Raybon Putters

When precision engineer Ian Raybon and PGA professional Gary Hunter met on the golf course as schoolboys, going into business together was the last thing on their minds. Gary wanted to play and coach, Ian just wanted to be a half-decent golfer. Less than 13 years later, they are the men behind Raybon Putters: a new brand offering bespoke, stunning, high performance milled putters to suit you and your game, with a custom look at a price point everyone can afford. Gary was working part-time in his local golf club when Ian – then aged 11 – decided to take up golf. During the week they passed in the school corridors, but at weekends they played golf together, and at only 16 himself with aspirations to become a PGA Professional, Gary was the ideal person to teach Ian the basics. Although their working lives then took them in different directions, their friendship has continued to this day. Ian took the traditional route into engineering. After his initial engineering qualifications, he won a much sought-after apprenticeship with manufacturing company Swagelok, eventually become a fully qualified precision engineer working on projects for high pressure oil rigs, the aerospace industry and for Rolls-Royce. At the same time, Gary was playing golf, continuing to coach and obtaining his degree in Professional Golf Studies. By 2015, Ian and Gary were playing regularly together but Ian's putting let him down. Like many golfers he decided that it was the putter that was at fault but he couldn't afford a new one. What he could do was put his engineering skills to good use by designing and making his own, so that's exactly what he did. And this is where we are now.