Just three months after Aaron Chewning introduced his sketch comedy group St. Andre Golf on social media, he had thousands of Instagram followers and an invite to film a commercial with Tiger Woods.

“You can really tell the difference between two clubs,” Brandt Snedeker told Golf World several years ago after he broke his driver and had to play with a new one that was the same model.

The rising founders are returning to their roots, expanding opportunities with Eastside Golf through its first retail store, ...