Everything Here Traces Back to One Sand Tray
A single question kept coming up at a driving range repair counter enough times that it eventually became the whole business: does your wedge actually do what the number on it claims?
From a Repair Counter to a Full Studio
Swing & Sole started in 2014, handling regrips and the occasional bounce question at the counter of a Fort Lauderdale practice facility. South Florida turned out to be a rough proving ground for stock wedge specs — dense bermuda, a winter rye overseed that plays nothing like the grass underneath it, and bunker sand that varies course to course. Players kept coming back with the same complaint: a wedge that tested fine somewhere else wasn't behaving the same way here.
That pattern is what pushed us from a counter into an actual studio. We built a sled stocked with real turf samples and a sand tray refilled from local bunkers, and put the bench grinder right next to the fitting chairs so nothing gets shipped off for a "later" step. If a wedge is going to get tested, it happens in the same visit as everything else.
What Hasn't Changed
A stamped bounce number is a starting guess, not a guarantee. We'd rather confirm how a sole actually performs against real ground than take the manufacturer's word for it.
Three Things We Don't Skip
Test First, Talk Second
We'd rather show you a reading off the sand tray than describe what a grind is supposed to do in theory.
You Watch the Grind Happen
The bench isn't tucked away somewhere. You're standing right there for every pass, comparing it against the last reading before we call it done.
Small on Purpose
We turn away volume that would mean rushing a fitting. One crew, one studio, and every client gets the same amount of attention regardless of how long we've been open.
Turf You Actually Play, Not a National Average
Local knowledge isn't a marketing line for a bounce fitting — it's the entire premise. A wedge tuned somewhere with cool-season fairways has no reason to perform the same way on Broward County bermuda, and a sand tray filled with generic sand tells you less than one pulled from a bunker at a course down the road. Being here means we watch the same seasonal shift our clients play through every year, instead of working off a spec sheet written for somewhere else.
The studio sits along SE 17th Street, a short stretch from the beach corridor, next to a handful of marine shops and equipment dealers. Stop by to see the setup any time; sessions themselves run by appointment so nobody's fitting gets cut short.
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No pitch, just a reading. Book a time and we'll show you exactly what we check before touching a grinder.