Start a Golf Club Re-Gripping and Repair Service

Most golfers play worn grips for years because the errand is annoying and shop turnarounds are slow; a bench in the garage, honest per-club pricing, and 48-hour turnaround win a steady local trickle that compounds through leagues and word of mouth.

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   Learn on your own bag first

   Re-gripping is learnable in a weekend with a vise, tape, solvent, and practice; re-shafting and loft-lie adjustments take longer. Ruin your own clubs learning, not a customer's.

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   Set up the bench for under $500

   A bench vise with rubber shaft clamp, grip tape, solvent, a hook blade, and starter grip inventory in the common sizes. Add a loft-lie machine and shaft puller later, once revenue justifies them.

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   Price per club, honestly

   Typical pricing is $3 to $10 labor per grip plus the grip itself (you mark up grips you supply), so a full re-grip of 13 clubs is a $60 to $150 ticket. Re-shafts and adjustments bill $15 to $40 per club.

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   Promise turnaround the shops cannot

   48 hours, or same-day for league players in a pinch. Speed and pickup-dropoff convenience are the entire competitive advantage against retail shops.

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   Market where golfers already are

   League nights, men's and women's club boards, range bulletin boards, and neighborhood apps. One league of 40 players re-gripping yearly is a steady base by itself.

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   Add the natural extensions

   Grip inventory sales, club cleaning packages, used club consignment, and winter club checkups smooth the seasonality, and repair customers are your funnel if you later add club flipping or fitting.

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