In the late 1800's True Temper began with the combination of several independently owned forging companies with loosely related product lines. In 1902 this combination of businesses was formally organized as the American Fork and Hoe Company.

In 1930 the Royal and Ancient Order of Saint Andrews, the golf decision making body in Scotland, made the steel shaft legal for tournament play. Shortly thereafter, predecessors of the Company began marketing steel shafts under the True Temper brand name. In 1939 a predecessor of the Company completed an initial public offering.

In 1967 True Temper merged into Allegheny Ludlum. In 1978 Allegheny Ludlum sold True Temper to Wilkinson Sword in exchange for a 45% interest in Wilkinson Sword. Two years later Allegheny International acquired the remainder of Wilkinson Sword, bringing True Temper back to Allegheny ownership. In 1985 Allegheny sold True Temper to Emhart Corporation, which was subsequently acquired by Black & Decker in April 1989.

A summary of the Company's key historical events follows.

1923
American Fork and Hoe begins manufacturing steel golf shafts.

1928
True Temper patents step-down process for steel golf shafts.

1931
True Temper's golf shafts lead the marketplace and the PGA tour.

1939
Company completes public offering.

1941
True Temper introduces the first golf shaft to offer complete flex categories.

1942
True Temper's Dynamic line is tested and introduced on the PGA Tour.

1949
Company's name changed to True Temper from American Fork and Hoe.

1964
True Temper begins experimenting with new shaft designs, including composites, fiberglass, aluminum and other materials.

1965
True Temper becomes a leading supplier of metal tennis racquets.

1967
True Temper designs and introduces the Iron Byron mechanical golf robot for test purposes.

1972
True Temper introduces complete product lines for women, seniors and juniors.

1980
The Dynamic Gold product line is introduced.

1986
True Temper opens a facility in Olive Branch, Mississippi to begin production of composite golf shafts.

1991
The Dynamic brand name celebrates its 50th anniversary in the golf industry and on the PGA Tour.

1994
True Temper closes its Seneca, South Carolina steel shaft plant; reduces market volume forced consolidated into one facility.

1995
True Temper introduces curvature analysis and the Determinator fitting system.

1996
Dynamic Gold Graphite and Sensicore® Steel introduced.

1997
ShaftLab introduced;
True Temper Japan is established.

1998
Sensicore® Graphite introduced.

2000
Tri-Gold introduced.

2001
Rxi BiMatrx introduced.

2002
Introduction of TX-90--the lightest steel shaft in the world!

2003
True Temper opens a state-of-the-art testing facility in Robinsville, Mississippi.