Titanium is an expensive, extremely strong, lightweight metal commonly used in aerospace—and golf clubs. A few years ago, while traveling in Taiwan, I visited the island’s biggest titanium recycler. It was a memorable visit: I was shown sheets of titanium from which putter heads had been punched out like cookies from dough. The scrap at First America, however, looks more like oily confetti, and I suspect it’s not easy to find somebody who wants to buy it. James, however, has the potential to surprise. “Fireworks,” he tells me. “Titanium burns white. So you sell them to the fireworks makers.
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