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 Jimmy "Conroe" Flowers was an Amateur Golfer who turned semi-pro and then pro in the 1930s . He was drscribed , by one local Sports News Reporter, as one of the bright young up and coming semi-pro golfers and was well known for his short game. His putting was deadly accurate and he had a sharp eye and an uncanny ability to read the greens. During the 1030s to the 1950s Jimmy "Conroe" Flowers won many local and regional Championship Golf Tournaments and was the Port Author Country Club City Champ for seven years in a row.
Like all golfers, Jimmy Flowers encountered a putting slump around 1935. Conroe tried many different putters to see if he could find one that would help him break out of this slump. After testing many putters he was unable to find one he liked. So he decided to design and build his own! Thus the Jimmy Flowers Putter Company was founded. The first Jimmy Flowers putter model was the #555 designed and produced in 1937. The #555 was to become the most popular model. There were eventually or 40 models of putter in the Jimmy Flowers putter line and over a 100,000 were sold from 1937 to 1967. The remarkable thing about this figure was the putters were all handmade and hand painted!  In 1940, the Spaulding Sports Company concluded a deal with my grandfather for the model 555 which they were going to manufacture under the name "Lyne of Flight". But due to the start of the second World War and to the shortage of bronze the deal was canceled.
During the lifetime of the company, Jimmy Flowers designed over 40 models of putters which were sold exclusively through Golf Professional. The list of pros who have used Jimmy Flowers style putters could easily qualify for any Hall Of Fame. Chick Harbert, Cary Middlecolf, Ed and Marty Furgol, Jimmy Thompson, Porky Oliver, Horton Smith, Jimmy Demaret, Ben Hogan, Bryon Nelson, Julius Boros and everyone's favorite Arnold Palmers
Jimmy Flowers putters were unique in their time period because they were percision hand made golf weapons! You can ask any golfer today what is their most import club in their arsenal and they will tell you the putter! My grandfater told me back in the early 50s," you drive for show but you putt for the dow!". But most important, they performed. Pros and amateurs alike agree that when you have a long put to "birdie", or short roll-in to "par" a Jimmy Flowers putter was the weapon you wanted to have in your arsenal of clubs. Jimmy Flowers putters were custom made to personal specifications. Weight, balance, length and flex of shaft, choice of grips, and width selection. The finest materials were used, TRUE-TEMPER shafts, No.1 grade of Bronze and aluminum and No.1 Bronz and they came hand painted in the popular colors of the 30's, 40s and 1950s
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