INDUSTRY PROFILE
DORMIE WORKSHOP HAS COME A LONG WAY IN A SHORT TIME
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even years ago, Todd and Jeff Bishop had a lot golf smarts, all kinds of passion and a pretty good backstory. It included chasing the sun as mini-tour players, giving that up for teaching, starting a golf school, and even doing a start-up golf business featuring glass ball markers. What they didn’t have was a single handmade leather head cover to show anyone. Humble beginnings don’t get a whole lot more humble. Buying a small chunk of space at the 2014 PGA of Canada Atlantic Merchandise Show in Moncton, N.B., the brothers put a leather hide on display and told anyone who passed by that if they took a chance on their handcrafted leather head covers, they would not be disappointed. Chris Billings, director of golf at New Brunswick’s Kingswood Resort, placed Dormie Workshop’s first order. Halifax’s Ashburn Golf Club came soon after and Cabot Links on Nova Scotia’s Cape Breton Island wasn’t far behind. 38
SPRING 2022
California Golf + Travel
