Late last year, I wrote an article about Edwin Watts filing for bankruptcy, and the extreme displeasure in dealing with Edwin Watts over the years here in San Antonio. Although I vowed to never shop at Edwin Watts again, I do have to admit I took full advantage of the store liquidation here in San Antonio, buying 10 FootJoy golf gloves and 3-dozen Titleist NXT Tour golf balls for about $105. Also in that article, I predicted Golf Galaxy might be one of the next big box retail golfers to meet … [Read more...]
Edwin Watts Golf Shops Heads For Bankruptcy
Over the years, there's been numerous small golf shops that have come and gone here in San Antonio. During this time, two big brands have stayed put - Edwin Watts and Golf Galaxy. Edwin Watts has two stores here in San Antonio and Golf Galaxy unfortunately has one. I will never know why the smaller shops shut down over the years but the basic economics tell me Edwin Watts and Golf Galaxy probably had something to do with running the smaller shops out of town. I set out to boycott these … [Read more...]