Market Outlook
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Now you’re in the room.
Golf is one of the largest relationship networks in business.
Commercially, the industry is significant — and it is transforming. The technology your club adopted last year, the course acquisition that closed quietly, the hospitality concept that serious golfers have been talking about for eighteen months — those deals moved through a room. Just not one you were in.
Unlike professional sports, where value creation concentrates at the franchise and league level, golf’s upside is distributed across the amateur ecosystem. Courses. Agronomy technology. Software. Hospitality. Real estate. The people building and transforming this industry are not in public markets. They are in the conversations that don’t make the trade press.
Old Tom Capital has spent years inside those conversations. The Club is built on that access — and on the network of serious golfers and accredited investors who don’t just deploy capital into this industry. They improve the outcomes of every investment they make.
This is not a golf fund. The network is the product.
The members of this community are accredited investors who take golf seriously — operators, executives, founders, and club members who have built careers in and around the game. A membership that reflects the quality of the room, not the size of it. The network is what makes the deals possible. Five regional chapters. Member events and golf outings. A directory that reflects the quality of the room, not the size of it.
OTC-sourced investments across golf technology, agronomy, software, real estate, and hospitality. 10+ deals per year. Invest in what you want. Typical minimum per investment is $10,000. Full investment memo, financial model, and direct Q&A with the OTC deal team and company founders. No asset class box. No stage constraint. Objectively great investments in an industry that is still early in its transformation.
Members invest at 2% annual management fee and 20% carry. Contacts you bring into a deal as a non-member invest at 2.5% annual and 25% carry. On a $25,000 investment held five years, that differential more than covers the cost of membership.
You’re joining a private network of hundreds of active investors who care about returns as much as their game.
Our members also have lockers at over 75 of the top 100 clubs in the World.
Old Tom Capital's deal flow is not sourced from a database. It comes from relationships built across the amateur ecosystem — club operators, technology founders, course architects, agronomy companies, hospitality developers, and governing bodies across professional tours.
We see deals early because we are inside the conversations where they originate. The industry is commercially large. The network is relationally small. That combination — proprietary access, genuine insider relationships, and a community of investors who can accelerate distribution for the companies they back — is the structural advantage that no screener replicates.
The deals are better because of who is in the room. The room is better because of the deals.
The standard is: accredited investor, genuine golfer, serious about both. If that's you, this is yours.
$500/year. 10+ deals every year. Accredited investors only.
$500 per year, collected via Stripe at the time of application. Membership renews annually.
Access to every deal we bring to market at member economics, the community, and deal flow visibility across the full OTC pipeline. Membership value exists independent of any single investment.
Applications are open. Referrals are encouraged — when you apply, we ask who brought you here, and it tells us something about the quality of the room. You do not need a referral to apply.
You complete your application on the final page of the form — terms and conditions, NDA, and payment. Membership is active immediately upon payment confirmation. You will receive a series of emails directly from us to aid in onboarding.
Yes. Membership can be cancelled at any time. Contact us before your renewal date and we will handle it directly.
OTC sources deals across golf technology, agronomy, software, real estate, hospitality, and more. There is no asset class box and no stage constraint. The filter is simple: is this an objectively great investment in an industry we know better than anyone else?
Invest in what you want (never an obligation). Most deals start at $10,000. In some situations the minimum threshold might be set larger for a variety of reasons (deal stage, round size, etc.).
Typical economics are 2% annual management fee for five years, paid up front. 20% carried interest on returns above a 1x hurdle.
10+ deals per year. Typically one to two in market at any given time.
No. Each deal is a separate decision. You review the deal materials, attend the Q&A if you choose, and invest or pass. There is no commitment beyond the annual membership.
Yes. Members are encouraged to share deals with accredited investors in their network. When a deal is shared and a non-member invests, they invest at non-member economics: 2.5% annual management fee and 25% carry. Member economics — 2% annual, 20% carry — are available to anyone who is an active member of The Club.
Capital is called and funded at the time of document execution (all upfront). Management fees are deducted at this time.
Everything lives with our virtual data room (VDR) partner platform. When a deal comes to market, the memo, financials, and supporting documents are posted to your data room. One login, all active deals in one place. After becoming a member, you will receive a separate email directly from Ideals VDR with steps to set up an account or log in. If you don't receive it after a week or have trouble accessing, please reach out to us directly.
We create a separate legal entity, or SPV, for every deal. A third partner platform provider creates, administers, and manages our investment SPVs. All members committing to a deal will be added to the platform and receive communication directly from them for subscription/funding. You can find additional information in your onboarding data room.
No. We do not tell you what to do with your capital. Every deal memo contains the information you need to make your own decision.
Accredited investor status confirms you meet regulatory income or net worth thresholds. Because the Club provides access to private securities offerings, every investor needs to qualify as an accredited investor. You can get additional information on the SEC website.
The NDA protects the confidentiality of deal materials shared in the data room. It means the investment memos, financials, and supporting documents you access are for your review only and are not to be shared broadly outside the Club.