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The golfing heritage of the Davies family can be traced back to the early Scottish feathery ball and golf clubmakers of the 1700s. At the age of 14, Eddie Davies, now in his eighties, served his clubmaking apprenticeship under the skillful eye of Charles Gibson (1864-1937), master clubmaker and professional at the Royal North Devon Golf Club, Westward Ho!, England. Charles Gibson had been born and brought up in Musselburgh at the very heart of the golf clubmaking business in Scotland, and had served his apprenticeship with Tom Dunn at North Berwick. Charles Gibson was well respected as a clubmaker, being senior judge in the 1911 Golf Exhibition, with Willie Park Junior and Willie Fernie as his assistant judges - a significant sign of his standing. Charles Gibson made three wooden golf clubs (Ben Sayers made the irons) which were presented to Queen Mary (wife of King George V) for inclusion in the Queens dolls house at Windsor Castle. Using the traditional methods and old tools handed down from Gibsons workshop, Davies Clubs maintains this link with the past, and continues to produce miniature and full-size golf clubs from a bygone golfing era.

 

Address: Unit 3 Back Lane Industrial Estate Chulmleigh Devon EX18 7DQ
Telephone: (01769) 581161
Fax: (01769) 581161
Website: http://www.golfgallery.co.uk/