Titleist is headquartered at 333 Bridge Street, Fairhaven, Massachusetts, 02719. The address is also home to Acushnet Holdings, Titleist's parent company. The greater New Bedford and Fairhaven area on Massachusetts's south coast is where Acushnet has operated since founder Philip E. Skipper Young launched the Acushnet Process Company in 1910. The first Titleist golf ball was produced in 1935, and the company has remained in the same region for the entire 90 years since.
This is unusual for a major golf brand. Most modern golf equipment companies have clustered in Carlsbad, California, where the climate allows year-round product testing and where the supplier ecosystem is most developed. Acushnet maintained its Massachusetts roots for both historical and structural reasons. The Massachusetts plants are dedicated to golf ball manufacturing, which has different facility requirements than club assembly. The Carlsbad operation, which handles club assembly, was added as a complement to the Massachusetts headquarters rather than as a replacement.
What Happens at the Fairhaven Headquarters
The Fairhaven campus serves as Acushnet's corporate headquarters, worldwide distribution center, and the operational hub for the broader Titleist and FootJoy businesses. Approximately 3,000 Acushnet employees work in Massachusetts, making the company one of the largest employers in the region. Several nearby facilities support the headquarters:
Ball Plant 2 sits at 256 Samuel Barnett Boulevard in North Dartmouth, where Titleist's premium golf balls including the Pro V1 are manufactured. Ball Plant 3 is at 215 Duchaine Boulevard in New Bedford. Ball Plant C operates from 700 Belleville Avenue in New Bedford. Acushnet's R&D Center sits at 181 Samuel Barnett Boulevard, also in North Dartmouth. Together these facilities produce roughly one million golf balls every day.
The Pro V1 has been the most-played ball on the PGA Tour since its 2000 launch, and approximately 75 percent of touring professionals worldwide play either a Pro V1 or Pro V1x. That entire production is anchored to the New Bedford area.
The Carlsbad Counterpart
While the headquarters is in Massachusetts, Titleist's club operations are in Carlsbad, California, at 2819 Loker Avenue. The Carlsbad facility handles iron, wood, and hybrid assembly, tour fitting operations, and engineering work specific to the club product lines. Acushnet also operates the Titleist Performance Institute (TPI) in Oceanside, California, which is the company's premier fitness and player development facility. The bicoastal structure reflects the historical reality that Acushnet's ball business is older and East Coast-rooted, while its club business expanded westward to be near the industry's gravitational center.
The DORMIED Take
The Fairhaven address matters because it tells you something about Acushnet's identity. The company has not chased the industry to California despite being one of the few major brands that could justify the move. The Massachusetts manufacturing base employs thousands of local workers, anchors the brand's heritage, and gives Titleist a story that competitors cannot match. Callaway, TaylorMade, and Cobra are all Carlsbad operations. Titleist is the Massachusetts holdout.
For anyone visiting the area or considering employment with the company: the public-facing entrance is at 333 Bridge Street, Fairhaven, MA 02719. Factory tours of the ball plants are occasionally offered, and the company maintains a strong community presence in the New Bedford and Fairhaven region.
