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FootJoy to Peter Millar: Golf’s Biggest Brands Ranked From Oldest to Newest

A century-old footwear maker outpaces newer competitors in golf's evolving brand landscape

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By Standard Golf · Golf BrandsMatt PauliMichael BohlmannStandard Golf Company
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A century-old footwear maker outpaces newer competitors in golf's evolving brand landscape

Join Standard Golf Company's Vice President, Matt Pauli, and Account Executive, Michael Bohlmann, as they explore the fascinating timeline of golf's biggest brands. Did you know FootJoy has been around since 1923, making it the oldest in their lineup? Or that Jacobsen's first mower in 1969 transformed golf course upkeep?

Nike Golf might feel modern, but it's been teeing off since 1984, followed by Callaway's game-changing golf balls in 2000. The youngest on their list? Peter Millar, bringing style to the green since 2001.

Join the conversation as they dive into how these brands shaped the game—old-school classics meet modern icons!

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Hey. Happy Friday. Happy Friday. We'll jump right back into it. Let's do it. Mike. So today, I'm going to give you five golf items or brands. Okay. And you're going to put them in order from when they first came out to most recent. So oldest will be first. The most recent will be last. Okay. So you're just gonna rank it one through product. Oh, my. Let let let's let's hope we got some persimmon woods or something like that. Here we go. The first one is just the brand Nike Golf. Nike Golf. Well, that's a good one. Nike Golf probably didn't start until Tiger Woods, really. So that's in the mid nineties. So you said the most the newest one has gotta be five. Will be five. Something's gonna come out new, like, you might throw PHG at me. So I'm gonna I'm gonna four. Four? Four. Four. K. Next one is Peter Millard, the brand. Peter Millard. Jeez. I would think it's younger than Tiger Woods. I mean, I didn't start by about ninety before I bought Peter Moore. Shoot. I have to go five. I have to go five. I'm not gonna get a do I get a six or a seven? Yeah. You don't get a six or a seven. So looks like looks like we're going older from here. Let's hope. Next one is the first Cala golf ball. Let's go with one. One? Yeah. The oldest one. I probably should say two. I'm gonna go two. K. Change it to two. Next one is the first FootJoy term to be used on a shoe. Was foot joy older than Callaway? I have no idea. My gosh. I have no idea. Three. I'm thinking you're getting this probably the oldest one next. K. Next one is a triplex green smaller. Oh, it's probably By Jacobson. Not the oldest. Not the one. That's gotta be number one. This is what I have left. Because I did so bad here. I did this is bad. Alright. The oldest is actually FootJoy. Back in nineteen twenty three, the name FootJoy was first used. Okay. Second is the first mower by Jacobson in sixty nine, nineteen sixty nine. Wasn't that bad? I had those one and two. Third is Nike Golf in nineteen eighty four. I thought about doing that. And then it goes Callaway golf ball in two thousand, and then Peter Mallard in two thousand one. Yeah. Well, he's good. Now lucky I didn't need a six. Luckily he didn't need a six. Okay. No. Good job. Thank you. It was as easy as an easy mark.

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