https://www.titleist.co.uk/teamtitleist/m/happybirthdaybobvokeyen-USTelligent Community 10https://www.titleist.co.uk/teamtitleist/m/happybirthdaybobvokey/15586Thu, 15 Jul 2010 15:40:52 GMT9ab519fc-5311-4952-85cd-0a0ceffb73fb:f77de0d8-3fc5-421f-b57e-d3e80cce62a5Team Titleist0<p><i>As much as I wanted to play the game, I realized my strength was in learning about golf clubs, re-shafting them, designing them and making them. </i>- Bob Vokey<i><br /></i></p>https://www.titleist.co.uk/teamtitleist/m/happybirthdaybobvokey/15585Thu, 15 Jul 2010 15:40:52 GMT9ab519fc-5311-4952-85cd-0a0ceffb73fb:505fdc54-6df7-4182-bdee-63e16a2aa3cdTeam Titleist0<p>Bob was born in Canada in 1940. His father, Walter, who was born in France, but moved to Newfoundland before settling in Montreal, was a precision tool and die maker, an avid golfer and constant tinkerer of golf equipment.</p>https://www.titleist.co.uk/teamtitleist/m/happybirthdaybobvokey/15584Thu, 15 Jul 2010 15:40:51 GMT9ab519fc-5311-4952-85cd-0a0ceffb73fb:a35ade8e-9a15-4b94-8fab-4f0be56914e8Team Titleist0<p>Bob did not necessarily share his father&#39;s passion for golf as a child, but he observed and assisted in his father&#39;s club creations.</p>https://www.titleist.co.uk/teamtitleist/m/happybirthdaybobvokey/15583Thu, 15 Jul 2010 15:40:51 GMT9ab519fc-5311-4952-85cd-0a0ceffb73fb:5e1648b6-1a9e-4d9e-a562-aafe2e3b8924Team Titleist0<p>Bob played football, hockey and baseball at Verdun High School in Montreal and played a year of professional football with the Quebec Rifles of the United Football League in 1964 as a punter, receiver and safety.</p>https://www.titleist.co.uk/teamtitleist/m/happybirthdaybobvokey/15582Thu, 15 Jul 2010 15:40:51 GMT9ab519fc-5311-4952-85cd-0a0ceffb73fb:78aa2fca-dbe5-40c4-bc2b-e0cfd1661718Team Titleist0<p>Bob left Montreal for the United States at age 25 and settled in Carlsbad, Calif., where he has lived ever since.</p>https://www.titleist.co.uk/teamtitleist/m/happybirthdaybobvokey/15581Thu, 15 Jul 2010 15:40:51 GMT9ab519fc-5311-4952-85cd-0a0ceffb73fb:31e08ffc-ba24-4253-8fdf-efb9491beed3Team Titleist0<p>He lived near a golf course, and started to play competitively, eventually developing his father&#39;s passion for &quot;tinkering&quot; with golf clubs.</p>https://www.titleist.co.uk/teamtitleist/m/happybirthdaybobvokey/15580Thu, 15 Jul 2010 15:40:50 GMT9ab519fc-5311-4952-85cd-0a0ceffb73fb:844304f4-f66d-4ddb-af96-890cee7b5982Team Titleist0<p>Vokey opened Bob&#39;s Custom Golf Shop in 1976 at Fallbrook Country Club in San Diego County, before moving to a 1,300 square foot location in Vista, Calif., in 1980.<br /></p>https://www.titleist.co.uk/teamtitleist/m/happybirthdaybobvokey/15579Thu, 15 Jul 2010 15:40:50 GMT9ab519fc-5311-4952-85cd-0a0ceffb73fb:df46399a-aa31-49ab-a489-4c8724e0d0f4Team Titleist0<p>Vokey Design wedges are the overwhelming favorite among PGA Tour players, with 35 percent of all sand, lob and approach wedges in play each week (over double the nearest competitor).</p>https://www.titleist.co.uk/teamtitleist/m/happybirthdaybobvokey/15578Thu, 15 Jul 2010 15:40:49 GMT9ab519fc-5311-4952-85cd-0a0ceffb73fb:7175501a-2187-4c71-9855-2b9c602bb774Team Titleist0<p>Happy Birthday, Bob!</p>