Our History

In 1967, Carl Paul and his wife Barbara founded Golfsmith™ in their New Jersey home. They recognized the niche market for custom built golf clubs. By supplying golf club components along with instructions on how to put them together, they were able to transform common golf club repair shops into custom golf club makers.

Carl's bother joined the company in 1970 and helped to open their first retail store in Austin, Texas. The store featured a wide selection of golf clubs, shoes, apparel and accessories from all major brands as well as their own Golfsmith™ brand. During their first year the store grossed one million dollars.

By 2014, the company had expanded to over 100 retail stores in over 20 states, selling golf clubs, apparel, skills improvement products, etc., with a net revenue of over $388 million.

In 2016, Golfsmith was acquired by Dick's Sporting Goods® for $69 million dollars. They then converted all their stores to their Golf Galaxy® brand and abandoned the Golfsmith™ trademark.