The National Golf Foundation studied guests at the entertainment facilities who play traditional on-course golf as well as those who don’t, and found that overall, nearly a third said that playing Topgolf leads them to play more traditional golf. Among non-golfers, more than half said that playing at the venues had positively influenced their interest in playing green-grass rounds.
PGA of America and Topgolf to Partner on Grow-The-Game and Career Initiatives
The golf organization will support Topgolf’s hiring efforts, while the golf-oriented entertainment venues will promote PGA of America events and support Junior League Golf. Topgolf was also the subject of a report about a potential partnership with the Ala Wai Golf Course in Hawaii.
Topgolf Expands into Canada
The sports entertainment company is partnering with Cineplex to open multiple Topgolf venues in urban markets across Canada during the next several years. Financial terms of the partnership were not disclosed. Topgolf® and Cineplex, an entertainment and media company, have announced an exclusive partnership that will bring Topgolf’s sports entertainment experience to Canada. The joint venture will see the…
ClubCorp Partners with Topgolf, Acquires Medina (Minn.) G&CC
The strategic alliance will result in Topgolf providing new technology and benefits for ClubCorp members, and ClubCorp providing special offers and experiences at its properties. At Medina Golf & Country Club, ClubCorp plans to spend more than $2.5 million in two years to update the clubhouse, patio, golf course, practice facilities, and aquatics. Topgolf® is…
‘Topgolf for Good’ Youth Initiative is Launched
On March 19, five of the company’s venues offered free game play, golf instruction and food-and-beverage amenities, as part of a collaboration with The First Tee and LPGA-USGA Girls Golf that launched a year-round program, through which similar benefits will now be offered to charitable organizations and high-school golf teams.
Topgolf Takes Its Game to Seattle’s Safeco Field
Some 6,000 people came to baseball’s Seattle Mariners’ home park over Presidents Day weekend to play “Topgolf Crush” by driving golf balls at targets set up throughout the field while music blared over the loudspeakers. “We are the place where millennials hit golf balls,” said Topgolf Co-Chairman and CEO Erik Anderson. “We’ve really turned it into this digital game.”
Bloomberg Businessweek Highlights the Appeal, Growth of Topgolf
Describing a driving-range-meets-sports-bar-meets-nightclub atmosphere that’s “less hushed reverence, more Dave & Buster’s with 9-irons,” with clientele including kids with parents, couples on dates, and even a bachelorette party, the report notes that in the past five years, the company has opened 23 new venues, more than half of them since the beginning of 2015.
The PGA TOUR, LPGA Partner with Topgolf
The four primary areas of focus for the strategic alliance include linking tournament activities to local Topgolf venues; reciprocal distribution of content through Topgolf platforms; support of Grow the Game initiatives; and opportunities for PGA TOUR and LPGA-related experiences on the World Golf Tour digital game.
Topgolf Announces New Target Markets
The golf entertainment enterprise said it will build on its surging popularity through a broad search for new locations in smaller and mid-sized U.S. cities, in addition to major markets. New regions under consideration include New Orleans and Baton Rouge, La., Fort Myers/Naples, Fla., and Providence, R.I.