WHY PLAY WITH PERSIMMON WOODS?
It is a question we get several times a week. And it’s a good one. We like answering it. Why would a golf company tout Persimmon in today’s game? Have we been trampled by race horses, slugged by a baseball bat, punched by Muhammad Ali, or nipped too much Kentucky bourbon? All these are possible in Louisville, now the 16th largest city in the United States, and renowned the world over as a center of sporting excellence. (Go CARDS!) But despite what some might think, there are multiple answers to the Persimmon question. The fact that you have enough curiosity to read this essay, and that we still are producing a product line, points to something. Here are some of the finer points in answering the question. We invite you to send us your own, and we’ll put it on our Persimmon bLog. PERSIMMON IS PERSISTENT Louisville Golf has persisted despite a mass exodus to “wood” clubheads made of metal. The nostalgia for our niche might have carried us a few years, but that would have only taken us so
