George Forrester(Elie and Earlsferry)

Forrester, George (Elie 和Earlsferry): Forrester是他那个时代最受尊敬和最初的高尔夫球杆制作者之一。在1870年左右，他从制作经典的长鼻杆开始了他的职业高尔夫球杆制作生涯，并在其间发明了socket neck 木杆 和concentric 铁杆。在他过世前他所申请的专利比其它任何一位高尔夫制作者都多。

Born in Elie, Fife in 1847, George Forrester was to become one of finest club makers of his era gaining the respect from both professionals and players alike.
He did not set out to be a club maker having served time as a stone mason and had also spent time in America looking for work in that trade. However he eventually returned to his home town and began producing clubs in 1871 for a living. Times were difficult to begin with as both professionals and players preferred to buy their clubs from established makers but in the fullness of time they began to realize that Forrester’s clubs were a quality product and they started to support him.

Throughout his club making years he constantly brought out and patented many clubs, both woods and irons which included a Bull Dog Bulger Driver and a ‘Concentric’ iron which had additional weight behind the sweet spot.

Although his son James joined the company in 1903 his father continued to run the business until his death in 1930. Forrester’s also opened a retail shop in London.