Improving your Grounds
and your Profitability

7' Stout

Since 1872

Cheesebrough Wood Rakes & Wooden Flagsticks

To Contact us:
1-616-765-5143
Cheesebrough Corporation
P O Box 41
260 Division St
Freeport MI 49325

The Old Cheesebrough Mill

Why are Cheesebrough products
the finest in the industry?

The recognized leader in wooden rakes and wooden flagsticks for the golf industry.

Maintaining that position with the assistance of golf professionals around the world.

   This picture gives you a glimpse of our "Early American Industrial" facility. Daughter Bailey Rose says we look like "scruffy old men" and should be careful about letting our customers see us too closely.
    However, an 1800's woodshop is not an environment for looking your best. We try to let our products have that distinction.
   Here you see Hue (left) & Ken covered in dust, cutting away the chips from a hardwood billet to form a grounds accessory. The well-worn overhead lever controls the flat belts powering the cutting knives and drives.
  Job Cheesebrough made much of the equipment from 1855 -1890, and the original mill blacksmith shop helps keep it all in tune.  Cheesebrough is a "thin reed of its former self" according to a news article written some years back, and no longer ships by the freight car loads over the America's, Europe, and Russia. We hope that does not deter you from trusting us, however, to give you quality handcrafted accessories.  We have worked hard to absorb the knowledge of the previous generations, and add to it today's rapidly advancing technology.

The Flex Frame rakes show the sizes available in any rake model.  Head, teeth, and handle sizes can be matched as needed.
First, we benefit from a broad base of professional users around the world.  They have taught us much about making wooden rakes and wooden flagsticks that meet their needs, and we are grateful for their input.  Each improvement adds value, and often a more elegant appearance to our products.

Second, is competition.  Their exciting task is to try to "knock us off the hill", and our adventure is to hold on to our lead.  It is a lot more fun for all of us than just showing up for work each day, and we hope someone will always be after us.  It results in better products and service for everyone.

Professionals within the golf industry have taught us that along with reasonable product performance, they place high value on presentation. Nothing gets a pass with them, not even a simple rake. Whether grading sand or laying on the turf, it is expected to be a powerful component of a presentation that will attract their target market, the high-end player. Their expectation is that each accessory pay its own way, and, even build profit.

Challenged by that expectation, we design “dual performance” into every product we offer. To do their job well, and to attract the high-end player by enhancing the presentation of your property. It is not easy to find products that perform in both marketing and maintenance.

 

Protecting Wooden Accessories

A faithful, preventative maintenance program is critical for getting the best value from wooden accessories used in open air applications. It is no different from an engine. You want to replace the oil before it has lost its ability to lubricate. Once the “smoke gets out“, things are pretty much over, no matter how much oil you pour in. With wood, once the protective coating is worn, ultraviolet rays and organisms will begin the process of decay, and shorten the life of the tool. If your wooden accessories show slight cracks, grayed areas from the sun, or black mildew spots, you have waited to long.

Each club will need to develop a program based on the environment on their grounds.  Handled in a timely manner, proper maintenance takes little time.  Please contact us for assi stance.