Bloomberg Businessweek - USA (2019-11-18)

SPORTS November18, 2019

Ingolf,driversand

ironstendtohaveset

rulesandprinciples

ofphysics.Aputter,

onthe otherhand,

is a morepersonal

affairbecauselessof

a swingis involved.

“It’sa categorythat

leads toahigher

preferenceratio,”

saysBruceSizemore,

thelongtimeclub

designerwhofounded

MoreGolf in 2018. “It’s

moreof a love-hate

relationship.” This

winterhe’sreleasinga

lineofputterscalled

theDetroitCollection.

Their headsareall

hand-forgedinthe

MotorCity,butthe

realshowstopperis

theinsertfabricated

usingtheJapanese

methodof Mokume

Gane,inwhich

sheetsofcopperand

silverareheatedto

forma singlelayer

of material.It’snot

necessarilyfunctional:

Theprocedurewas

originallyusedto

createshowoffy

hiltsforsamurai

swords—themore

ornamentation,

themoregiftedits

owner.Eachpattern

is unique,creatinga

kindof“thumbprint.”

After aconsultation

tochooseamonga

darkerbronzeorgray

orpurplepatina,the

putterstakeabouta

weektoarrive.Only

99 willbemade.

$2, 500 ;

80061 8- 1696

layersofcopperandsilver

arerequiredtocreatethese

MokumeGaneinserts

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