As much as I wanted to play the game, I realized my strength was in learning about golf clubs, re-shafting them, designing them and making them. - Bob Vokey

Bob left Montreal for the United States at age 25 and settled in Carlsbad, Calif., where he has lived ever since.

He lived near a golf course, and started to play competitively, eventually developing his father's passion for "tinkering" with golf clubs.