Dallas County
Reproduction Hickory
Golf Clubs
“Golf has a very old history here (in the
Black Belt) dating back to 1895. I
started…to duplicate a rare golf club so I could play with it… and Friends
drove me to attempt it…I have learned most things by trial and error but did
get some help from Otey Crisman” according to Tad Moore.
“I research old golf items in books and on
the web…From an idea a mockup is created. In some cases it can be tested. It is
refined and then a production piece is made.”
The materials that Tad uses to produce the
golf clubs comes from vendors located in the South and from Europe. Leather, hickory wood, persimmon wood, steel,
brass and pitched linen thread is used in the
production of his one of a kind, handmade golf clubs. According to Tad,
it normally takes from eight to twenty-four hours to complete a “rare” golf
club.