Terms of Service

You must be at least 18 years of age and able to form a legally binding contract to submit a request, apply, or use the Platform. By doing so, you represent that you meet these requirements and that all information you provide is accurate, current, and complete.

Accounts are not open to the public during the pilot; they are issued by invitation only. If you have one, you agree to keep your account information up to date. You are responsible for safeguarding your login credentials and for all activity that occurs under your account. Accounts are personal and non-transferable. You may not maintain more than one account, share credentials, or create an account on behalf of another person without their authorization. Notify us promptly at legal@closersgolf.com if you suspect unauthorized use of your account.

Two categories of users exist on the Platform: “Clients,” who request a golfer for a round, and “Golfers,” golfers approved to accept paid engagements. Accepting payment to play can end a golfer’s amateur status under the USGA Rules of Amateur Status (see Section 6). Some provisions of these Terms apply to one category specifically; where a provision is not so limited, it applies to all users.

Closers arranges introductions and prepares quotes for golf engagements. The professional sets their payout; Closers sets its own service fee and booking fee and shows both before you confirm. A booking is confirmed only when the professional has approved the date and payout, the client has accepted the full quote, and Closers has confirmed it in writing. Professionals are independent contractors, not Closers employees or agents. Until VantaTour is registered, Closers does not accept payment or confirm paid bookings.

Once paid bookings open, your quote has up to three parts: the appearance price (the professional's payout plus Closers' service fee, which is 20% of the appearance price, so a $400 payout becomes a $500 appearance price), a $15 booking fee for non-members, and any course costs at cost. You see every line before you confirm. Course costs and tips carry no Closers fee. Paid bookings open once VantaTour, the company behind Closers, is registered. Nothing is charged through this site today.

Closers does not guarantee that any request will be matched, that any Golfer will be available, or the quality, safety, legality, or outcome of any engagement. The roster is being built now, and a request is not a reservation. Clients and Golfers deal with one another on their own judgment and at their own risk.

Closers describes its Golfers as vetted. So that you understand exactly what that does and does not mean, our review of a Golfer generally consists of the following:

• Credential and playing-record review. we check the tour, collegiate, club-professional, or competitive results a Golfer submits against public sources (tour sites, event results, the PGA directory, GHIN or WAGR) where they exist, and ask for proof where they don’t.
• Live interview. a conversation with the Golfer before any approval.
• Manual approval. a person decides whether the Golfer joins the founding roster.

Closers does not currently run criminal or consumer background checks. Vetting means credential and playing-record review, a live interview, and manual approval. If we add background screening, we’ll get your written authorization first and update this policy.

A request submitted through the Platform (course, date, confirmed tee time, occasion, and any notes) asks Closers to look for a suitable Golfer. It is a request, not a reservation. Closers matches requests by hand and, where an approved Golfer fits, prepares a quote showing every line: the appearance price, any booking fee, and any course costs.

A booking is confirmed only when the Golfer has approved the date and payout, the Client has accepted the full quote, and Closers has confirmed it in writing. Golfers control which rounds they accept and may decline any request. Until all three steps happen, either side may walk away without obligation. Paid bookings open once VantaTour, the company behind Closers, is registered. Nothing is charged through this site today.

After confirmation, the Client and Golfer are responsible for the details of the round itself, including arrival, course access, and any specific expectations. Closers may pass details between the parties as a convenience but is not responsible for the accuracy of information a user provides or for either party’s performance. Change and cancellation terms for a confirmed booking, if any, will be stated in the written confirmation.

Paid bookings open once VantaTour, the company behind Closers, is registered. Nothing is charged through this site today. Closers does not collect card details and does not process, hold, or escrow payments on the Platform. When paid bookings open, you will see every amount you owe, and to whom, on the quote before you confirm.

You are responsible for any taxes arising from your engagements, including income and self-employment taxes for Golfers. Closers does not withhold taxes on your behalf and provides no tax advice. See Section 6.

Paid rounds are for professionals. Accepting payment to play can end your amateur status under the USGA Rules of Amateur Status, and may affect other eligibility or standing under rules that Closers does not administer and cannot interpret for you.

Engagements take place at golf clubs and courses that set their own rules. All users must comply with the host club’s rules, guest and access policies, dress codes, pace-of-play expectations, and all applicable local, state, and federal law. Clients are responsible for any required guest sponsorship, green fees, and course access; Golfers are responsible for conducting themselves as guests in accordance with club rules.

Users are responsible for their own conduct on the course, including the safe operation of golf carts and their own decisions regarding alcohol. Users must not operate a cart or a vehicle while impaired. Harassment, discrimination, threats, and violence are prohibited, on and off the course, as further described in our Acceptable Use Policy.

Closers arranges playing-partner experiences and playing lessons. It does not promise, and you should not expect, any particular business, networking, relationship, sales, or commercial result from any engagement. Closers makes no representation that an engagement will lead to a closed deal, a client relationship, or any other outcome, and is not responsible for the business conduct of any user.

Golfers and Clients may submit content to the Platform, including application details, credential and playing-record information, payout ranges, availability, photographs, video, links, and request notes (“User Content”). As between you and Closers, you retain ownership of your User Content.

By submitting User Content, you grant Closers a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free, sublicensable license to host, store, reproduce, display, adapt for formatting, and distribute that content for the purpose of operating, securing, and promoting the Platform. We will not sell your User Content. You represent and warrant that:

• you own or have the necessary rights to submit the User Content;
• photographs and video you upload depict only you or persons who have consented to their use;
• your credential and application representations are accurate, and you will promptly update Closers of any material change to your standing, such as loss of a tour card or a change in amateur status;
• your User Content does not infringe any third party’s rights or violate any law.

You are responsible for the accuracy of your User Content.

When you upload photos or video with an application, you confirm that you own them (or have permission to share them) and agree that Closers may use them on your Closers profile and in Closers marketing, including social media, under the license above. You can ask us to take them down at any time by writing to legal@closersgolf.com; we will remove them from the Platform and from accounts we control, and stop any new use, within a reasonable time.

Closers reserves the right, but assumes no obligation, to monitor, moderate, screen, edit for formatting, refuse, or remove User Content, and to suspend accounts, in each case in our sole discretion. Consistent with Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, Closers acts as a provider of an interactive computer service and is not the publisher or speaker of User Content provided by others; users are responsible for the content they submit. Our exercise or non-exercise of moderation rights does not make us responsible for User Content.

Closers respects intellectual-property rights and responds to notices of alleged copyright infringement under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (“DMCA”). If you believe content on the Platform infringes your copyright, send a written notice to our designated agent at legal@closersgolf.com that includes: (a) your physical or electronic signature; (b) identification of the copyrighted work claimed to be infringed; (c) identification of the material claimed to be infringing and information reasonably sufficient to locate it; (d) your contact information; (e) a statement that you have a good-faith belief that the use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law; and (f) a statement, under penalty of perjury, that the information in your notice is accurate and that you are the owner or authorized to act on the owner’s behalf.

We may remove or disable access to material claimed to be infringing and, where appropriate, terminate the accounts of repeat infringers. If you believe your content was removed in error, you may submit a counter-notice to the same designated agent containing the information required by the DMCA, including your consent to the jurisdiction described in Section 19. We will process counter-notices as the DMCA provides.

Your use of the Platform is also governed by our Acceptable Use Policy, which is incorporated into these Terms. Without limiting it, you agree not to:

• misrepresent your identity, credentials, handicap, affiliation, or standing;
• harass, threaten, defame, or discriminate against any user or other person;
• submit fake or fraudulent requests or applications;
• use the Platform to facilitate gambling or wagering, or to solicit unrelated goods or services;
• attempt to gain unauthorized access to any account, system, or data, or probe or test the security of the Platform;
• use bots, scrapers, or other automated means to access or collect data without our prior written consent;
• infringe any intellectual-property or other right, or use the Platform for any unlawful purpose.

The Platform’s value comes from the introductions and vetting it provides. You agree not to solicit, arrange, or accept an engagement that originated through Closers outside the Platform for the purpose of avoiding fees, evading these Terms, or circumventing the Platform’s protections. This does not restrict relationships that genuinely arise independently of the Platform. Circumvention may result in suspension or termination and, where applicable, recovery of fees due.

You may ask us to close your account or withdraw your application or request at any time by contacting us at legal@closersgolf.com. Records associated with it may be retained as described in our Privacy Policy and as required by law or legitimate business purposes.

Closers may suspend or terminate your access, remove listings or content, and take other appropriate action, with or without cause and with or without notice, including for any violation of these Terms or the Acceptable Use Policy, conduct we reasonably believe is harmful or unlawful, or as required to protect the Platform or its users. Upon termination, your right to use the Platform ceases immediately. Provisions that by their nature should survive termination will survive, including Sections 5 through 21.

To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, you agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless Closers, VantaTour, and the people who operate them from and against any claims, demands, damages, losses, liabilities, costs, and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) arising out of or related to: (a) your engagements and interactions with other users; (b) your User Content; (c) your breach of these Terms, the Acceptable Use Policy, or applicable law; (d) your violation of any third party’s rights; and (e) any tax, licensing, or status obligation that is yours under Section 6. Closers may assume the exclusive defense of any matter subject to indemnification, in which case you agree to cooperate.

Please read this section carefully. It requires you and Closers to resolve most disputes through binding individual arbitration and waives the right to a jury trial and to participate in a class action. It does not apply to the extent prohibited by law.

Informal resolution first. Before starting an arbitration, you agree to contact us at legal@closersgolf.com and to attempt in good faith to resolve the dispute informally for at least thirty (30) days.

Binding arbitration. Any dispute, claim, or controversy arising out of or relating to these Terms or the Platform that is not resolved informally will be resolved by binding arbitration administered by the American Arbitration Association (“AAA”) under its Consumer Arbitration Rules then in effect, before a single arbitrator. The arbitrator has exclusive authority to resolve disputes about the interpretation, applicability, or enforceability of this arbitration agreement. Judgment on the award may be entered in any court of competent jurisdiction.

30-day opt-out. You may opt out of this arbitration agreement and class-action waiver by sending written notice to legal@closersgolf.com within thirty (30) days of first accepting these Terms. Your notice must include your name, the email associated with your account, and a clear statement that you wish to opt out of arbitration. Opting out does not affect any other part of these Terms.

Small-claims carve-out. Either party may bring an individual claim in a small-claims court with jurisdiction, instead of arbitration, so long as the matter stays in that court and proceeds on an individual basis.

These Terms and any dispute arising out of them or the Platform are governed by the laws of the State of Florida and, where applicable, the Federal Arbitration Act, without regard to conflict-of-law principles. For any matter not subject to arbitration under Section 18, you and Closers consent to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of the state and federal courts located in Palm Beach County, Florida, and waive any objection to that venue.

Time to file. To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, any claim arising out of or related to these Terms or the Platform must be filed within one (1) year after the claim arises; otherwise it is permanently barred.

We may update these Terms from time to time. When we do, we will post the revised Terms with an updated effective date. Material changes will be communicated by email to the address you gave us. Your continued use of the Platform after the effective date of any revision constitutes your acceptance of the updated Terms. If you do not agree to a change, you must stop using the Platform and may close your account.

Severability. If any provision of these Terms is held unenforceable, that provision will be limited or severed to the minimum extent necessary, and the remaining provisions remain in full force.

Assignment. You may not assign or transfer these Terms without our prior written consent. We may assign these Terms, including in connection with a merger, acquisition, or sale of assets. These Terms bind and benefit the parties and their permitted successors.

Force majeure. Closers is not liable for any delay or failure to perform caused by events beyond its reasonable control, including acts of God, weather, natural disaster, labor disputes, utility or network failures, and governmental actions.

No waiver. Our failure to enforce any provision is not a waiver of our right to do so later.

No third-party beneficiaries. Except for the released and indemnified parties named in these Terms, there are no third-party beneficiaries to these Terms.

Electronic communications and consent. You consent to receive communications from us electronically, including by email and by notices posted on the Platform, and you agree that electronic communications and records satisfy any legal requirement that a communication be in writing.

Entire agreement. These Terms, together with the Privacy Policy, the Acceptable Use Policy, and any terms presented at the point of a specific feature, are the entire agreement between you and Closers regarding the Platform and supersede any prior agreement on that subject.

Questions, notices, and requests under these Terms, including arbitration opt-outs and DMCA notices, may be sent to legal@closersgolf.com. Closers is a brand of VantaTour (not yet registered), operating in Palm Beach County, Florida; if you need a mailing address for legal service, request it at that email and we will provide current details.