Understanding the Golf Club Development Process

Each golf development program has its own unique characteristics.  However there are some generalizations involving the process.  These include:

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Preliminary

 

- Non-Disclosure Agreement or patent protection in place.

- Discussion of the client's program

- Program Quotation (Note:  Program Quotation costs are independent from tooling costs, prototype sampling and eventual   

  production costs.)

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Start-Up

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- Conceptualization

- Modeling

- Blueprinting

- Supplier Quotation Package

- Competitive Bidding

   (Suppliers' Quotation for the Design Parts and associated tooling costs)

- Awarding Supplier

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Tooling & Testing

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- Creation of Masters

- Tooling Development

- First Engineering Samples Audits and Testing

- Subsequent Tooling Adjustments and Samples

- Approval of Tooling and Samples for Production

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