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PE Firm Acquires Majority Stake in Dallas-Based Topgolf, Valuing Company at $1.1B
by David Seeley | Nov 19, 2025
When the deal between Topgolf Callaway Brands and L.A.-based Leonard Green & Partners closes, Topgolf Callaway plans to change its name to Callaway Golf Company. It called LGP "an ideal partner for Topgolf in its next chapter."
by David Seeley |
Sep 3, 2025
At 51 Topgolf locations nationwide, a goal post has been installed in the "outfield" so guests can swing at balls while getting into the fall football spirit. There's also a digital Field Goal Challenge game, plus "tailgate bundles" and football-themed menu items.
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by Lance Murray |
Jan 30, 2025
Topgolf said the limited-time experience is available at all Topgolf U.S. venues Feb. 1 through April 13. It's accompanied by a national in-venue sweepstakes and limited-time menu items.
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by Lance Murray |
Sep 13, 2024
As the fast-growing specialty cake brand aims for 1,000 locations by 2027, the company looks to turbocharge its operations and franchise growth.
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There's not really a chicken wing hidden in Topgolf's The Sure Thing driver. (It's just part of an innovative marketing stunt.) [Video still: Topgolf]
TopGolf Unveils Unbuyable ‘Sure Thing’ Driver With Wild Marketing Claim
by David Seeley | Aug 1, 2024
OK, there's not really a chicken wing hidden inside The Sure Thing, an easy-to-swing driver at Topgolf locations nationwide. That's just the secret marketing sauce behind the innovative golf stick, designed in collaboration with Calloway engineers so novice players won't "whiff" the ball.
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by Lance Murray |
Jul 19, 2024
Erin Chamberlin comes to Topgolf from PENN Entertainment, the largest provider of gaming entertainment in North America, where she was an SVP of regional operations since 2019.
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
May 31, 2024
The appointment of Maryam Morse comes as Topgolf continues to innovate in the golf entertainment sector and expand its global footprint. Morse, who joins the company from Andrews Distributing, will oversee the Playmaker experience and support the company’s mental well-being platform.
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by David Seeley |
Nov 2, 2023
Five years after acquiring BigShots Golf, Invited is stepping away from golf entertainment venues to "laser focus" on its nation-leading portfolio of private golf and country clubs, stadium clubs, and business clubs. Invited says its deal with Topgolf Callaway Brands has "just scratched the surface" of synergies the two aim to jointly pursue.
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Speakers and tracks are still being unveiled for the Venture Dallas 2023 Summit. Confirmed speakers include (clockwise from upper left): AT&T's Vikram Taneja, Beautybio Founder Jamie O'Banion, Bestow's Melbourne O'Banion, Dialexa/IBM's Scott Harper, investor and Nextdoor founder Nirav Tolia, Rosy Wellness' Lyndsey Harper, Topgolf's Artie Starrs, and PGA's Arjun Chowdri. [Courtesy photos]
‘Innovation Meets Investment’: Venture Dallas Sets Sights on National Stage with New Branding, Expanded 2023 Summit
by Quincy Preston | Sep 27, 2023
The rebrand "marks the start of our next chapter of growth," says Venture Dallas Chair Aaron Pierce. The nonprofit's 2023 summit, backed by JPMorgan Chase and Perot Jain, is set for October 25.
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by Lance Murray |
Sep 24, 2023
Hosted during Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, the fundraiser will be held this Thursday at Topgolf and Suite Shots locations across the nation, including Texas, California, Louisiana, Florida, Maryland, New Jersey, North Dakota, and Tennessee.
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by Lance Murray |
Jul 24, 2023
At both Topgolf and Dave & Busters, the exec led efforts "that nearly doubled unit count and increased average unit volume by double digits, and that growth mindset is key to what we want to achieve at Nothing Bundt Cakes," Roark Capital Managing Director Sarah Spiegel said.
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by Quincy Preston |
May 15, 2023
Dive into the trends reshaping the retail industry so this year, as spotlighted in recent reports from commercial real estate firm JLL. With insights from JLL Dallas' Rob Franks, discover how next-gen retail concepts are steering the sector towards an exciting future, and how small businesses are proving to be critical drivers of this transformation.
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Craig Kessler COO of the PGA of America [Photo: PGA]
PGA of America Taps Former Topgolf Exec as its New Chief Operations Officer
by Lance Murray | Feb 9, 2023
Kessler brings experience in "off-course golf" to the PGA from his years as COO of Dallas-based Topgolf. That's important, PGA of America CEO Seth Waugh says: "For the first time in history there are now more off-course golfers than on-course, so his track record of innovation and growth has never been more relevant or welcome." Kessler most recently served as CEO of Dallas' Buff City Soap.
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by David Seeley |
Feb 9, 2023
If the future of sports has one home, it’s right here in North Texas.
A big brag, we know. But consider this: From high-tech advances to the
hottest sports trends to startups on the edge of fitness science,
it’s all kicking off in Dallas-Fort Worth.
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by Lance Murray |
Dec 16, 2022
Dallas-based sports entertainment and technology company Topgolf has announced several leadership moves it said will help propel the company business forward. Topgolf, which currently has 85 global venues, plans to open another 50-plus venues over the next five years — roughly 11 new venues each year....
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by David Seeley |
Oct 26, 2022
Topgolf has 70 driving range game venues as far-flung as Germany, Australia, and Dubai. But now it's launched a mobile game you can play anywhere. "Shankstars" features a club-wielding UFO alien, a Tee-Wrex skeleton, a punk goddess, mermaid, and more playing on courses strewn with volcanos, pyramids, and giant waterfall-spewing skulls.
"Shankstars is a perfect example of how we're focused on enabling more people to have fun and enjoy the game of golf in their own way," says Topgolf CEO Artie Starrs.
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![Erica Kosemund, Chief Brand Officer, Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma; Gillian Breidenbach, Chief Partnership Officer, North Texas FWC Organizing Committee; Chief Gary Batton, Chief of Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma; Monica Paul, Executive Director of Dallas Sports Commission and President of North Texas FWC Organizing Committee; John Hobbs, Senior Executive Officer of Communications, Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma; and Heidi Grant, Senior Executive Officer of Commerce Administration, Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, celebrate Choctaw Casinos & Resorts becoming an Official Dallas World Cup 2026 Host City Supporter. [Photo: North Texas FWC Organizing Committee/Choctaw Casinos & Resorts]](https://s24806.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/FIFA-Choctaw-dec-2025.jpg)
