- 114 locations across 35 states
- Founded in 1996
- Headquartered in Findlay Township, PA
About Golf Galaxy
Golf Galaxy was founded in 1996 in Eden Prairie, Minnesota by Randy Zanatta (former Best Buy executive) and Greg Maanum. By the early 2000s it had grown to 70+ stores across 23 states. DICK'S Sporting Goods acquired the chain in November 2006 for $225 million; the brand operates 100+ stores nationwide today, plus integrated golf departments inside DICK'S House of Sport flagship stores.
Most Golf Galaxy stores center on retail — clubs, balls, apparel, accessories — with a small number of fitting bays for the chain's GolfTech swing-analysis service. The Performance Center concept is a different format: TrackMan-equipped hitting bays, an indoor driving range, on-site putting greens, club-tech workshops, and PGA/LPGA instructors. The Performance Center footprint is smaller than the regular retail count.
Headquartered as part of DICK'S Sporting Goods in Findlay Township, Pennsylvania (the standalone Golf Galaxy HQ in Eden Prairie, Minnesota closed in 2008 after the acquisition). The chain is the most evenly distributed indoor-golf-adjacent footprint in the U.S. — retail real-estate logic puts a Golf Galaxy in nearly every major metro.
For visitors looking for a place to hit balls indoors, the operative question is whether a given store is a Performance Center or House of Sport co-located. Standard Golf Galaxy stores offer fitting-bay time but not casual range-style simulator play.
Featured Golf Galaxy Locations
Where to Find Golf Galaxy
By state
- Florida9 locations
- Ohio9 locations
- Texas9 locations
- California8 locations
- North Carolina7 locations
- Pennsylvania6 locations
- Wisconsin5 locations
- Illinois4 locations
- Minnesota4 locations
- New Jersey4 locations
- South Carolina4 locations
- Virginia4 locations
- Massachusetts3 locations
- Michigan3 locations
- New York3 locations
- Arizona2 locations
- Colorado2 locations
- Connecticut2 locations
- Georgia2 locations
- Iowa2 locations
- Indiana2 locations
- Kentucky2 locations
- Maryland2 locations
- Missouri2 locations
- Nevada2 locations
- Oklahoma2 locations
- Tennessee2 locations
- Alabama1 location
- Delaware1 location
- Idaho1 location
- Kansas1 location
- Nebraska1 location
- Oregon1 location
- Rhode Island1 location
- Utah1 location
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