Old Tom Capital Opens The Club, Its Private Investment Network to Accredited Golf Investors
The investment firm focused on golf has relaunched its private investor syndicate, expanding access to a curated deal flow that has quietly shaped some of the most interesting moves in the industry.
Old Tom Capital has quietly become one of the most connected firms in golf since its founding in 2022 — backing companies across technology, real estate, agronomy, and hospitality while building a network that operates well below the radar of the trade press. Now, the Denver and Atlanta-based firm is opening that access to a wider circle of accredited investors through The Club, a relaunched private syndicate built around a simple premise: the deals are better because of who is in the room.
Membership is $500 per year. The room, by design, stays small.
A Network Built on Conviction
Old Tom Capital was not founded on diversification. The firm’s thesis is singular: golf’s commercial transformation is structural, not cyclical, and the firms that build focused ownership positions inside that transformation will generate institutional-scale returns.
Since its founding in 2022 by Matthew Erley and Evan Roosevelt, OTC has deployed capital across venture, credit, and control — backing companies across golf technology, agronomy, software, real estate, and hospitality. Its portfolio includes TMRW Sports (the technology company powering TGL), Blue Jeans Golf, TerraRad, Sagacity Golf, Quiet Golf, Birdie Houses, Grass League, Whoosh, TripFusion, and many others. The firm is headquartered in Atlanta and Denver, with partners and investments across North America, the UK, and Asia-Pacific.
The Club is how individual investors participate in that deal flow.
What The Club Actually Is
The Club is not a golf fund. OTC is clear about that distinction, and it matters.
A fund pools capital into a managed vehicle with a defined mandate. The Club is a membership network — a structured community of accredited investors who get direct access to OTC-sourced deals as they come to market, each as a separate SPV (Special Purpose Vehicle), with full transparency into the investment thesis, financials, and founders.
“The network is the product,” OTC states in its membership materials. The deals are better because of who is in the room. The room is better because of the deals.
Members gain access to:
10+ deals per year across golf technology, agronomy, software, real estate, and hospitality
Full investment memos, financial models, and direct Q&A with the OTC deal team and company founders
Member economics: 2% annual management fee, 20% carried interest
The minimum investment per deal is typically $10,000. There is no obligation to invest in any deal — each is a separate decision. Capital is called at the time of document execution. Deals close approximately two weeks after the SPV is formed.
Why This Matters for Golf Industry Professionals
For operators, executives, and founders who work inside the golf industry, The Club represents something that has not existed in a structured form until now: a private network that connects capital to deal flow at the intersection of the amateur and commercial ecosystems.
Golf is, as OTC notes, one of the largest relationship networks in business. The course acquisition that closed quietly, the agronomy company that raised a round without a press release, the hospitality concept that serious golfers have been watching for eighteen months — those deals moved through conversations. The Club is the room where those conversations are formalized.
OTC’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. The firm sees deals early because it is inside the conversations where they originate.
For GBR’s audience — operators, investors, founders, and C-level executives across the global golf industry — The Club offers a front-row seat to the private capital layer that is driving golf’s commercial transformation.
The Standard for Entry
Membership requires accredited investor status, consistent with SEC regulations governing private securities offerings. Applications are open — no referral required, though referrals are encouraged and noted. Membership is active immediately upon payment confirmation.
OTC describes the standard simply: accredited investor, genuine golfer, serious about both.
A Firm That Builds Platforms, Not Portfolios
What distinguishes Old Tom Capital from a standard venture or private equity operation is its stated philosophy: it builds platforms, not portfolios.
Every investment is designed to compound value across the system — shared data, shared distribution, shared ambition. The portfolio companies are not isolated bets; they are intended to strengthen each other. A software company (Sagacity) that optimizes course revenue works alongside a real estate and hospitality play (Birdie Houses) and a technology-forward league format (Grass League and TMRW Sports). The firm deploys capital as a strategic instrument, not a financial one.
The Relaunch
The Club was previously known as the Old Tom Venture Club. The relaunch under the current name signals a refinement of the offering — a tighter brand, a clearer value proposition, and an explicit focus on the quality of the membership rather than its size.
“The deals are better because of who is in the room,” OTC says. “The room is better because of the deals.”
For accredited investors who follow this industry closely, the timing of this relaunch — during the week that the golf world turns its attention to Augusta — is unlikely to be a coincidence.