WILSON GOLF
Wilson Golf has been manufacturing premium golf equipment since 1914 and has more Major wins than any other golf brand, in fact Wilson Golf has won a Major in every decade since the 1920's.
Wilson Golf has been manufacturing premium golf equipment since 1914 and has more Major wins than any other golf brand, in fact Wilson Golf has won a Major in every decade since the 1920's.
Wilson Golf has been manufacturing premium golf equipment since 1914 and has more Major wins than any other golf brand, in fact Wilson Golf has won a Major in every decade since the 1920's.
Gene Sarazen was Wilson's first notable signing in 1922 going on to win seven of Wilson's first eight Major Championships. In 1932 Sarazen, inspired by the aerodynamics of the wing of an aeroplane created a club-head that would glide through sand. Sarazen welded a piece of steel to the sole of the club and ground it producing “bounce.” This effectively marked the introduction of the Sand Wedge. In 1933 Wilson sold 50,000 of these clubs, marketed as the R-90, which went on to be the most popular sand wedge in golf. 1999 saw the end of Wilson's relationship with Gene Sarazen ' a 75-year bond, only broken by Gene's sad passing.
Wilson Golf, over the years, has been responsible for several innovations. In 1933, Wilson introduced what we know today as Perimeter Weighting or Cavity Back Irons. In 1948 Wilson provided the financial backing for the formation of the Women's PGA, the predecessor of today's LPGA and 1954 saw the introduction of the Wilson Staff Ball which revolutionised the game by launching up to 40% faster than the clubs head speed.
More recently, in 1995, Wilson introduced mid-size forged irons, 1997 saw the introduction of the revolutionary Fat Shaft irons, 2005 saw Wilson among the first of the golf companies to use nanotechnology across their golf equipment and right up to modern-day 2018 where the introduction of Power Holes into both cast and forged irons has changed golfer's expectations on distance.
Wilson's deep history with some of golf's greatest players doesn't stop at Sarazen ' indeed Major winners with Wilson include Sam Snead, Arnold Palmer, Hale Irwin, Andy North, Payne Stewart, Ben Crenshaw, Vijay Singh, John Daly, Padraig Harrington right up to Gary Woodland in 2019.
Other players to come close while using Wilson clubs include Tom Watson, Nick Faldo, Greg Norman and Walter Hagen – while the modern-day stable includes Brendan Steele, Kevin Streelman and Gary Woodland, perhaps our most successful modern-day player is Padraig Harrington who remains loyal to the Wilson brand and has enjoyed recent success by just taking out the 42nd US Senior Open.
Wilson Major Winners
1922 U.S. Open Gene Sarazen
1922 PGA Championship Gene Sarazen
1923 PGA Championship Gene Sarazen
1928 U.S. Open Johnny Farrell
1932 The Open Championship Gene Sarazen
1932 U.S. Open Gene Sarazen
1933 PGA Championship Gene Sarazen
1935 The Masters Gene Sarazen
1935 PGA Championship Johnny Revolta
1936 PGA Championship Denny Shute
1937 PGA Championship Denny Shute
1937 U.S. Open Ralph Guldahl
1938 U.S. Open Ralph Guldahl
1939 The Masters Ralph Guldahl
1941 PGA Championship Vic Ghezzi
1942 PGA Championship Sam Snead
1946 U.S. Open Lloyd Mangrum
1946 The Open Championship Sam Snead
1947 PGA Championship Jim Ferrier
1948 The Masters Claude Harmon
1949 The Masters Sam Snead
1949 U.S. Open Cary Middlecoff
1949 PGA Championship Sam Snead
1952 The Masters Sam Snead
1954 The Masters Sam Snead
1955 The Masters Cary Middlecoff
1956 U.S. Open Cary Middlecoff
1958 The Masters Arnold Palmer
1959 The Masters Art Wall Jr.
1959 U.S. Open Billy Casper
1960 The Masters Arnold Palmer
1960 U.S. Open Arnold Palmer
1961 The Open Championship Arnold Palmer
1962 The Masters Arnold Palmer
1962 The Open Championship Arnold Palmer
1963 U.S. Open Julius Boros
1965 PGA Championship Dave Marr
1966 U.S. Open Billy Casper
1968 U.S. PGA Championship Julius Boros
1969 The Masters George Archer
1970 The Masters Billy Casper
1974 U.S. Open Hale Irwin
1976 U.S. Open Jerry Pate
1976 The Open Championship Johnny Miller
1978 U.S. Open Andy North
1979 U.S. Open Hale Irwin
1981 The Open Championship Bill Rogers
1984 The Masters Ben Crenshaw
1985 The Masters Bernhard Langer
1985 U.S. Open Andy North
1989 U.S. PGA Championship Payne Stewart
1990 U.S. Open Hale Irwin
1991 U.S. Open Payne Stewart
1993 The Masters Bernhard Langer
1995 The Open Championship John Daly
1998 PGA Championship Vijay Singh
1999 The Open Championship Paul Lawrie
2007 The Open Championship Pádraig Harrington
2008 The Open Championship Pádraig Harrington
2008 PGA Championship Pádraig Harrington
2019 U.S. Open Gary Woodlan
