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⛳️ LinksDAO x Callaway Golf
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159 Days Since Mint
Good morning and welcome back to another edition of the Mulligan.
Highlights
LinksDAO x Callaway
It's only been 159 days since mint on New Year's Day. Since then we've:
Hosted 130 members at our inaugural golf event alongside SXSW in Austin, TX
Launched our token-gated Pro Shop filled with premium LinksDAO merch
Built and launched our token-gated Clubhouse website
Donated more than $50,000 to multiple charitable organizations and The University of the Southwest's Golf Team Relief Fund
Expanded membership to 48 of the 50 U.S. States and 43 countries around the world
Partnered with 13 brands across the golf ecosystem to give our members IRL discounts and benefits (ex. Five Iron, Ship Sticks, Holderness and Bourne, Arccos)
But our most important accomplishment to date is what follows.
After months of hard work behind the scenes from the core team, we are extremely excited to announce that LinksDAO has entered into a strategic partnership with Callaway Golf. Callaway is the preeminent golf brand and has been a staple in the ecosystem since 1982. In addition to leading initiatives to grow the game of golf, Callaway's portfolio of players and brands is nothing short of spectacular.
What can you, as a member, expect from this partnership?
Discounts and unique access to a majority of the Callaway products
Special access to limited runs of Callaway products as well as co-branded LinksDAO x Callaway Products
Unique TopGolf benefits
Special offers and tournaments for Global Members
We're at a very special place with a very special group of partners, and obviously Callaway is at the head of the class. Thank you to the community members who have basically made everyone believe that we have something special going on here, and to the core team as well.
LinksDAO x Endeavor
In addition to our partnership with Callaway, we've also struck a strategic partnership with Endeavor. Endeavor is a William Morris agency that represents a large number of professional golfers, including Jordan Spieth and Patrick Cantlay. Both of their agents will be assisting us in both tour and professional player engagement going forward.
Community Spotlight
Proposals #9 and #10? Passed!
Since we last touched base the core and community teams pushed two more proposals to a vote, both of which passed in near-unanimous fashion. We'll detail each below.
The founding team has assessed a number of different ways to move forward on the course acquisition front. After much deliberation, they decided that the best option for an expedient and prudent opening of our first world-class golf course was to partner with an extremely reputable, well established golf course sourcing and management company.
And the community agreed... 99.32% of the more than 1,200 votes were in favor, allowing for the final steps of the negotiation process to be completed.
While we can't reveal the name just yet, we can assure you that this company manages some of the most sought after golf courses in the world. Their expertise in this process will greatly benefit the entire community while also giving our project even more credibility in the golf industry. Without this partnership, our mission would be near-impossible.
Once finalized, be on the lookout for a Twitter Spaces with the founding team and the management company's brass!
Let's be honest. Golf, as it currently stands, has a stigma surrounding it. Exclusive, elitist, a rich person's game, however you want to describe it, a stigma is undoubtedly present.
A large part of our core ethos here at LinksDAO is flipping that narrative on its head. We firmly believe we can lead the way in making golf more accessible and inclusive through leveraging our one-of-a-kind community and brand as well as supporting other organizations whose mission aligns with ours. The First Tee immediately comes to mind.
The First Tee's mission statement reads "we enable kids to build the strength of character that empowers them through a lifetime of new challenges. By seamlessly integrating the game of golf with our life skills curriculum, we create learning experiences that build inner strength, self confidence and resilience that kids carry to everything they do."
Proposal #9 passed almost unanimously, and we subsequently donated 100% of secondary NFT sales from the 72 hours between 5/27 to 5/29 to The First Tee. This is our first step in what we hope to be a long-term relationship with this organization, including hosting events for local First Tee Chapters at our course.
Thanks to everyone who voted on Proposal #9 and #10!
P.S. After we formally announced our Callaway partnership, Jim, Mike, Bez and the Callaway team hosted a Twitter Spaces. We highly recommend you give it a listen.
Also...
Mike jumped on Panic With Friends hosted by Howard Lindzon to discuss Crypto, NFTs, and LinksDAO.
Jim co-hosted a Twitter Spaces with Garage XYZ and Krause House. Listen here.
Events
LinksDAO at NFTNYC
Our Links NFT NYC event is now free for all members! On Monday, June 20th, LinksDAO will be taking over the entire Five Iron Herald Square location from 4pm-10pm. You can expect:
Meet-and-greets with the entire founding and community teams
Drinks provided by redacted
Special guest appearances
Golf-centric prizes and giveaways
Sponsored simulator bays
And to top it off... Erik Anders Lang and the Random Golf Club crew will be making an appearance. Not only will RGC curate their own simulator bay, but Erik will host a live podcast from 4pm to 6pm featuring conversations with special guests, the LinksDAO team, and randomly selected LinksDAO members.
For more information on the Links NFTNYC event and to reserve your spot, visit our events page here. Not a member? Don't worry, we have passes on sale for the public too.
What else has the Events Pod been up to?
A ton. Over the next few weeks keep your eyes peeled for proposals centered around both domestic and international LinksDAO events.
Partnerships
Clubhouse Archives
In continuing to build out the merch selection in our Pro Shop, the Partnerships Pod is excited to announce that we are collaborating with Clubhouse Archives, an incredible luxury fashion Web3 brand. Clubhouse Archives will be closely working with us to provide Italian made, high-quality LinksDAO-branded clothing for both on and off the golf course.
Check out their website here!
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