st. andrews industry golf clubs founded 1860 founder robert forgan headquarters scotland website www.forgan.co.uk forgan golf clubs works around 1880 robert forgan with son forgan of st. andrews established in 1860 is the oldest golf club manufacturing company in the world . 1 it is based in st andrews fife scotland . the company owes its foundation to the society of st andrews golfers later the royal and ancient golf club of st andrews who hired local carpenter hugh philp to make golf clubs . on his death in 1856 philp was succeeded by his nephew robert forgan who established forgan golf four years later . forgan was later appointed official club maker to the prince of wales . 2 forgan golf is now owned by sports plc. 1 endorsements edit james anderson around 1875 forgan golf has endorsement deals with 1991 masters champion ian woosnam and european seniors tour player david j russell . 1 forgan golf clubs works in 1880 approx references edit a b c forgan of st. andrews sign european tour veteran david j russell . golf monthly . history of forgan . forgan golf . external links edit forgan golf official site retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title forgan of st. andrews & oldid 647101515 categories golf equipment manufacturers navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 14 february 2015 at 14 00 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view