John Letters marks 90th year with
donation to Poppy Appeal

John Letters of Scotland, the world famous golf club maker, has reached its landmark 90th anniversary and is marking the occasion with a donation to the Poppy Appeal which this year is commemorating ninety years since the end of the First World War.
A percentage of every product sold by John Letters in the month from 11 November, Remembrance Day, will be donated to the Poppy Appeal which raises funds to support ex-serviceman and their families.
The owner of John Letters Golf Limited, John Andrew, said: “My Great Grandfather John Thomas Andrew fought in world war one and was of the lucky ones to survive and such The Royal British Legion has long been one of my favourite charities and we have made donations in the past."
"However, as we have both reached a landmark of 90 years together this year, we have decided to make a donation on all sales for a period of a month from Remembrance Day. This way we hope to raise thousands of pounds which will help support the current and ex-service community.”
90 Years Of John Letters' Golf Equipment
John Letters Golf was founded in 1918 by a Glasgow businessman called John Letters. He decided to base his company in the industrial heartlands of the West of Scotland.
At the time eyebrows were raised that a club maker could flourish if its owner was not a golf professional and if it was not based in one of the centres of Scottish golf. In actual fact John Letters Golf was ideally placed to take advantage of the great technological advances of the 20th century and John Letters' lack of grounding in professional golf made him more open to change as his company became one of the first in Europe to experiment with steel shafts.
By 1949 John Letters Golf had reached a position of dominance in the British game, kitting out three quarters of that year's Ryder Cup side, and most of the small club makers run from back rooms overlooking the great links courses had disappeared. The Golden Goose John Letters putter became one of the 20th century's most iconic clubs.
Today John Letters Golf Limited, under new ownership since 2005, remains one of the most enduring and recognisable names in golf. The company continues to produce golf clubs, balls, bags, gloves and other accessories. In the increasingly competitive world of golf equipment manufacturing John Letters can now look proudly towards the next 90 years.