Callaway Golf Company is to open a $15 million 3D printing facility in Fort Worth, Texas. The site sits next to the company's North America Distribution Center.
A Callaway iron head. The company is adding in-house additive manufacturing capacity in Texas. Image: Callaway Golf
Callaway says the plant is there to sharpen its research, development and manufacturing capabilities, and to open up designs and performance levels that conventional manufacturing simply cannot reach. One clear target is expanding its advanced titanium capabilities.
It is not a cold start. The company has spent seven years on additive manufacturing R&D, and has been building prototypes and custom models in-house since 2022. Callaway's own read is that the next round of gains in club performance will not come from wringing more out of existing production techniques. It will take different ways of making the parts.
"At Callaway, we believe the greatest performance breakthroughs come from challenging the status quo," said Chip Brewer, President and CEO of Callaway Golf Company. "We believe 3D printing represents one of the most significant opportunities to advance golf club performance in decades, and we're investing to lead that future."
"Nobody can create the next generation of performance by relying exclusively on yesterday's methods," Brewer added. "We're building capabilities that give our engineers the freedom to pursue ideas that simply weren't possible before."
The plant is due to come online in mid-2027, then cover a portion of the company's US product needs in 2028, starting with custom titanium parts. The Texas spend follows more than $100 million Callaway has already put into golf ball manufacturing in Chicopee, Massachusetts.
Cobra Golf has already brought several products with 3D-printed club heads to market. Callaway is now taking the same technology into its own production.
This news is based on official information released by TCT Magazine.
