{"id":342,"date":"2004-12-19T01:04:41","date_gmt":"2004-12-19T06:04:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thesandtrap.com\/uncategorized\/jesse_joins_jones\/"},"modified":"2004-12-19T01:04:41","modified_gmt":"2004-12-19T06:04:41","slug":"jesse_joins_jones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesandtrap.com\/b\/clubs\/jesse_joins_jones","title":{"rendered":"Jesse Joins Jones"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"JonesRemember those Orlimar “TriMetal” golf clubs from the late 1990s? The man behind the clubs – Jesse Ortiz – is back. He’s found a job with Bobby Jones Golf Equipment Company. The company features two lines of men’s equipment – “Collection” and “Players” – and a line of women’s gear. All three will be on display at next month’s PGA Merchandise show in Orlando.<\/p>\n

Ortiz comes from a line of clubmakers. His dad, Lou, made clubs for some folks you may have heard of: Ken Venture and Johnny Miller. The TriMetal was such a success that the relatively small Orlimar couldn’t control its success. Orlimar took on investors and eventually succumbed to a problem perhaps best described as “too many cooks in the kitchen.” The company floundered under a sea of debt and empty promises.<\/p>\n

In June, and with the permission of the Jones estate, Ortiz and a business partner started the Bobby Jones Equipment Company to expand the Bobby Jones brand beyond the apparel line<\/a>.
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\nThe Collection is the flagship line and features a Merlot-colored, 400cc driver with a graphite\/composite crown, a Fujikura<\/a> Speeder shaft, a Beta Titanium face, and a calfskin grip. The fairly high-lofted 10.75° club will carry a fairly high-priced cost as well: $600. (Then again, a Bobby Jones shirt costs $160.) “Typical high-end country club guys,” Ortiz said.<\/p>\n

The Players line should appeal to the more average golfer, with two 440cc drivers at about $300 and some fairway woods at about $200. The clubs feature the same technology but less expensive materials.<\/p>\n

With one of the best names in golf behind him, we wish him the best.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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