Ben Sayers started from humble beginnings, carrying out club repairs and making golf balls by hand from a lean-to shed adjacent to the 18th tee at North Berwick Golf Club, which was to become Ben’s first shop.
It was from this shed that he started to acquire a reputation as a golf club manufacturer and innovator, even making a set of clubs for King Edward VII as far back as 1902!
Ben was also a highly acclaimed golfer himself and was particularly renowned for his match play abilities, playing high-stakes matches against the best golfers of his day. He played in 33 Open Championships and had 12 top 10 finishes, playing his last Open at the age of 67.
The Ben Sayers brand has a fantastic reputation for creating revolutionary pieces of golf equipment, including the original gutta-percha balls, the ‘Benny’ putter (the first to have a square-edged grip), the first set of carbon-shafted clubs and the first ‘oversized’ driver. Ben Sayers even made a putter for Jack Nicklaus during the 1970s.
Today, Ben Sayers continues to manufacture a range of high-quality clubs, golf bags, trolleys and accessories and supplies them all over the world.