True Temper Sports

True Temper Sports is the sports-equipment division and brand associated with the long-running True Temper manufacturing business. Based in Memphis, Tennessee, the company supplies equipment for golf, ice hockey, and lacrosse. Its best-known area is golf-shaft manufacturing, while its broader sports portfolio has also included hockey and lacrosse equipment. The business traces its industrial roots to the Old Stone Forge in Wallingford, Vermont, which was established in 1808 and later developed into the American Fork and Hoe Company. The corporate name changed to True Temper in 1949. In 1981, the wider True Temper business was divided into sports and hardware divisions, creating a clearer organizational distinction between sporting-goods manufacturing and yard-tool production. True Temper became part of Huffy in 1990. During Huffy's ownership, the sports business remained associated with golf shafts and other sporting products, while the yard-tools operation followed a separate path. In 1999, Ames acquired the True Temper yard-tools business and golf shafts from Huffy. The sports operation subsequently became subject to separate ownership, with Lincolnshire Management acquiring True Temper Sports in August 2012. The True Temper name also had a significant presence in bicycle manufacturing through bicycle tubing. The company produced bicycle tubing from at least 1987 until the product line was scheduled to end in 2017; True Temper announced in 2016 that it would stop making bicycle tubing the following year. This marked a retrenchment from a specialized materials category that had been important to the brand's reputation among bicycle manufacturers and enthusiasts. True Temper Sports operates in a business-to-business and branded-equipment environment, supplying components and finished or branded sporting goods rather than functioning primarily as a mass-market general retailer. Its golf-shaft business is the clearest expression of the brand, while hockey and lacrosse broaden its participation in team and field sports. In September 2025, Roustan Capital acquired True Hockey from Lincolnshire Management. That transaction concerned the True Hockey business and should not automatically be treated as a transfer of every True Temper Sports activity. Publicly available reference material does not establish a complete current ownership structure for the overall True Temper Sports brand.

True Temper Sports developed from an industrial manufacturing lineage that began with the Old Stone Forge in Wallingford, Vermont, founded in 1808. That operation later became the American Fork and Hoe Company, linking the eventual True Temper name to the manufacture of metal tools and related products rather than to sports equipment alone. The corporate name was changed to True Temper in 1949. For much of the twentieth century, the business operated across industrial and consumer product categories. A major organizational change came in 1981, when True Temper was divided into sports and hardware divisions. The split separated its sporting-goods activities from its hardware and yard-tool operations and established the basis for the later True Temper Sports identity. Huffy acquired True Temper in 1990. Under Huffy ownership, the True Temper businesses continued to span multiple categories, including golf shafts and yard tools. In 1999, Ames acquired True Temper yard tools and golf shafts from Huffy. The sports operation later became independently identifiable as True Temper Sports, with Lincolnshire Management acquiring it in August 2012. Golf shafts became the company's most prominent sports-related product area. True Temper also manufactured equipment connected with ice hockey and lacrosse, giving the business a presence in both individual sporting components and team-sport equipment. Its name was additionally associated with bicycle tubing, which was produced from at least 1987. In 2016, the company announced that it would stop making bicycle tubing in 2017, bringing that line to an end. The ownership history continued to evolve in the hockey segment. In September 2025, Roustan Capital acquired True Hockey from Lincolnshire Management. Available reference material identifies this as a transaction involving True Hockey, a hockey business associated with the broader True Temper Sports story, but does not provide enough information to conclude that Roustan Capital acquired every activity, brand, or asset associated with True Temper Sports. The brand's current full corporate structure, executive roster, and complete operating footprint are not established by the supplied sources.

• 2025

  True Hockey changes ownership

  [1]True Temper Sportsen.wikipedia.org

  Roustan Capital acquires True Hockey from Lincolnshire Management in September.

• 2016

  Bicycle-tubing discontinuation is announced

  [1]True Temper Sportsen.wikipedia.org

  True Temper announces that it will stop producing bicycle tubing in 2017.

• 2012

  Lincolnshire Management acquires True Temper Sports

  [1]True Temper Sportsen.wikipedia.org

  Lincolnshire Management acquires True Temper Sports in August, establishing a new private-equity ownership phase.

• 1999

  Ames acquires selected True Temper activities

  [1]True Temper Sportsen.wikipedia.org

  Ames acquires the True Temper yard-tools business and golf shafts from Huffy.

• 1990

  Huffy acquires True Temper

  [1]True Temper Sportsen.wikipedia.org

  Huffy purchases True Temper and becomes the owner of the broader business.

• 1981

  Sports and hardware divisions are separated

  [1]True Temper Sportsen.wikipedia.org

  True Temper is divided into sports and hardware divisions, clarifying the organizational basis for its later sports business.

• 1949

  The business adopts the True Temper name

  [1]True Temper Sportsen.wikipedia.org

  The American Fork and Hoe Company changes its name to True Temper.

• 1808

  Old Stone Forge is established

  [1]True Temper Sportsen.wikipedia.org

  The Old Stone Forge in Wallingford, Vermont, the industrial predecessor cited in the company's history, is founded.

A specialist sports-equipment and component manufacturer built around engineering-oriented products, particularly golf shafts, with additional participation in ice hockey and lacrosse.

• Golf equipment components

  Golf shafts

  Golf shafts are one of True Temper Sports' principal product areas and the part of the business most closely associated with the True Temper name in golf. The supplied reference material identifies golf shafts as a core sports activity and notes that they were included in the assets acquired by Ames from Huffy in 1999. No complete model, technology, or current product catalog is established by the available sources.

• Ice hockey equipment

  Ice-hockey equipment

  True Temper Sports sells equipment for ice hockey. The hockey activity is also associated with the True Hockey name, which was acquired by Roustan Capital from Lincolnshire Management in September 2025. The available material does not specify the full range of hockey products or distinguish every product marketed under True Temper Sports from those marketed under True Hockey.

• Lacrosse equipment

  Lacrosse equipment

  Lacrosse is another sports category served by True Temper Sports. The reference identifies the company as a supplier of lacrosse equipment, but does not provide a detailed breakdown of sticks, shafts, protective equipment, or other product families. The precise current scope of this line therefore remains unspecified.

• Bicycle manufacturing materials · 1987

  Bicycle tubing

  True Temper was known for producing bicycle tubing, a materials product used in bicycle-frame manufacturing. Production is documented from at least 1987 through the period before its planned discontinuation. In 2016, the company announced that it would stop making bicycle tubing in 2017, so this line is treated as discontinued.

• 2016

  End bicycle-tubing productionStrategy

  Background

  True Temper had produced bicycle tubing from at least 1987, but the company later decided to withdraw from that specialized materials line.

  Action taken

  The company announced that bicycle-tubing production would cease in 2017.

  Aftermath

  The decision ended True Temper's bicycle-tubing activity after approximately three decades of documented production.

  Source

• 1981

  Separate the sports and hardware divisionsStrategy

  Background

  The broader True Temper business operated across sporting goods and hardware-related activities.

  Action taken

  True Temper divided the company into sports and hardware divisions.

  Aftermath

  The separation provided the organizational foundation for the later True Temper Sports business, although the supplied source does not describe its financial or operational results.

  Source

1. 1True Temper Sportsen.wikipedia.org