{"id":682435,"date":"2025-07-31T16:10:23","date_gmt":"2025-07-31T13:10:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/golf-start-up-grass-league-raises-2-75-million-led-by-good-good-backer\/"},"modified":"2025-07-31T16:10:23","modified_gmt":"2025-07-31T13:10:23","slug":"golf-start-up-grass-league-raises-2-75-million-led-by-good-good-backer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/golf-start-up-grass-league-raises-2-75-million-led-by-good-good-backer\/","title":{"rendered":"Golf Start-Up Grass League Raises $2.75 Million Led by Good Good Backer"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n\tGolf is an expensive sport \u2014 even for those who just play par 3 courses. Grass League is on it.<\/p>\n

\n\tPar 3 golf league Grass League has raised $2.75 million in its seed-plus round, which is the round of funding sandwiched between an upstart\u2019s original seed money and its official Series<\/a>-A round. Most of the money came from Creator Sports Capital, which recently invested $45 million in Good Good Golf, almost inarguably the most influential YouTube<\/a> Golf group. Old Tom Capital, an investor in golf innovation, also kicked in some skins.<\/p>\n

\n\tWith Creator Sports Capital on board, there will be \u201csome\u201d Good Good collabs \u201cin the works,\u201d Jake Hoselton, co-founder of Grass League, told The Hollywood Reporter<\/em>. The details of those are \u201cnot ready to be announced\u201d though.<\/p>\n

\n\tAdditionally, Paige Spiranac, a pretty big golf influencer in her own right, has joined the league\u00a0as front-office staffer. Spiranac tells THR<\/em> that she\u2019s been tasked with building out Grass League\u2019s \u201centire content strategy,\u201d which of course includes building a brand on social media. With four million followers on Instagram (Spiranac also has a strong presence on Facebook, X, TikTok, Snapchat, YouTube and Passes), she\u2019s fully qualified. Spiranac, a pro-golfer-turned-model, will also do some front-of-camera stuff for Grass League as an on-course reporter.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe new Grass League funding will be used to enhance event production, fund a new commissioner role and double its content output \u2014 including on social media, YouTube and shorts \u2014 Hoselton told THR<\/em>.<\/p>\n

\n\tGrass League is a chill alternative to traditional golf, which has a reputation for being rather stuffy and slow-paced. Hoselton\u2019s take is all par 3s, played at night, and in a 2 v. 2 come-as-you-are team format. <\/p>\n

\n\tHoselton says he hasn\u2019t caught flack for his relaxed take on the game<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cWe still are golf peer,\u201d he said. \u201dCompetition is the utmost important thing of the Grass League.\u201d Plus, Hoselton says he\u2019s \u201cjust growing the game in general<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tGrass League was founded in 2023 by Hoselton and his brother Jimmy Hoselton, as well as Pete Wilson and Connor Riley. It\u2019s a duos scramble competition with 11 franchises across 11 cities in North America and Canada. Team owners include Los Angeles Dodgers manager Dave Roberts (Los Angeles Roses team), 2023 U.S. Open champion Wyndham Clark (San Diego Munis), Good Good Golf (Dallas Horsemen) and professional tennis player Mardy Fish (Hollywood Hitters). Fish has played, as has Good Good\u2019s Garrett Clark and Matt Kendrick, and former quarterback Johnny Manziel, among others (including a bunch of professional golfers).<\/p>\n

\n\tGrass League already has live events that stream on Peacock and Golf Channel (and Golf Channel\u2019s YouTube). NBCUniversal owns both Peacock and Golf Channel, though the latter is leaving for spinoff company Versant.<\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCourtesy of The Grass League<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

\n\t\u201cThe brilliance of Grass League lies in its transformation of a universal pastime into a compelling, creator-driven sport,\u201d Brian Kabot, co-managing partner of Creator Sports Capital, said. \u201cWhat impressed us most is how they\u2019ve built more than just a league; they\u2019ve cultivated a vibrant digital community where passion and creativity are the main event. We invest in the future of fandom and athlete empowerment, and Grass League is pioneering that in a truly unique and authentic way. We are excited to support their vision as they scale this innovative concept into a household name.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tGrass League events tour the country; its flagship site is at Grass Clipping Rolling Hills in Tempe, Arizona.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cGrass League is building exactly the kind of platform that resonates with where sports, media, and culture are headed,\u201d Matthew Erley, the managing partner of Old Tom Capital, added. \u201cAt Old Tom Capital, we believe the future of golf \u2014 and sports more broadly \u2014 belongs to formats that are inclusive, fast and designed from the ground up for digital and primetime audiences. Grass League\u2019s franchise-driven, media-first model not only reinvents what a professional golf league can look like, it expands who gets to participate and who gets to watch. In a moment where traditional golf is finding it more challenging to reach younger fans and casual viewers, Grass League is setting the stage for a new generation of players and stories. We couldn\u2019t be more excited to support the team as they bring this vision to life.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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