A protective cover for a golf club, such as a driver or wood, is disclosed that remains in place during play to prevent scuffing, scratching, and the like of the surface finish. The apparatus comprises a first gate moveable between an open and a closed position that drops a row of food products onto a second gate moveable between an open and a closed position. The heating treatment concomitant to the deposition to harden or consolidate the prepreg softens the sheets, distorts them to the curvature of the tool and incorporates them in the structure of the prepreg.