The Titleist Brand Started with A Vision - and An X-Ray. the Titleist Success Story Began One Sunday in 1932, when Phil Young, a Dedicated Amateur Golfer and Owner of A Precision Molded Rubber Company, Missed a Well-Stroked Putt in A Match with His Friend, Who Was Head of The X-Ray Department at A Local Hospital. Convinced that The Ball Itself Was at Fault, Young and His Opponent Went to The Hospital, X-Rayed the Golf Ball in Question and Found that Its Core Was, in Fact, Off-Center.