About The GolfWorks

The GolfWorks is the golf industry’s most complete source for golf club components, clubmaking tools and supplies and technical information. Located in Newark, Ohio, the GolfWorks has been providing clubmakers and other golf equipment experts with a complete complement of proprietary clubhead designs full selection of brand name shafts and grips for more than 25 years.

I started The GolfWorks.

Founded by Ralph Maltby in 1976, The GolfWorks is recognized throughout the industry for supreme golf equipment design technology. All metal woods and irons offered by The GolfWorks have are designed by Ralph and The GolfWorks Technical Team through the use of the proprietary Maltby Playability Factor. Derived through more than 34 years of golf club design and practical fitting experience, Ralph created the Maltby Playability Factor by combining a simple application of the laws of physics and an advanced mathematical formula. The result is a clubhead rating range that separates all models into five distinct playability levels:

• Ultra Game Improvement Playability (851+ Playability Factor and above)
• Super Game Improvement (701+ PF)
• Game Improvement (551+ PF)
• Conventional (401+ PF)
• Classic (251+ PF)
• Player Classic (250 PF and lower)

The higher the Playability Rating of a clubhead design, the easier the club is to consistently hit. All clubhead designs offered by The GolfWorks have a Playability Factor of Ultra Game Improvement, Super Game Improvement or Game Improvement. That gives clubhead designs from The GolfWorks a quantified performance rating that no other golf equipment manufacturer can match.

“Custom fitting golf equipment has always been two parts fact and one part ‘best guess,’” said Ralph. “The Maltby Playability Factor is a quantitative guide that objectively identifies specific clubhead performance characteristics for specific player types. As a result, clubmakers now have an additional tool in matching golfers with perfectly fit equipment.”

Dana Upshaw, a custom clubmaker from Warner Robins, Ga. and winner of four U.S. Southern Region and two International Clubmaker of the Year Awards, said the Maltby Playability Factor respresents a breakthrough in the custom fitting of golf clubheads. “The Maltby Playability Factor evaluates clubhead performance objectively, not through marketing or hype,” he said. “It will give me greater confidence in the clubhead recommendations I make for my customers.”

All clubheads distributed by The GolfWorks have undergone this evaluation. Playability Factor ratings are listed alongside each head in The GolfWorks annual Clubmaker’s Catalog, and displayed on this web.

The GolfWorks also is host to the finest educational programs in the industry — The GolfWorks Clubmaking Academy. Offering 27 sessions throughout the year, the Clubmaking Academy attracts students from around the world and is recognized as the game’s premier golf equipment assembly and repair training center.

The Maltby Design division of The GolfWorks provides design and manufacturing services for many golf equipment brands – like PowerBiltTM and Tommy ArmourTM.

The GolfWorks provides clubmakers and golfers with a variety of catalogs throughout the year. To request a catalog, call them toll-free at 1-800-848-8358, visit them online at www.golfworks.com or email them at golfworks@golfworks.com.

The GolfWorks USA headquarters is located just 30 miles east of Columbus, Ohio, just north of I-70.

The GolfWorks also operates two international divisions, The GolfWorks Canada in Nepean, Ontario, and The GolfWorks Europe in Upton, Cambridgeshire, UK.

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