History of PROBE GOLF
"I started Probe Golf in January of 1987,
specializing in custom fit iron sets. Although PING claimed
at the time that they made custom fit iron sets, every set they
made used the exact same iron shaft, which fit no one! Really,
NO ONE! After I learned all about the differences in shaft flex,
flex point location, and torque, I started making much better
custom fit iron sets. For the entire story, read my book at
www.lovewasnotenough.com.
"I had played golf for twenty-two years, and had never
made a hole-in-one. Two months after making myself my first
set of PROBE irons I made my first hole-in-one, a 5-iron over
water on a 195 yard hole. One month later I holed out a 2-iron
on a 222 yard hole. Hundreds of amazing success stories like
mine are available if I had time to relate each story.
"In January of 1991 PROBE entered the driver market. Every
major manufacturer made its metal driver heads with a 16-inch
radius bulge (toe to heel curvature; with the same radius as
a circle with a radius of 16 inches). Their roll measurement,
from top to bottom on the face was "infinite", completely
flat.
"Our first PROBE driver faces had 10 inches of bulge and
10 inches of roll. Our more curved faces added 30 yards to every
drive. Johnny Miller was one of the first tour players to try
the PROBE drivers, and ended up asking me to send him one dozen
PROBE driver heads each month for the next year!
"Chi Chi Rodriguez received the first PROBE driver on the
Senior Tour in April of 1991, and won four tournaments the first
three months he used it. In the next three years twenty-three
Seniors won on tour with a PROBE. It took the rest of the industry
three years to copy PROBE driver faces!
“In 1992, I obtained four patents on what I predicted would
be the best golf putter in the world. I signed a marketing agreement
with a marketing group out of New York, and gave them control
over my invention for the next five years.
"They invested $1,000,000 in my new golf
putter to produce a 30-minute infomercial and airing their infomercial
nationwide. They sold 125,000 putters for $120 each, plus shipping,
grossing over $15,000,000! Marketing my new putter technology
through the infomercial and making some fast money was their
only goal. They were not interested in introducing the putter
to professional golfers.
"Starting in 1997, I began buying back control
of my invention. In 2003 I bought a home computer and set up
my email address at www.probegolf.com.
" I started receiving emails from all over the world from
golfers who had purchased my putter from the infomercial, asking
where they could get another one. I could not help them out
at the time!
"Today, after years spent gaining control
over my original invention, I now own the company that made
my putter. I now intend to reach my original goal of making
the PROBE putters the most played golf putter in the world.
If a tour professional uses the PROBE, it will be because he
knows it is the best golf putter for him to use.
"In May of 2010 I predicted that Phil Michelson
would not pass Tiger Woods as the Number One player in the world
that year because Phil could not make those short, difficult
breaking putts. I was right. When I tried to contact Phil and
let him try my putter, which lets each user take the guesswork
out of making those short, difficult breaking putts, Phil’s
attorney threatened me, and told me not to try to contact Phil,
saying Phil was under contract to Callaway, and had to play
a Callaway putter!
"That’s how the professional golf tours operate,
and it is unfortunate that the public thinks tour stars really
play what they think is the best equipment!
"As of January, 2011, we have made a major
improvement in the torque (twisting capability) of our inverted
putter shaft, enabling golfers to put side-spin on the ball
to negate the break in short, breaking putts. This is a first
in the world of putting! The straigher a putt, the easier it
is to make, and the more a putt breaks, the tougher it is to
make. PROBE has taken the guesswork out of breaking putts.
"Take a look at the PROBE "Crib Sheet"
in the INSTRUCTION SECTION of this website, to get an idea how
the PROBE lets you take the guesswork out of making those tough
breaking putts! And, "YES", the PROBE conforms with
USGA rules!
"Now I look forward to letting all golfers, amateurs and
professionals alike, learn why my putter is the best performing
putter of all time!”
Peter Baumann
President, Probe Golf
