Big Sticks Video Review Here
Big Sticks Golf is an indoor practice facility that focuses on game improvement and teaching. Featuring Masters of Instruction, industry professionals of 20+ years, and 6 bays of action, the facility uses Michale Breed’s technology in order to provide KR and KP for all learners of the game.
Atmosphere
When you walk in at first, Big Sticks slaps you in the face with honest hard work. There isn’t anything flashy here, besides a few towels from exclusive and ritzier private courses like Kiawah, Dooks Golf Club, and more.
The owner, Terry runs a crew that seemingly is unique. You can see a lead guitarist with some head banging type hair run the desk and teach, and you can see Terry himself jump in the main teaching bay as well. Other instructors are able to rent out the bay to teach as well, which in turn brings in its own cast of characters.
Old school rock music fuels the air, and the thumps of swings attempting to get better. Hard work is the name of the game here, as there’s no expensive Trackmans with the latest tech, but that seemingly isn’t the point here.
There isn’t a protein shake bar, a stretching area, or other parts gym, this is a golfers warehouse basement vibe that apparently allows BYOB if you rent out a bay to play with buds (according to our sources).
Condition
Again, this isn’t the facility that makes you wipe your shoes at the front gate and hand you a towel with your locker for a steam and sauna. This is the man’s man club that offers a down to earth and humbling look into your golf game, with no bells and whistles. The technology gets the job done, and that’s that.
On the mats you have a few different sized tees, and even water bottle caps for irons and hybrids if you’re trying to tee those up. Again, not glitzy, but it works.
Value
As far as costs go, Practice Bays go for $45 an hour, playing bays for playing course will run you $55 per hour, not the best but not the worst for value if you’re with a few friends.
Instructors are renting bays in the ballpark of $40 per hour, which can be a huge chunk of your change depending on the lesson fee that you’re charging. If you’re starting out and are charging $60 for time that’s not ideal, but a more experienced teacher making over $100 per private lesson is losing just about 40% of their revenue.
Lessons
Terry offers a rate of $145 per hour with video analysis, with different priced packages to include better deals whether you make it private, semi, or change the length of time.