The decentralized autonomous organization-operated golf startup, LinksDAO, may soon put in an offer to purchase the newly marketed Spey Bay Golf Club in Scotland worth about $900,000.Â
LinksDAO â self-described as a âglobal group of golf enthusiastsâ that is on a mission to build the âworldâs greatest golf communityâ â officially opened the proposal vote on Feb. 20, which came after a few weeks of informal deliberation.
It would be the DAOâs first ever golf course purchase.
While voting officially closes on Feb. 22 at 12pm Eastern Time, over 88% of the 4,100 LinksDAO tokenholders had already voted in favor of the proposal at time of writing.
If the final tally remains in favor of the purchase, the LinksDAO acquisition committee will meet with the relevant parties required to construct a âcompelling offerâ for the purchase of the club âwith the full intent of successfully purchasing the golf course,â the proposal stated.
The authors of the proposal â âBez,â âJim,â âcbruceâ and ânickwalkermsuâ â explained that while much of the DAOâs research efforts have gone into finding a suitable golf course purchase in the United States, âthis listing was too special to ignore.â
The authors added that the course is âplayable today,â and that its high ceiling to low price ratio makes it a worthy investment.
âEven a price of triple the âguide priceâ would be cheaper than most mediocre courses we have assessed thus far in the US,â the authors explained.
As such, LinksDAO compressed the voting window to 48 hours in order to act swiftly on the potential purchase and hopefully get good price for the club:
LinksDAO is expecting to pitch an offer in the vicinity of $900,000, which is roughly its current market value, according to Golf Business News.
The 18-hole golf course is located in Fochabers, about a three-and-a-half-hour drive away from Scotlandâs capital city of Edinburgh.
The DAO explained the potential purchase would be financed with capital from its fundraise and that it would transfer funds from its treasury to a corporate bank account to support ongoing operations.
The authors of the proposal noted that this would occur within 30 days of the purchase.
LinksDAO officially established itself as a DAO in January 2022, which came on the back of a $10.5 million fundraising effort where more than 9,000 of its âleisureâ and âglobalâ membership NFTs were sold on OpenSea in a short 24-hour period.
There are now 5,302 owners of LinksDAO memberships, which are issued on the Ethereum network, according to nonfungible token marketplace OpenSea.
The average floor price of the memberships is 0.29 Ether (ETH), or about $480 at current prices.
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While it is not known how much is in the LinksDAO treasury, the LinksDAO market cap is currently $4.34 million, according to CoinGecko.
NBA superstar Stephen Curry is a notable figure to have invested in a LinksDAO membership. However it is not known whether he is still a token holder.