Topgolf History

First Topgolf Venue in Central China.

Lounge by Topgolf China opens

Topgolf and Callaway

FIRST LOUNGE BY TOPGOLF + INTERNATIONAL VENUE OPENINGS
Topgolf opens the first Lounge by Topgolf concept in Kirkland, Washington, USA
Topgolf Monterrey opens in Mexico, marking venue operations in four countries
Topgolf Dubai opens in late 2020
Topgolf celebrates its 20th birthday milestone

Toptracer holds the first-ever globally connected 9-Shot Challenge tournament where 7,000 golfers played a total of 29,000 games during a live, four-day tournament across 19 countries and 11 time zones.
Topgolf signs licensing agreements with Franchisees for Central Europe and Asia
Topgolf partners with Will Smith's Westbrook Studios production company to produce "This Joka" original content series
Topgolf reaches $1 million in funds raised for the Make-A-Wish Foundation
Topgolf breaks Guinness World Record for most golf balls hit simultaneously around the world
As of December 29, 2019, Topgolf owned, operated or franchised 58 Topgolf venues consisting of 57 company-operated venues in the United States and the United Kingdom and one franchised venue in Australia.

First non-UK and non-US venue opens in the Gold Coast, Australia by franchise Village Roadshow. This marks Topgolf’s first international venture
Topgolf opened its 50th venue in the world
Toptracer Range is deployed at 1,500+ bays in 20 countries.

Opened the very first Swing Suite in Four Seasons Hotel in Houston, Texas, USA
Expanded Toptracer for live ball-tracing
Topgolf debuted Topgolf Studios original content
Fidelity Research & Management invests in Topgolf

The First flagship venue opened in Las Vegas
Acquired World Golf Tour by Topgolf (WGT) online golf gaming app, officially entering esports industry
Acquired the Protracer technology, which is now known as Toptracer
Providence Equity Partners invests in Topgolf

Topgolf opened its first 102-bay entertainment-focused venue in Katy, Texas, USA

WestRiver Group invests in Topgolf.
The first U.S. venue opens in Alexandria, Virginia, USA

Topgolf originated from the timeless golf question, "Who hit it closer?"

Originally called "Target Oriented Practice Golf," the founders of Topgolf used proprietary radio-frequency identification (RFID) technology and dartboard-style targets to answer this question – and the first Topgolf venue was born in United Kingdom’s Watford in 2000.

Over the next 20 years, Topgolf would become a movement, constantly innovating to improve the guest experience, and expanding experiential platforms to create a global community.