About Ralph Maltby

Ralph Maltby began his career with the Spalding Golf Company as a product engineer in 1969 where he designed a number of new golf clubs.  Ralph later became Product Manager for golf products.

In 1973 he joined Faultless Sports as Director of Marketing. There he developed and patented a number of highly innovative club designs and was promoted to Vice President of Operations with overall marketing and manufacturing responsibilities.

Ralph then founded his own company in 1976, The GolfWorks, which has since grown to become the world’s leading source for research, development, technical services and education for custom clubmaking.  The GolfWorks manufactures and distributes machines, gauges, tools and supplies used by golf club repair shops, golf pros, original equipment manufacturers and clubmakers.

In 2005, Ralph Maltby published The Maltby Playability Factor. The Maltby Playability Factor is based on decades of experience in golf club design and engineering and is a comprehensive system to select the right iron head designs for golfers of every playing ability, including tour professionals. 

Ralph has lectured at more than 250 PGA business schools on golf club design principles, golf club fitting and golf club repair procedures.  Additionally, he has written numerous instructional books and articles for golf publications around the world.  He is a member of the Golf Writers Association of America and The Golf Collectors Society. 

Ralph Maltby has been inducted into the Ohio Golf hall of Fame, joining other notables such as Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer, Byron Nelson and Tom Weiskopf and the Professional Clubmakers Society (PCS) Hall of Fame.