tallathlete
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What specific grips would you stock in a golf repair shop if you were just starting out? Obviously you would carry the absolute most popular ones. Please opine as to what you would stock........
What Grips Would You Stock In Your Shop?
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birly-shirly
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round ones
Kevin Shields
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If this forum names the place, recommends the mats and stocks the shop, do we get a 5% share of ball sales?
Richie3Jack
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Pure Grips.
You don't need solvent or tape. Just that $35 gun. I tried them out at the PGA Merch show, very tacky. Don't have a cord grip, but I don't think you need one with them. They are guaranteed for 12 months IIRC. Also, get the HIRZL golf glove...you will NOT be disappointed. Thing is unbelievable and is guaranteed for 3 months and IIRC, you can used it for a month...throw it in the washer to clean it...and it still stays in good condition.
3JACK
You don't need solvent or tape. Just that $35 gun. I tried them out at the PGA Merch show, very tacky. Don't have a cord grip, but I don't think you need one with them. They are guaranteed for 12 months IIRC. Also, get the HIRZL golf glove...you will NOT be disappointed. Thing is unbelievable and is guaranteed for 3 months and IIRC, you can used it for a month...throw it in the washer to clean it...and it still stays in good condition.
3JACK
Kevin Shields
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Anybody try those Spider grips....look nice.
softconsult
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All these questions about this new business venture certainly must be raising the groups business eyes, so to speak. In other words, if you have to ask what to do, then you better go find someone who actually knows what to do.
I would think your friend should be spending some serious time with someone who is already successfully operating a golf learning center, and also with someone doing the same with a golf repair/customization shop who is out of the competitive radius.
A key question would be this. Are you current profitable? How many months/years did it take to break even? How much money did they need to keep things going until the business started to bring in more than the expenditures.
I would think your friend should be spending some serious time with someone who is already successfully operating a golf learning center, and also with someone doing the same with a golf repair/customization shop who is out of the competitive radius.
A key question would be this. Are you current profitable? How many months/years did it take to break even? How much money did they need to keep things going until the business started to bring in more than the expenditures.
softconsult
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3jack, do you know where they actually sell the HIRZL gloves? I checked their website and all they list is a US distributor.
mgranato
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You don't need solvent or tape for nearly every grip on the market, or that gun. I've been blowing grips on/off for years and it's worked for every brand/model I've tried. Although the Winn putter grips are difficult.
Phil Rosenbaum
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I have using an air gun for many years as well. No need for tape or the gun. Wynns are not so fun with the air.
softconsult
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I actually went out an got an air compressor specifically for changing grips. The attachments I bought included the gun and a sort of tapered nozzle. I just stuck the
nozzle in the hole at the butt end of the grip and it worked fine.
The problem I had was that the grips, Tour Velvet, tended to twist after some use. I went back to the old method. Maybe I will try blowing them on again.
I do find it amusing that the Pure grip guys are acting like blowing on grips is some kind of revolutionary concept. Hardly!
It should be added that you will get the occasional ballooning which wastes a grip.
There website lists the price at $7.49, which sure isn't cheap. I may buy a couple of their grips as a trial. You just never know until you try the actual product. Their press release discusses their new colored grips, but their website doesn't show these products as available. Odd.
nozzle in the hole at the butt end of the grip and it worked fine.
The problem I had was that the grips, Tour Velvet, tended to twist after some use. I went back to the old method. Maybe I will try blowing them on again.
I do find it amusing that the Pure grip guys are acting like blowing on grips is some kind of revolutionary concept. Hardly!
It should be added that you will get the occasional ballooning which wastes a grip.
There website lists the price at $7.49, which sure isn't cheap. I may buy a couple of their grips as a trial. You just never know until you try the actual product. Their press release discusses their new colored grips, but their website doesn't show these products as available. Odd.
trickyric67
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I gotta say that I have been a golfpride guy since the mid 70's but last years Lamkin 3 gen won me over and I am now a devoted customer!
Richie3Jack
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Yes, very nice. Although I just tried them out on the range. Not all that different from your typical grips (Lamkin, Golf Pride, etc)
3JACK
Richie3Jack
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Morton Golf Sales.
HIRZL is an international company, based somewhere over in Europe.
I tried them and probably the first thing that caught my eye is that they fit really well. What I hate about gloves is the thumb never fits right in my hand. This one did.
Then they had me hit a few balls with it on. Then they sprayed my hand with a water bottle. I then hit balls without wiping my glove off and no slip to them. Pretty amazing. Other people there were amazed as well. I also checked out some reviews online from some European golf web sites and they all said the same thing.
Great stuff.
3JACK
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softconsult
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Thanks, Richie. Going to order one.
Richie3Jack
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There's a 'Trust Feel' version and a 'Trust Control', I believe the Trust Control is the thinner one of the two. They are used by all of the Re-Max guys now.
3JACK
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Tackiest, longest lasting grips I've ever used.
They make grips for water craft, motorcycles etc. They are grip people!
catalog | Precise Golf Grips
I like the NOVA in regular size.
Percise protract grips
Protrac
My preferance in the mid size
They make grips for water craft, motorcycles etc. They are grip people!
catalog | Precise Golf Grips
I like the NOVA in regular size.
Percise protract grips
Protrac
My preferance in the mid size
I second that - business eyes...alarm bells. As far as grips go, I suggest simply the major brands the customers know and expect you to stock. A lesser known brand with a buzz about them might be a nice touch. Avoid anything that looks or feels cheap in any way.
Those might seem like good questions but the answers your going to get will only tell you about their position and can be meaningless to your market conditions, especially if they are out of your competitive radius. It's better to search in your own back yard and find out what your competion is doing and how much competiton is out there and is there a need for your business venture in your market place so you can succeed and grow that business
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