Apollo Golf Shafts
Apollo Golf Shafts
In 1913, the original owners, Accles and Pollock, received
a patent for the first tubular steel golf shaft. It took a while, but finally
the R & A legalized the shaft for tournament play in 1927. It quickly
replaced hickory golf shafts that had been used since golf was born in
Accles and Pollock soon joined forces with an American
company (American Fork & Hoe), which eventually became known as a company
you are no doubt familiar with: True Temper.
As a licensee for close to 40 years, Accles and Pollock made shafts under the True Temper name for the European and Japanese golf markets. Then in 1977, they began selling their own Apollo branded shafts to the North American golfers market.
In 1986 the company was split to give more attention to the
golf side of the business, and took on the name Apollo Golf. Reaching yet
another milestone, In 1988, Apollo Golf was the FIRST steel shaft manufacturer
to also offer its own branded graphite shaft models. In recent years, Apollo
Golf merged with Hireko Golf, who controls the manufacturing and foundry
operations. The quality and price of Apollo Steel shafts are unsurpassed.
Apollo offers a full range of products from steel wood and iron shafts, graphite wood and iron shafts and steel putter shafts too.
Some of the more popular Apollo shafts are the Apollo
Shadow, Apollo Hump (which has been played by Vijay Singh, Jim Furyk and many
other PGA tour pros), Apollo Acculite, Apollo Masterflex, Apollo Balistik,
Apollo Shadow UL, and many more!
