Kirsten Saul Han the originator of modern golf equipment industry [TaylorMade Burner Irons]
Lead Speaking of PING clubs you know for sure, but you understand the brand's founder, Karsten Sol Han In the U.S. golf industry, Carsten Sol Han is definitely the big names.
The originator of modern golf equipment industry
Saul Han is the originator of the modern golf equipment industry is not the slightest hyperbole. Until now, a club ball bag fitted into the efforts and wisdom of Sol Han. 40 years of club design and production processes,TourStage Bridgestone ViQ Irons, Saul Han and his PING golf clubs launched thousands of technology innovation, and even set up some still in production technology and industry standards. Closed casting technology (investment casting), edge-emphasis (perimeter weighting), tailor-made services (custom fitting), product serial numbers (serial numbers), and test the robot (Pingman), these now for every ball rod designer and even ordinary club enthusiasts are aware of the hands of the technologies or services from the Sol Han obsession and relentless pursuit of golf clubs. If there is no Sol Han, it is difficult to imagine today's golf clubs would be like.
The reason why Han Sol golf career. Devoted half his age, perhaps because they never think of the founder of PING golf equipment companies in the first 42 years of his life, actually never encounter a golf club.
The son of a shoemaker to the aeronautical engineer
September 15, 1911, Karsten Thor Han, born in Bergen, Norway. When Saul Han was a kid, he and parents immigrated to Seattle in the United States. Father Luo Gena Sol Han is a footwear manufacturers. In order to let his son to master the craft to make a living in a single-minded to a lifetime to master shoe-making processes and technologies passed to his son, small Saul Han is also very serious about learning.
The passage of time, Sol Han grew, his interest has slowly shifted. High school, Saul Han ideal has far deviated from the direction set by the father to give him - his dream of becoming an aerospace engineer. Young, he was certainly not thought that it was this dream, his name forever etched in the history of golf. Childhood experience of learning footwear Sol Han subsequent life has left a profound impact his first job is to give shoe store boss. Shoe hammer and spikes tempered, he cast a pair of not less than that of any craftsman hand.
Dream juvenile first stop was the University of Washington. Here, Saul Han villains camel swallowing machinery, electronics, aerospace engineering knowledge. Is the U.S. recession of the 1930s, just a few years during college, he was also because of economic reasons to suspend over their studies. 1936, married 25-year-old Saul Han Louis Crozet. A few years ago, they met a church in Seattle. Shortly after their marriage, the outbreak of World War II, U.S. Department of Defense attention to the military aviation industry is rapidly warming. This also makes the Sol Han finally learn to be with. Soon, the decision of Saul Han moved his family to San Diego, California, for the Ryan Airlines Company Limited (Ryan Aeronautical Corporation). The end of World War II, Han Sol in the aviation sector has been a small success, and began to participate in the fireball jet fighter (Fireball, Jet fighter plane), R & D work. Six years later, he switched to the Convair company began the development of the Atlas rocket's first land-based navigation system.
In 1953, Saul Han found himself as a wage earners last job - to join the General Electric Company (General Electric). As a mechanical design engineer, he was involved in the development of a sophisticated radar navigation system, and work locations from San Diego to go to Ithaca, New York State common scientific research base. This year has also become a turning point in the life of Saul Han is in Ithaca during his first first contact to whom the golf obsessed life. This year, 42-year-old Saul Han.
The following year, Saul Han was transferred to the common electronic park, engaged in the design and development of cassette antenna technology. This technology is the last passive used in the production of GM, the world's first portable TV. 1956, Saul Han was sent to the computer lab in Palo Alto, California, where General Motors and Bank of America, Stanford University research center in collaboration with scientists developed the world's first bank's computer system.
From hobby to the push rod of the King
The body of new work at the same time, Saul Han in his spare time and has never stopped playing golf hobby. Moreover, with the intuition of a scientist, Saul Han found that the golf club at the time there is an obvious problem - the lack of balance. So he began using his spare time to study the golf club. Gradually, Saul Han develop a habit Those who know a new golfers, it will ask him, satisfied with their clubs, why dissatisfied.
After several years of thought and research, in 1959, Saul Han finally to design and produce a unique was putting - production do not know the accuracy of, build is perhaps more appropriate, because the production The workshop is the house of Saul Han garage. This putter after the birth of the excited Saul Han wife Crozier called the garage and pushed a ball to her. Pinnnnnng ... Face the ball the moment, a burst of extremely clear voice echoed in the garage. Well, this club is called PING! Saul Han said.
Since then, the PING putter from Saul Han garage in Redwood City, California constantly transported to the United States Golf shop shelves. However, in the first two years, whether it is ordinary players or professional players are not interested in how the new PING putter. In 1961, Saul Han once again mobilize to Sun City, Arizona, the general headquarters of computer equipment. Until that time, a good sense of balance, stable putt PING putter began the players are accepted.
For a time, order, if avalanche coming 1966, designed by Saul Han PING Anser putter has been in short supply. Saul Han simply quit work at General Electric, bought a small factory in the northwest of Sun City and dedicated to running his own company into the production of the PING putter.
In 1967, the famous professional players, Julius Boros Sol Han production of the putter, she won the PGA Tour, one of the Phoenix Open champion. The PING putt in the United States is becoming Luoyangzhigui. July this year, Saul Han set up a Corporation Karsten (Karsten Manufacturing Corporation), and at the same time launched the PING logo printed on the irons and woods.
As the production continues to expand, as more and more professional players and amateurs use the PING putter sales soared all the way. Soon, the PING putter to become the putter of the highest rates in the U.S. Pro Tour and amateur champion.
The success behind the practice, there must be successful theories as support. Sol Han weight balance principle is the key to success of the PING putter. Saul Han believes that only when the putter's heel and toe weight balance, the putt is the most stable. This theory eventually led to a revolution in the club industry, and soon extended to the other pole of production manufactured by the putter.
In the production process of the putter and irons, Han Sol creative use of a closed casting technology; the use of computer knowledge accumulated over the years Saul Han developed for the first time named the PING MAN swing simulated robot, which more in-depth study of the swing, and more accurate detection of the newly developed clubs. So many, too numerous to mention Saul Han club production innovation. And the weight balance principle, such innovation continue to other clubs production company to imitate or continue to use today, these technologies has become an integral part of the major clubs production is also common. However, the success of the PING company continues. The 1980s, PING EYE2 putter became the golf history of sales of the first clubs; so far, PING I3 series irons, sales are still among the best in the world.
The club originator crazy fans
Operation of golf industry at the same time, Saul Han did not give up the hobby of golf. Interest in golf, at the same time, he also extended to areas outside the club.
In 1984, he acquired the Valley of the Moon, Sun City Golf & Country Club (Moon Valley Country Club), and quickly be converted. New conversion program contains everything a modern luxury Golf Club new club, large swimming pool and sprinkler system capacity. Saul Han also re-designed golf course, including the famous the Par3 pole of the Moon, Walk, holes, and added to the club in a professional club with stores and fitness rehabilitation center. That same year, Sol Han Karsten British company acquired ownership of the Thonock Golf Club in Gainsborough, England. The club were also the same large-scale remodeling, and changed its name to Gainsborough Golf Club; shortly after the stadium was extended to 36 holes.
1995, into a ripe old age of Saul Han Karsten, CEO of the post to John, the son of Saul Han. Torture due to Parkinson's disease, the day after the Sol Han had to spend retirement in a wheelchair, but his life, especially for golf still in great enthusiasm. Moon Valley Golf Club in his most beloved, people still often see the scene of Saul Han and friends to dinner.
February 16, 2000, news of the death of Saul Han alerted the entire golf world. Maybe not a golf industry over Carsten Sol Han. Ken Lindsay, Honorary Chairman of the Professional Footballers' Association, said now broad on the golf equipment market, the people are firmly convinced that technology can improve our performance on the pitch we should all be thanked industry standards established by the former chief engineer of the field of golf. Karsten adhere to innovation, integrity and quality of his dream is to create a better clubs, golf fans to better enjoy the sports they love.
The originator of modern golf equipment industry
Saul Han is the originator of the modern golf equipment industry is not the slightest hyperbole. Until now, a club ball bag fitted into the efforts and wisdom of Sol Han. 40 years of club design and production processes,TourStage Bridgestone ViQ Irons, Saul Han and his PING golf clubs launched thousands of technology innovation, and even set up some still in production technology and industry standards. Closed casting technology (investment casting), edge-emphasis (perimeter weighting), tailor-made services (custom fitting), product serial numbers (serial numbers), and test the robot (Pingman), these now for every ball rod designer and even ordinary club enthusiasts are aware of the hands of the technologies or services from the Sol Han obsession and relentless pursuit of golf clubs. If there is no Sol Han, it is difficult to imagine today's golf clubs would be like.
The reason why Han Sol golf career. Devoted half his age, perhaps because they never think of the founder of PING golf equipment companies in the first 42 years of his life, actually never encounter a golf club.
The son of a shoemaker to the aeronautical engineer
September 15, 1911, Karsten Thor Han, born in Bergen, Norway. When Saul Han was a kid, he and parents immigrated to Seattle in the United States. Father Luo Gena Sol Han is a footwear manufacturers. In order to let his son to master the craft to make a living in a single-minded to a lifetime to master shoe-making processes and technologies passed to his son, small Saul Han is also very serious about learning.
The passage of time, Sol Han grew, his interest has slowly shifted. High school, Saul Han ideal has far deviated from the direction set by the father to give him - his dream of becoming an aerospace engineer. Young, he was certainly not thought that it was this dream, his name forever etched in the history of golf. Childhood experience of learning footwear Sol Han subsequent life has left a profound impact his first job is to give shoe store boss. Shoe hammer and spikes tempered, he cast a pair of not less than that of any craftsman hand.
Dream juvenile first stop was the University of Washington. Here, Saul Han villains camel swallowing machinery, electronics, aerospace engineering knowledge. Is the U.S. recession of the 1930s, just a few years during college, he was also because of economic reasons to suspend over their studies. 1936, married 25-year-old Saul Han Louis Crozet. A few years ago, they met a church in Seattle. Shortly after their marriage, the outbreak of World War II, U.S. Department of Defense attention to the military aviation industry is rapidly warming. This also makes the Sol Han finally learn to be with. Soon, the decision of Saul Han moved his family to San Diego, California, for the Ryan Airlines Company Limited (Ryan Aeronautical Corporation). The end of World War II, Han Sol in the aviation sector has been a small success, and began to participate in the fireball jet fighter (Fireball, Jet fighter plane), R & D work. Six years later, he switched to the Convair company began the development of the Atlas rocket's first land-based navigation system.
In 1953, Saul Han found himself as a wage earners last job - to join the General Electric Company (General Electric). As a mechanical design engineer, he was involved in the development of a sophisticated radar navigation system, and work locations from San Diego to go to Ithaca, New York State common scientific research base. This year has also become a turning point in the life of Saul Han is in Ithaca during his first first contact to whom the golf obsessed life. This year, 42-year-old Saul Han.
The following year, Saul Han was transferred to the common electronic park, engaged in the design and development of cassette antenna technology. This technology is the last passive used in the production of GM, the world's first portable TV. 1956, Saul Han was sent to the computer lab in Palo Alto, California, where General Motors and Bank of America, Stanford University research center in collaboration with scientists developed the world's first bank's computer system.
From hobby to the push rod of the King
The body of new work at the same time, Saul Han in his spare time and has never stopped playing golf hobby. Moreover, with the intuition of a scientist, Saul Han found that the golf club at the time there is an obvious problem - the lack of balance. So he began using his spare time to study the golf club. Gradually, Saul Han develop a habit Those who know a new golfers, it will ask him, satisfied with their clubs, why dissatisfied.
After several years of thought and research, in 1959, Saul Han finally to design and produce a unique was putting - production do not know the accuracy of, build is perhaps more appropriate, because the production The workshop is the house of Saul Han garage. This putter after the birth of the excited Saul Han wife Crozier called the garage and pushed a ball to her. Pinnnnnng ... Face the ball the moment, a burst of extremely clear voice echoed in the garage. Well, this club is called PING! Saul Han said.
Since then, the PING putter from Saul Han garage in Redwood City, California constantly transported to the United States Golf shop shelves. However, in the first two years, whether it is ordinary players or professional players are not interested in how the new PING putter. In 1961, Saul Han once again mobilize to Sun City, Arizona, the general headquarters of computer equipment. Until that time, a good sense of balance, stable putt PING putter began the players are accepted.
For a time, order, if avalanche coming 1966, designed by Saul Han PING Anser putter has been in short supply. Saul Han simply quit work at General Electric, bought a small factory in the northwest of Sun City and dedicated to running his own company into the production of the PING putter.
In 1967, the famous professional players, Julius Boros Sol Han production of the putter, she won the PGA Tour, one of the Phoenix Open champion. The PING putt in the United States is becoming Luoyangzhigui. July this year, Saul Han set up a Corporation Karsten (Karsten Manufacturing Corporation), and at the same time launched the PING logo printed on the irons and woods.
As the production continues to expand, as more and more professional players and amateurs use the PING putter sales soared all the way. Soon, the PING putter to become the putter of the highest rates in the U.S. Pro Tour and amateur champion.
The success behind the practice, there must be successful theories as support. Sol Han weight balance principle is the key to success of the PING putter. Saul Han believes that only when the putter's heel and toe weight balance, the putt is the most stable. This theory eventually led to a revolution in the club industry, and soon extended to the other pole of production manufactured by the putter.
In the production process of the putter and irons, Han Sol creative use of a closed casting technology; the use of computer knowledge accumulated over the years Saul Han developed for the first time named the PING MAN swing simulated robot, which more in-depth study of the swing, and more accurate detection of the newly developed clubs. So many, too numerous to mention Saul Han club production innovation. And the weight balance principle, such innovation continue to other clubs production company to imitate or continue to use today, these technologies has become an integral part of the major clubs production is also common. However, the success of the PING company continues. The 1980s, PING EYE2 putter became the golf history of sales of the first clubs; so far, PING I3 series irons, sales are still among the best in the world.
The club originator crazy fans
Operation of golf industry at the same time, Saul Han did not give up the hobby of golf. Interest in golf, at the same time, he also extended to areas outside the club.
In 1984, he acquired the Valley of the Moon, Sun City Golf & Country Club (Moon Valley Country Club), and quickly be converted. New conversion program contains everything a modern luxury Golf Club new club, large swimming pool and sprinkler system capacity. Saul Han also re-designed golf course, including the famous the Par3 pole of the Moon, Walk, holes, and added to the club in a professional club with stores and fitness rehabilitation center. That same year, Sol Han Karsten British company acquired ownership of the Thonock Golf Club in Gainsborough, England. The club were also the same large-scale remodeling, and changed its name to Gainsborough Golf Club; shortly after the stadium was extended to 36 holes.
1995, into a ripe old age of Saul Han Karsten, CEO of the post to John, the son of Saul Han. Torture due to Parkinson's disease, the day after the Sol Han had to spend retirement in a wheelchair, but his life, especially for golf still in great enthusiasm. Moon Valley Golf Club in his most beloved, people still often see the scene of Saul Han and friends to dinner.
February 16, 2000, news of the death of Saul Han alerted the entire golf world. Maybe not a golf industry over Carsten Sol Han. Ken Lindsay, Honorary Chairman of the Professional Footballers' Association, said now broad on the golf equipment market, the people are firmly convinced that technology can improve our performance on the pitch we should all be thanked industry standards established by the former chief engineer of the field of golf. Karsten adhere to innovation, integrity and quality of his dream is to create a better clubs, golf fans to better enjoy the sports they love.
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