Wally Uihlein (born 1950) in Haverhill, Massachusetts is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Acushnet Company, a subsidiary of Fortune Brands which comprises the golf brands Titleist, FootJoy, Pinnacle, and Scotty Cameron.
Uihlein (pronounced "U-Line") earned a bachelor's degree in marketing in 1973 from the University of Massachusetts Amherst and completed graduate courses in business management at Suffolk University in Boston.
In 1976, he joined Acushnet as a regional sales representative and within a year, Uihlein became Titleist's national sales manager. He was named vice president of sales and distribution in 1982, and was eventually named chairman and chief executive officer in May 2000.[1]
Wally's son, Peter, was named Boys Rolex a Junior Player of the Year in 2005.[2] Peter won the 2010 U.S. Amateur.