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Clubmakers Hugh Philp St Andrews Described as 'a dry haired man, rather gruff to strangers' he was born at Cameron Bridge in 1786 and only began repairing golf clubs as a sideline to his main business, joinery and housepainting, in 1812. By 1819, though, he had been appointed official clubmaker to the Society of Golfers (later the R&A) and his fame had spread. It was said he might spend a whole afternoon hand polishing a single clubhead. In the late 1840s he took on James Wilson as an assistant and, in 1852, his nephew, Robert Forgan. Even shortly after his death (in 1856) a trade in counterfeit clubs bearing his name had arisen. Search the catalogue for clubs by this maker | |
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