Sometimes you stumble on things that really catch your eye and aren’t what you expect. Over the past few days I was in the process of setting up an interview with a senior fitting representative with Titleist to get a little insight on what life is like fitting the world’s best players, and I literally stumbled upon this two part blog post that was penned last fall.
The piece is an interview of Acushnet Company CEO Wally Uihlein by the Golf Observer’s John Huggan and took place when the controversial USGA groove rule was about to take effect.
I wasn’t surprised that the piece makes for even more interesting reading today, given that the “groove rule” is the biggest conversation piece in 2010. What surprised me was the tone of the conversation.
Uihlein has long been seen as one of the most powerful men in golf and, as a longtime Acushnet employee myself, I know that this fact has placed him in the center of any discussion or controversy that has developed in regards to the legislation of the game of golf.
Huggan puts Uihlein squarely in the crosshairs in this hard hitting discussion. This conversation touches on seemingly all “hot button” issues that face golf both today and tomorrow and is a must read for anyone that carries an interest in the technological side of the game.
In the second half of the discussion, Huggan continues with the revealing questions then switches gears to address some more personal issues with Uilhein, then finishes where he started with pointed questions about the game’s future.
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