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Acushnet Holdings Corp.

A maker of golf gear under the Titleist and FootJoy brands, Acushnet produces golf balls, clubs, wedges, putters, footwear, and apparel for players worldwide. The company began in 1910 as the Acushnet Process Company, a rubber-recycling business in Acushnet, Massachusetts, named after its hometown. In 1932 founder Philip 'Skipper' Young, suspicious after missing a putt, X-rayed his golf ball, found its core off-center, and set the firm on the path to golf.