Firm Bermuda
Tight lies through midsummer reward lower bounce and a relieved trailing edge on the wedges. We keep both on the wall and let you test them on the turf strip.
01 / ORIGIN
A Favour That Turned Into a Queue
The shop began as a second-hand loft and lie machine bolted to a workbench off 61st Street. Its owner, Delia Kravchuk, had spent nine years behind a green-grass counter watching members buy replacement irons that never matched the ones they loved, and she started checking specs for friends on weekends as a favour.
The favour developed a waiting list. By the second winter she was bending forty sets a month in a two-car garage, keeping every reading in a spiral notebook because nobody could remember what their old clubs measured.
That notebook is the direct ancestor of the gauge card we still print today. The format has been tidied up; the idea has not moved an inch.
Milestones
- 2009
- Garage bench, 61st Street
- 2012
- First storefront, one bay
- 2015
- Junior sizing Sundays begin
- 2018
- Moved to Sheridan Road, two bays
- 2021
- Card archive passes 2,000 players
- Today
- 4,100+ cards on file
02 / POSITION
Nobody Here Has a Sales Target
We buy components the way a mechanic buys parts — per job, from whoever makes the right one. There is no manufacturer agreement on the wall, no annual volume commitment, and no incentive trip riding on which shaft ends up in your driver.
The practical result is that we can tell you your current clubs are fine. That happens more often than you might expect, particularly with wedges and putters, and it is the whole reason the fitting fee is charged separately from the build.
If a session ends with a bend, a re-grip and a card, that is a good outcome. We would rather you come back in two years than spend four figures today.
House Rules
- Fitting fee quoted before you arrive, never adjusted after
- No component brand gets priority placement on the wall
- Every reading goes on the card, including the unflattering ones
- You keep the card whether or not you buy anything
- Builds are checked twice, by two people, before pickup
03 / THE ROOM
Two Bays, a Build Bench, and a Filing Drawer
The Sheridan Road unit is deliberately small. One bay hits into a net over a turf strip for lie board and face tape work; the second is set up for putting, with a roll-out surface we stimp before every session so green speed is a measured input rather than a guess.
Behind them sits the build bench: bending machine, frequency analyser, swingweight scale, shaft puller, and a spine finder that gets used less than customers expect. The filing drawer holds every card we have ever written, which is the piece of equipment we would replace last.
Meet the people who run it →On the Bench
- Loft and lie machine, calibrated quarterly
- Frequency analyser for butt and tip readings
- Swingweight scale, D-scale, plus gram scale
- 60-degree measuring ruler and playing-length rack
- Hydraulic shaft puller and torch-free extraction
- Roll-out putting surface with a stimp meter
Why Tulsa
Bermuda Turf, Wind, and a Long Season
Local conditions are part of every card we write. Green Country plays firm and fast from June through September, the wind rarely takes a day off, and the season runs long enough that mat wear on a wedge is a real number rather than a theoretical one.
Persistent Wind
Flight windows matter here more than peak carry. Spec choices lean toward penetrating flights and away from the highest-launch option on paper.
Ten-Month Season
More rounds per year means faster drift. That is the practical argument behind our annual re-gauge, and it is why we date every card.
Heat and Grip Wear
Oklahoma summers cook rubber. Grips that would last two seasons elsewhere harden here in one, which shows up on the card as a diameter reading.
Come See the Filing Drawer
Sessions are booked one at a time so the bay is never shared. Weekday evenings run late on Thursday and Friday if you cannot get away during business hours.