Powerbilt Golf Clubs Are Built By Louisville Slugger Or Used To Be

      Powerbilt golf clubs were manufactured in Louisville, Kentucky since 1916. They were produced by the Hillerich & Bradsby company. Famous for making the Louisville Slugger baseball bat. 
     Powebilt golf clubs have always been made to the highest standards. In their factory in Louisville, Kentucky and later right across the Ohio River in Jeffersonville, Indiana. 
     In the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s professional golfers used Powerbilt woods because of their superior performance. The fit and finish was second to none.They came with a brass weight on the back of the club for that extra oomph. They could stand up to the clay soil in Kentucky. And of course to all the other places in the world. Many times they would only use the driver as they were under contract to play another company's clubs. 
      The irons produced by Powerbilt were outstanding as well. Abiet hard to hit sometimes as most clubs were in the past. They had their Citation model. In both woods and irons. The top of the line. Again as good of a club that could or was produced. 
      Powerbilt pretty much produced a blade iron throughout the 1970s and 1980s. At the end of this decade they started getting modern. By the end of the 1980s Powerbilt was getting with it with new designs and technology. The 1988 Powerbilt TPS series was and is a great club. Square grooves on the face of the club. The best True Temper Dynamic Gold shafts. They made these clubs in stainless steel, Melonite, and Beryllium copper. How is that for selection? I have had all three. But when the economy went down the tubes in 2007 I sold the copper ones. They still fetched $250. Not bad for a town this  size. 
      Over forty years of playing Powerbilt clubs they never seem worn. Even my dad's 1960 Citations are in good shape. They have leather grips on them. I have to think they have been replaced somewhere along the line. As they are perfect. Powerbilt probably done this. As a charge or a courtesy. But they are pristine. 
     Powerbilt clubs can be had cheap on ebay. And they are great clubs. Golf as an industry is down. People who want to play cannot afford to or find time. Younger people just are not interested.