🎙️The Future of Golf in Web3
There is a DAO for golfers, and it just bought a course in Scotland. Could this be the best use of sports and web3 yet?
True story - I just started golfing last summer.
At first, I accepted that it would take me years to get good at it, but on my third day out I actually had quite a few good drives and puts.
I thought to myself, hey maybe I’m actually a natural when it comes to this!
How wrong I was.
Golf is hard. And it’s even harder when you’re in your late 30s, and you don’t have any golf buddies to show you the ropes or just keep you company out there.
But lucky for me (and anyone else in the sport), Golf is actually one of the fastest growing sports in the world right now, especially with the highly coveted younger demographic.
According to Joe Pomp:
in 2022, 3.3 million people played on a golf course for the first time, which was 50% higher than the previous record of 2.4 million during Tiger Woods’ historic season in 2000.
Wow.
Clearly, golf is having a moment.
And wouldn’t you know it, there’s a group in web3 that may just be a pretty big part of that moment.
🎙️214 - The Future of Golf in Web3
Links DAO is a golf membership group that’s accessible via their NFT pass and provides tons of benefits and discounts to its members.
It also promises access to DAO-owned golf courses, a promise that came true last month when members voted to purchase Spey Bay Golf Club in Scotland for roughly ~$900,000 USD.
You can read more about the purchase here on Golf Digest.
Today on this special mid-week edition of the podcast, we’ve got the cofounder of the DAO Jim Daily to tell us all about how it works and why he loves golf.
For more information on Links DAO, you can check out their website here and browse their membership pass on OpenSea (floor is 0.18 ETH)
On today’s pod:
02:00 - Jim’s golfing skills
04:00 - His best round ever
06:00 - What’s the vibe in golf right now
09:30 - What is LINKS DAO ⭐
15:30 - Becoming a legit project in the Bull Run
17:30 - Benefits for members ⭐
19:30 - Could this be done for other sports?
21:00 - Buying their first golf course ⭐
24:30 - How to join Links DAO ⭐
27:30 - Links DAO is also a community network
30:30 - Can Links make you a better golfer?
33:00 - How the DAO is a legal entity
35:30 - The Future of Links DAO ⭐
40:30 - Would you rather
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