Precision Golf Forging

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Precision Golf Forging
Company type Private
Industry Sports equipment
Founded1932;93 years ago (1932)
FounderEast Brothers
Headquarters
Australia
Area served
Worldwide
Products Golf equipment
Parent Walkinshaw Sports
Website www.wsports.com.au/

Precision Golf Forging (PGF) is an Australian golf equipment brand. Notable players to have used PGF equipment include Peter Thomson, [1] Kel Nagle and Greg Norman. [2]

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History

East Brothers was founded in Sydney in 1932. During the 1950s, the company merged with Chesterfield to form Precision Golf Forging. [2]

PGF incorporated Keith Knox (another Australian golf equipment brand) in 1976

PGF was owned by Colgate-Palmolive from 1974 until 1978, when it was purchased by Kerry Stokes. In 1984, he sold a 50% stake to Harrisons and Crosfield. [3] The company was later sold to Haw Par. [4] In 2001, Haw Par sold the PGF companies to Precision Golf Forging Limited. [5] In 2011, rights to the brand were acquired by Walkinshaw Sports. [2] [6]

References

  1. ↑ "Thomson joins PGF" . The Age. 20 August 1968. p. 27. Retrieved 3 May 2023– via Newspapers.com.
  2. 1 2 3 Clarke, Rohan (3 August 2016). "Made In Australia". Australian Golf Digest. Retrieved 3 May 2023.
  3. ↑ "Keating clears PGF buy" . The Sydney Morning Herald. 5 Jan 1984. p. 13. Retrieved 3 May 2023– via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ O'Callaghan, Judith (2014). Leisure Space. NewSouth Publishing. pp. 170–171. ISBN   9781742246802 – via Google Books.
  5. ↑ "NZ-Australian Golf Company Buys Singapore Cos". Scoop. Intel. 13 December 2001. Retrieved 3 May 2023.
  6. ↑ "PGF GOLF and Walkinshaw Sports Enter Licensing Partnership". Golf Industry Central. 14 February 2011. Retrieved 3 May 2023.
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