The Post Game Podcast #90 - Dean Snell: The Engineer Who Revolutionized Golf with the Pro V1
Dean Snell is a hockey player turned plastics engineer and entrepreneur, co-designer of the Titleist ProV1, and founder of Snell Golf, a direct-to-consumer golf ball company based in New Bedford, MA.
He holds 40 US patents and is widely considered one of the foremost authorities in golf balls. He spent 18 years at Taylor Made and 7 with Titleist before launching in Snell Golf to provide golf balls at an affordable cost to the consumer.
Timestamps:
(0:00) - Intro to Dean
(2:20) - No interest in golf growing up
(4:50) - Dean’s hockey background and career
(6:25) - Start of his career at BF Goodrich
(7:55) - Getting to Titleist
(9:55) - Building the ProV1
(12:10) - Where’d the ProV1 name come from?
(13:40) - What’s the players’ involvement?
(15:30) - John Daly & John Daly Story
(18:25) - Sergio Garcia
(20:10) - How good are modern golfers?
(21:10) - Feedback from players
(22:10) - Original idea for Snell Golf
(24:00) - Building Snell Golf & Giving back to the consumer
(26:40) - The business inside golf
(29:00) - Expensive to be on tour
(31:10) - Staying engaged with customers
(32:10) - Challenges since COVID
(33:40) - Courses on his list - Augusta
(34:40) - Where to find Snell Golf
Snell Golf Balls – Premium Golf Balls for Every Golfer | Snell Golf
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