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In the next 99 days, the daytime temperature was 100 degrees and above. To complicate things, Tucson was under a desert heat wave.

They arrived in Tucson 5 days later, on Fathers Day, June 19, 1994, after the air conditioner died in their new van in Amarillo, Texas and the local dealer didn’t have the compressor to fix it. Divot Golf Clubs were developed and manufactured using top grade “gram-weighted head” components and assembled personally by John with very strict assembly procedures.ĭisappointed and angry, John left for Tuscon, Arizona on June 14, 1994, with his 2 children (his 10-year old son and his 3-year old daughter) and his wife, who supported his efforts and was able to handle his successes as well as his temporary setbacks. John’s local competitors began a negative dialogue with local golfers, saying that John was using substandard materials and then John’s competitors said that his clubs’ components were of inferior quality. Both models were of improved designs of current models that were manufactured by major manufacturers, but were significantly different so as not to violate the patents and trade dress of those national companies.

In the coming months and years, John would develop his own brand of golf clubs, that he named Dr. Finally, John was able to sell Bob Toski Golf Clubs and, in addition, to make custom clubs. Hence, even though there was no “official” announcement in the press, the idea of having a computerized, indoor golf club testing and practice range and selling custom-made top of the line golf clubs was exciting to John. Jim was looking for the top club-fitter in the Capitol District of New York State.

Jim Shea recommended that he come to see him for an interview at the Bob Toski Golf Company in Newark, Ohio. After renting the golf driving range in 1983, and being turned down for family financing, an excellent opportunitypresented itself. After decades of exploration and training, John had gone from a first-time golfer at the age of 7 to an accomplished golf professional and a very qualified golf course superintendent.