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How Putt Pub Built a $1.1M Mini Golf Bar and Took a $50K Deal

Reilly Hursley, owner of Putt Pub in San Marcos, explains how he opened a mini golf bar after a five-year build and why he wants to cover his patio for rainy weekends.

Reilly Hursley · Putt Pub

Published September 9, 2026
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Nathan Latka visits Reilly Hursley's Putt Pub, a mini golf bar in San Marcos, Texas that opened in 2020 after a five-year build funded with $1.6M of equity. Hursley explains his roughly $1.1M of average sales at about 20% net, with 35% coming from golf, and how rain hurts his weekend revenue. Nathan then offers $50,000 repaid as $75,000 over 24 months, after discussing the food trailer and equipment as collateral.

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Five years before opening

“2015. We didn't open until 2020. So it took actually about five years with raising funds and then getting into construction until we finally opened.”
Watch at 01:24

Five-year sales and margin

“We've still over five years, we're averaging 1,100,000. So we're still doing well. We're netting about 20%.”
Watch at 03:53

Student town seasonality

“50% of the population is students. So the summer and winter months, they're leaving town, business slows”
Watch at 05:58

Collateral resale value rule

“typically the resale value is gonna be about one third of what the appraised value was. So what I'm thinking is if I write a check for a $100,000, I want collateral coverage of something like 300 ks, a three X ratio.”
Watch at 15:01

The $50K for $75K offer

“We'll do $50,000 paid back $75,000 on a monthly basis over twenty four months.”
Watch at 17:15

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Reilly Hursley

Owner · Putt Pub

Company revenue
$1.1M

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