Pg Golf Llc

What Pg Golf Llc does

PG Golf LLC, founded in 1992 by former professional golfers Gary Krueger and David Jones, is the world's largest recycled golf ball company, operating from its headquarters and manufacturing facility in Sugar Land, Texas with 100+ employees. The company retrieves lost golf balls from ponds at thousands of golf courses across 40+ US cities using trained divers and rolling technology, paying golf courses for pond access and recovering inventory at near-zero raw input cost. Retrieved balls are washed, sorted by brand and style, quality graded into a proprietary four-tier system (Mint 5A, Factory Refinished 5A, Near Mint 4A, Good 3A), and packaged under the exclusive ReLoad brand for sale to retailers, pro shops, resellers, and golf course management groups.

The business operates on a B2B wholesale model with four primary customer segments: retailers (single location through mass merchants, served under customized programs), pro shops and golf courses (serviced by a dedicated team of former PGA Professionals), resellers and marketplace sellers (eBay, Amazon, drop-ship), and international businesses (served via a monthly Hot Sheet program). Products are offered in multiple packaging configurations including bulk, boxed, bucket, custom-branded, and barrel displays. Revenue mechanics come from one-time wholesale transactions of recycled/refinished balls plus ancillary range equipment, golf gloves (the company-invented OneSizeFitsAll line), tees, and accessories. Consumer sales are deliberately channeled through a separate sub-brand, Lostgolfballs.com, rather than the PG Golf corporate site.

The technical core is the recycling and refurbishment manufacturing process: stripping, painting, stamping, and clear-coating for refinished balls, plus multi-level quality control. Refinished balls comply with USGA Rule 4.2a(1)/2, allowing their use in sanctioned play. The company maintains 20 strategic retrieval locations supporting 1,300+ golf course contracts, and its corporate privacy/legal correspondence is administered through Acushnet Company's legal department in Fairhaven, Massachusetts, indicating a parent-affiliate relationship within the Acushnet Holdings family (parent of Titleist, FootJoy).

Name

Pg Golf Llc

Legal name

PG Golf LLC

Website

https://www.pggolf.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Short description

PG Golf LLC is the world's largest recycled golf ball company, retrieving, refinishing, and wholesaling golf balls under its ReLoad brand to retailers, pro shops, resellers, and golf course management groups across 40+ US cities and international markets.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Recycled Golf Ball Manufacturing

NAICS

Sporting and Recreational Goods and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers (42391)

SIC

Wholesale-Misc Durable Goods (5090)

akta.pro primary industry

Golf Equipment & Accessories Distribution (CRAOAJAK)

akta.pro secondary industry

Golf Balls Retail (CRAMAGAB)

Keywords

• Recycled golf balls
• Golf ball manufacturer
• Golf ball refurbishment
• Golf range products
• Golf ball retrieval

Headquarters

HQ city

Sugar Land

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Operations, Personnel, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Golf Ball Sales (Recycled and Refinished): Primary revenue stream from selling recycled and refinished golf balls to retailers, pro shops, resellers, and directly to golfers through lostgolfballs.com. Products sold in multiple packaging configurations (bulk, boxed, bucket, custom branded, barrel displays) and four distinct qualities.
2. Golf Ball Retrieval Services: Retrieval and collection of lost golf balls from golf course ponds. Revenue generated by acquiring golf balls at no cost to the golf course, then processing and reselling them.
3. Accessories (Tees, Gloves, Range Equipment): Sale of golf accessories including OneSizeFitsAll Golf Glove, golf tees in various sizes/colors, range equipment (buckets, pencils, mats, cart covers).

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

PG Golf LLC manufactures, recycles, and wholesales recycled and refinished golf balls under the exclusive ReLoad brand, offered in four quality grades (Mint 5A, Factory Refinished 5A, Near Mint 4A, and Good 3A). The company also provides professional golf ball retrieval services from golf course ponds, and sells complementary range equipment, gloves, and tees to retailers, pro shops, and resellers worldwide.

Product overview

PG Golf LLC is a golf ball manufacturer and wholesaler operating as the world's largest recycled golf ball company. The core offering is the exclusive ReLoad™ brand of recycled and refinished golf balls, available in four quality grades (MINT 5A, Factory Refinished 5A, Near Mint 4A, and Good 3A). These golf balls come from major brands including Titleist, Callaway, Taylormade, Bridgestone, and Srixon. The company operates three interconnected divisions: PG Sales (customized programs for retailers, pro shops, resellers, and marketplaces), PG Retrieval (professional golf ball recovery from golf courses), and PG Production (quality control and manufacturing). Products are offered in multiple packaging formats including Bulk, Boxed, Bucket, Custom, and Barrel displays. The portfolio extends to range golf balls, the OneSizeFitsAll™ Golf Glove, golf tees, and range equipment.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• ReLoad: Exclusive brand of recycled and refinished golf balls manufactured by PG Golf LLC.
• OneSizeFitsAll

Products and services

• ReLoad Brand Recycled and Refinished Golf Balls Exclusive brand of recycled and refinished golf balls manufactured by PG Golf, available in four quality grades (Mint 5A, Factory Refinished 5A, Near Mint 4A, Good 3A), sold through thousands of retailers and golf pro shops worldwide.
• PG Retrieval Services Professional golf ball retrieval from golf course ponds using trained divers and rolling technology. Generates revenue for golf courses at no cost or risk to the facility.
• PG Sales Programs Customized recycled and refinished golf ball programs for retailers, pro shops, resellers, and marketplace sellers, with dedicated teams staffed by former PGA Professionals.
• Range Golf Balls Both new and used range golf balls in white and yellow. New balls stamped Practice; used range balls graded into two distinct qualities.
• OneSizeFitsAll Golf Glove Leather golf glove invented by PG Golf, sold worldwide with quality fit and feel.
• Golf Tees Various tee lengths and colors available for golf courses and retailers.
• Range Equipment Golf range accessories including buckets, pencils, golf range mats, and golf cart covers.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 900 million golf balls sold since 1992
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• TPC PrestanciacoreOthersGolf course management partner for golf ball retrieval services and recycled golf ball supply. General Manager Mike Hoelzer testimonial attests to 5-club, 20-year partnership relationship.
• Golf Course Management GroupscoreOthersThousands of golf courses and management groups across the US with retrieval contracts. PG Golf pays courses for access to ponds, turning lost balls into revenue stream for courses.
• Acushnet CompanycoreOthersParent company. Privacy policy and legal correspondence handled through Acushnet Company's legal department in Fairhaven, MA. Email domain shared as [email protected].

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Others

• Acushnet Holdings (Titleist / FootJoy): Parent of Titleist, the most-retrieved ball brand. Not a direct competitor (sells new balls) but materially adjacent — PG's legal/privacy function routes through Acushnet's domain, suggesting a commercial relationship that affects PG's supply side.
• Bridgestone Golf: Major OEM whose branded balls (e.g., e6, Tour B) are among PG's recycled/refinished inventory. Adjacent rather than competitive — a supply source and a benchmark for performance-grade new balls that PG substitutes at lower price points.
• Topgolf Callaway Brands (Callaway / TaylorMade): Owner of Callaway and TaylorMade, two of PG Golf's most-retrieved and refinished brands. Functions as both a supply source (via OEM seconds) and a competitive reference point for the new-ball market PG addresses at the value tier.

Direct peers

• Lostgolfballs.com: Consumer-facing e-commerce site owned by PG Golf LLC itself. Listed as a peer here only for completeness — it is the company's own consumer brand, not an independent competitor, and operates as the DTC arm of PG's recycled-ball inventory.
• Knetgolf: Canadian recycled golf ball retrieval and wholesale company. Similar retrieval-plus-refurbishment model with multi-tier grading; comparable international peer given PG's stated global footprint.
• Brazos Golf: Texas-based competitor in recycled golf ball retrieval, refurbishment, and wholesale. Operates a similar end-to-end model and is the kind of regional peer PG claims to be 10x larger than.
• Golf Ball Monkey: Online retailer of recycled and refinished golf balls selling direct to consumers and wholesale. Comparable business model focused on the same used-ball inventory and quality-grade structure.
• 1 Shot Golf: Competitor in the recycled and refinished golf ball space, selling to retailers and pro shops. Directly comparable to PG Golf's wholesale ReLoad line on product, grading tiers, and channel mix.

Regional players

• Play It Again Sports: National franchise retail chain buying and reselling used sporting goods including golf equipment. Overlaps with PG's recycled-ball retail channel and is a meaningful downstream customer in the reseller/retail segment.
• 2nd Swing Golf: Used and new golf equipment retailer and wholesaler. Comparable channel partner for recycled inventory and adjacent competitor in the value-oriented golf ball and club segment.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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