New York and Chicago, which started out making tennis racket strings and violin strings from animal by-products from their slaughterhouses that they operated. This eventually led to making tennis rackets and baseball shoes.

In 1931 it renamed itself Wilson Sporting Goods Company and began focusing on golf and introduced the R-90 sand wedge and the rest, like they say is history.

Special Thanks to Wilson Golf!
www.wilsonstaff.com

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