Great round today.
I was standing on the tee with my 8-iron when a guy from my threesome informed me that it was only 145 to the front. I ran back to my bag, pulled my nine iron and took a nice swing at the Titleist Pro V1x I had tee'd up. The ball hit the front of the…
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. - Bob Vokey
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.
Bob left Montreal for the United States at age 25 and settled in Carlsbad, Calif., where he has lived ever since.
Vokey opened Bob'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.
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.
Bob did not necessarily share his father's passion for golf as a child, but he observed and assisted in his father's club creations.