| With an increasing market of high-end | | | | Also, there are other golf stores that offer |
| retailers selling golf equipment, one could | | | | golf classes being thought by local pros. |
| possibly miss a "real" golf store. | | | | |
| | | | Golf tutorials can also be offered for |
| Typically, golf stores have the latest, if | | | | juniors along with women's clinics on the |
| not the best, golf equipment and accessories | | | | sport. |
| needed by somebody who plays golf. Things | | | | |
| could range from golf clubs to golf balls, to | | | | Golf collectors will find many interesting |
| even posters, shirts, and wallpaper. | | | | items in a golf store as well. Hobbyist may |
| | | | find collector items like golf balls used by |
| Most golf stores focus on ensuring the proper | | | | some of the world's most renowned players. |
| equipment for the interested golfer. They | | | | Signed items may be available too. |
| will provide hints on how to choose the right | | | | |
| club and the appropriate golf ball. Golf | | | | Plus, there are golf stores that offer |
| stores do not only supply things relative to | | | | unusual golf gifts. These things range from |
| golf but some also offer services and | | | | the most common to the most creative golf |
| knowledge about the sport itself. | | | | gifts one could get for just about any |
| | | | occasion. |
| Additional services could include club | | | | |
| repair, club fitting, and swing analysis. | | | | Most golf storeowners are actually golfers |
| Most of these golf stores use the True Temper | | | | themselves. Usually, they put up a golf store |
| Shaftlab and Achiever Launch Monitor swing | | | | after retiring from playing golf. Like most |
| analysis. These machines measure everything, | | | | businessmen assert, it's good to be |
| from ball speed, club head speed to carry | | | | passionate about what you are selling. This |
| distance. They also provide printouts | | | | "passion" will give feelings of satisfaction |
| illustrating extreme deflection, shaft | | | | and gratification to the golf shopper and |
| loading, downswing time and face angle. | | | | this is something money cannot buy. |
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