Why TeeSetGo exists
I travel a lot for work – mostly around Europe, but sometimes to Africa, Latin America or the US as well. When I spend several days in a city, I like to pack my golf shoes. For years the problem was always the same.
The pro shop was shut whenever I had time
On a business trip I can't just drive to a golf course at eleven in the morning. I work during the day. If golf fits into my day at all, it's very early before the first meeting, or late in the afternoon.
Plenty of clubs will rent you clubs – in theory. In practice you collect the set at the pro shop and have to return it there too. If I wanted an early round, it wasn't open yet. If I teed off late, it had closed by the time I finished. Suddenly it wasn't my calendar deciding when I could play, but someone's opening hours.
And there was a second problem. The rental set always belonged to that one course. Several days, several courses – a new driver every time, new irons, new wedges, a new feel. Pretty much the opposite of how you want to play golf.
Then I spent some time in Florida
There I found a service that rented me a golf set for a whole week. The clubs were simply with me.
If a free afternoon came up, I could go and play. A round in Miami, another course out towards Key Biscayne, then Fort Lauderdale. And when I went to Topgolf, I had my set with me there too.
After a few rounds I knew how the driver felt, what distances I hit the irons and how much I could trust the wedges. For that week, they were essentially my clubs.
That's what now exists in Cologne
Why should golf equipment always be tied to one club? Why should I rent clubs for a single round only? And why can't I collect my set where my trip is actually happening – and then decide for myself when and where I play?
You rent your set once. After that your time is yours again. Play early, play in the evening, play here today and somewhere else tomorrow. And above all: play several rounds with the same clubs.
Björn Rosenthal, founder of TeeSetGo