‘Disneyworld of golf’ store to open before holidays
September 16th, 2009, 5:44 pm
posted by Ian Hamilton, OC Register

OC golfers and tennis players will have a new place to spend their time and
money come November or December.

Golfsmith Xtreme, expected to open before Christmas in Irvine, is described
by a company official as the “Disneyworld of Golf.”

What makes it the Disneyworld of Golf?

The store will occupy a 40,000-square-foot space and feature a “big indoor
driving range with 9 hitting bays, a huge putting green” and three
simulators, said Matt Corey, senior vice president of marketing for
Golfsmith. It will also have a full service tennis department.

There’s already a Golfsmith store in Santa Ana but this new one will be
larger. The Golfsmith Xtreme moniker (rather than simply Golfsmith) denotes
the size of this place - 40,000 square feet. Most Golfsmith stores are about
half that size, and only about six of these Golfsmith Xtremes have been
opened.

“We feel like this is going to be so different than anything they’ve seen
in Southern California. I don’t think anybody has brought this type of
experience to Orange County,” Corey said.

The store will be at 16175 Lake Forest Drive in Irvine, that’s just South of
Interstate 5 right at the border of Lake Forest. It will be right next door
to a Best Buy.

What say you, Orange County golfers and tennis players? Does this place
interest you? Is it the Disneyworld of golf?