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From Real Estate to Garage Golf:
A Journey of Passion and Opportunity
Late in 2017, amidst a demanding and stressful 70-hour typical work week in real estate, a novel idea struck me: Golf Simulators and YouTube! No, I wasn’t a single-digit
handicap golf pro; I stood proudly
Golf”, a concept that started
at an 18-handicap, which, I said
literally in my garage as a YouTube
jokingly, makes me relish the game
channel. Within six years, it has
18 times more than the pros.
evolved into a full-time business,
The idea was simple: Why
prompting a significant move for
couldn’t an average golfer like myself produce relatable
my family from Texas to Florida. Garage Golf wasn’t about
content for fellow mid to high
teaching golf; I learned that lesson
handicappers? Enter “Garage
quickly when my first tutorial attempt was met with the swift stinging criticism of my golf swing. My niche, it turned out, was golf technology, products, and most notably, golf simulators. My wife and I built our golf simulator from the ground up in our garage. The journey was riddled with challenges and potential high cost alterations. This realization fueled my content: guiding others through their simulator builds, pointing out pitfalls, and suggesting cost-effective approaches. As our subscriber count surged, doors opened. We got invited to the annual PGA Show in Orlando – a dream-come-true moment. By
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