Just ten minutes from Chicago O’Hare International Airport is the location of Wilson Golf’s Innovation Center-the research and development facility for golf clubs and balls. In this nondescript building you’ll find more than just golf clubs and balls being developed, Wilson Sports also does R&D for it’s tennis and baseball lines, as well as build all custom golf club orders.
In this video we take you inside the Wilson Innovation Center and show you what actually goes on in this facility, from measuring golf ball compression, to how they make product molds, how custom clubs are assembled, the 2010 Wilson Golf lineup of clubs, golf club archives, and much more!
One of things I learned when I toured the Innovation Center with my host Mary Nguyen from Wilson, is that Wilson Sports didn’t start out making golf equipment, it has roots in the meat packing business. Schwarzchild & Sulzberger company (later changed to Sulzbeger & Son’s) that operated meat packing plants in New York and Chicago, which started out making tennis racket strings and violin strings from animal by-products from their slaughterhouses that they operated. This eventually led to making tennis rackets and baseball shoes.
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