Tap and Tees Golf Lounge
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Tap & Tees Golf Lounge held its soft opening Aug. 15 at University Village Shops, pairing Foresight simulators with billiards, TVs and a social lounge. Play by the hour, buy a punch card, or take a membership.
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Vol. 1 · No. 2Tuesday, August 18, 202614 verified dispatches
14 dispatches9 states4 now open5 on the radar
Golf Simulator Franchises Spread Across Nine States as TruGolf Strikes a Blockchain Deal
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This Week at a GlanceFranchised indoor golf did most of this week's work. Back Nine Golf opens six bays in Concord, New Hampshire on Aug. 28 and is fitting out a 24-hour site in La Porte, Texas, while GolfTRK starts construction Sept. 7 on a Houston-area training center and Another Nine closes its first franchising year with more than 80 territories awarded across 16 states. Retail pitched in too: Greater Baltimore's first PGA Tour Superstore opened Aug. 15 with TrackMan bays and an 1,800-square-foot putting green, and Dick's brought its House of Sport format to Thornton, Colorado. On the corporate side, TruGolf signed an agreement to acquire Toronto tokenization firm Polymath and bring it onto its Nasdaq listing.
THE FRONT NINE
New venues open for playBaltimore region’s first PGA Tour Superstore now open in Timonium
Spot CheckGreater Baltimore got its first PGA Tour Superstore on Aug. 15: 29,440 square feet at 1910 York Road, with TrackMan tech, an 1,800-square-foot putting green, and fittings, lessons and repairs on site. It is Maryland's second location.
Dick's Sporting Goods opening its first House of Sport store in Colorado
Spot CheckDick's brought its House of Sport format to Colorado for the first time at 16401 Washington St. in Thornton, roughly 100,000 square feet with TrackMan golf bays, a climbing wall and a multi-sport cage. Terrell Davis cut the ribbon.
Waikoloa shopping center adds melin hats and Virtual Golf Ohana
Spot CheckKings' Shops in Waikoloa added Virtual Golf Ohana, bringing simulators and putting greens to the center, alongside hat brand melin's first store on Hawaii island.
ON THE RADAR
Announced, not yet openNew indoor golf simulator opens soon in Concord
Spot CheckThe Fox family opens Back Nine Golf on Loudon Road on Aug. 28, with six bays — four public, two private — running Full Swing Pro 2.0 tracking. Members get in around the clock, and demo bookings are already going at founding-member rates.
Indoor sports simulator concept bringing ‘approachable golf’ to Worthington soon this fall
Spot CheckThe Slice takes over 121 W. Wilson Bridge Road this fall, and its simulators run soccer, baseball and football alongside golf, so nobody in the group has to sit out. Pizza comes from a recipe built with Columbus family-owned RHP Foodservice.
24-Hour Golf Simulator Bays Head to La Porte Retail Strip by Year's End
Spot CheckBack Nine Golf is fitting out 2,060 square feet at 3525 Canada Road, where phone-based entry opens the bays around the clock and no membership is required to play. Franchisee Brendon Lee is aiming for doors open before the end of 2026.
GolfTRK Indoor Golf Coming to Oak Ridge North, Texas
Spot CheckGolfTRK is renovating 2,228 square feet at 27605 Robinson Road, with construction slated from Sept. 7 to Nov. 2. The Prairie Village, Kansas franchise builds around TrackMan launch monitors and PuttView alignment, with three to six bays at a typical site.
An indoor golf, sports bar business is coming to downtown Lake Charles
Spot CheckFive Iron Golf is headed for the old Blue Dog Cafe building at 607 Ryan St. in downtown Lake Charles, with an opening expected at the beginning of 2027.
THE PRO SHOP
Brand and franchise movesTruGolf to Acquire Polymath Research Inc., Bringing Tokenization Innovator to the Public Markets on Nasdaq
Spot CheckTruGolf, the Nasdaq-listed maker behind TruGolf Links, signed an agreement Aug. 17 to acquire Toronto tokenization firm Polymath in exchange for Class A common and Series C preferred stock. Polymath posted $4.2 million in 2025 revenue and will come public under TruGolf's listing.
PopStroke site sold in Gilbert; 20-year lease executed
Spot CheckThe 4.25-acre Gilbert parcel lined up for PopStroke sold for about $4.82 million, and a 20-year lease with the brand kicked in June 30 and runs to 2046, with two 10-year options behind it.
AboutGolf: Launches Golf ‘N’ Skeet, a multi-role golf simulator game
Spot CheckaboutGOLF launched Golf 'N' Skeet, a two-player game where one golfer's tee shot turns into a clay pigeon and the other tries to knock it down before it lands. It runs on the Maumee, Ohio maker's Multisport hardware across a six-hole short course.
Another Nine Caps First Year of Franchising with Nationwide Expansion Across 16 States
Spot CheckAnother Nine closed its first year of franchising with more than 80 territories awarded across 16 states and 33 owners signed, 26 of them this year. The 24/7 self-serve concept runs TrackMan gameplay and expects 15 to 20 locations open by the end of 2026.
THE BACK NINE
Briefly notedWatch: New Popstroke in Florida has golf, waterfalls, shark tanks
Spot CheckGolfweek's video walk through the new Orlando PopStroke shows waterfalls and shark tanks built into the putting courses.
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