Dan Murphy Podcast #334 – Bridgestone E12 & E6 Golf Balls

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Worldwide Golf Shops INSIDER PODCAST #334! In this installment, we chat with the President and CEO of Bridgestone Golf, Mr. Dan Murphy! Dan talks Bridgestone's new E12 & E6 Golf Balls! Please Enjoy this INSIDER Podcast. You can shop Bridgestone at https://www.worldwidegolfshops.com/ Podcast Transcript Welcome to the Worldwide golf Shops insider podcast. Episode 334. Hello Everyone. Thanks so much for tuning in today. So glad that you did, whether you're a first time listener. Longtime subscriber or somewhere in the middle. Doesn't matter. Just glad that you joined us, especially so today. Our special guest joins us from just outside Atlanta, GA. He is the President and CEO of Bridgestone Golf, Mr Dan Murphy. Dan. Thanks so much for joining us. It's been a long time man. Yeah. It's been a long time. It's a great honor to be here in talking to you. Thank you. Yeah, you wanna see how long it's been? You hooked us up with Lee Trevino back in the day and that was episode 113 that was over. 200 episodes ago and I remember because Lee was saying it had the number 13 in it and he was like Tom, Tom. That's unlucky. Number 13. Why are you giving me this episode, you know? He's he's a character. I bet he I bet he entertained you that day, this. Oh, certainly one of the one of the Mount Rushmore interviews of all time, but let's talk about you, Dan, for our listeners who may not know you've got a long history in the game in the history with Bridgestone. Tell us about about your life in the business and then your role at Bridgestone. Wow, well. Golf the golf business started for me. In the mid 90s I worked for a while at Maxfli Golf, remember Max Line and the good old good old days, and then when they kind of merged in with tailor made it went out there for a short time. But the West Coast wasn't really for me and then I came back in 2004. Kind of had my big break in the golf business which was to come to Bridgestone. Which marketed their brand under precept at the time. And they really wanted to take the preset. Brandon and all the great technology and the great products that they had and then market them under the Bridgestone brand, and so that was kind of my baby was to launch the bridge. Don't brand in 2005 and it was good. You know, we had a great run, really got off to a. A big start. We got the number two. We were selling more golf balls and that was really our focus. More golf balls than Nike at the time, or TaylorMade or Callaway when we were rocking right along and then. But I I kind of had an entrepreneurial itch. This brings us all the way up to 2015 and left the company for a little while. And you know, pursued some other things. And then I needed the company and the company needed me and they asked me back to come back in 2018. So I've been here for coming up on three years and it's it's been a great three years, but a wild ride. As you can imagine that. Hey Dan, when I think of Bridgestone, I guess I think. One one of the top ball manufacturers in the world where the balls are. Everyone can't say this made in the USA. I think of golf balls for all levels of players going. I mean, even with you know. Obviously Tiger and Bryson and Matt Kuchar. And then I think of a company that goes out of the way. For golf ball fitting for the consumers to make sure they're fit for the right golf ball. That those are just what I think of when I think of Bridgestone is that is that what you want me to think of is is. It's rich markup. Well, we want you to think of. Obviously we make golf balls for the best players in the world, Tiger amongst them. Bryson DeChambo has been very prevalent. Freddie Couples the guy that I knew back from the maxfli days and when I got the bridge. Down by the opportunity to have an Association with him with bridgestones, he's been with us for a long time. Matt Kutcher. And quite a few others. And so yeah,