Last Updated: 10/1/24
PLEASE NOTE THAT YOUR USE OF AND ACCESS TO OUR SERVICES (DEFINED BELOW) ARE SUBJECT TO THE FOLLOWING TERMS. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO ALL OF THE TERMS, YOU MAY NOT USE OR ACCESS THE SERVICES IN ANY MANNER.
Welcome to GOATT Golf Club. Please read the following rules and restrictions that govern your use of our website(s), products, services, and applications (the “Services”). If you have any questions, comments, or concerns regarding these Terms or the Services, please contact us at membership@goatt.golf.
These Terms of Service (the “Terms”) constitute a binding agreement between you and GOATT Golf Club (“GOATT,” “we,” or “us”). You must agree to and accept all of the Terms in order to use the Services. By accessing or using the Services in any manner, you agree to be bound by these Terms, which will remain in effect as long as you use the Services. These Terms include the provisions in this document as well as those in our Privacy Policy and any applicable policies.
GOATT Golf Club provides an online platform where golfers can connect with each other to schedule rounds at each other’s country clubs. GOATT serves as a facilitator for communication between users but is not affiliated with any golf clubs.
- Changes to Terms
We are always looking to improve our Services, and therefore these Terms may change over time. We reserve the right to modify the Terms at any time, but we will notify you by placing a notice on our website, sending an email, or other means.
If you do not agree with the new Terms, you may discontinue use of the Services. Your continued use of the Services after changes become effective indicates your acceptance of the modified Terms
- Privacy
We take your privacy seriously. Please review our Privacy Policy, which explains how we handle personal information.
We comply with the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (“COPPA”). We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If we learn that we have inadvertently collected such information, we will delete it. If you believe we may have received information from a child under 13, please contact us immediately at membership@goatt.golf.
- Account Registration and Usage
To use the Services, you may need to create an account with a username and password. You agree to provide accurate, up-to-date information and maintain the security of your account by not sharing your login credentials.
You are responsible for all activity on your account and agree to use the Services only for lawful purposes. You may not transfer or share your account without our permission.
You agree that you will only use our Services for your own personal use and not on the behalf of any third party.
- Fees and Payments
To become a member of GOATT Golf Club, you must pay a one-time initial membership fee, followed by a recurring monthly subscription fee to maintain access to the platform. Additionally, guests are responsible for compensating the host for any rounds played, and payment terms must be agreed upon between the guest and host.
All fees are non-refundable. GOATT Golf Club reserves the right to change the pricing and membership structure but will notify users in advance of any changes.
- Use of the Services
You agree not to:
- Use the Services in any way that violates laws or regulations.
- Use the Services to distribute harmful, fraudulent, defamatory, or otherwise objectionable content.
- Jeopardize the security of your account or others’ accounts.
- Engage in activities such as scraping, crawling, or otherwise collecting data from the platform in violation of these Terms.
Violation of any of the above may result in suspension or termination of your account.
- User Content and Licenses
Anything you upload, share, or provide through the Services is considered “User Content.” You retain ownership of your User Content, but you grant GOATT Golf Club a license to use, display, modify, and distribute that content in connection with operating the Services.
Some User Content is viewable by other users and in order to display your User Content on the Services, you grant us certain rights. Please note that this is subject to our privacy policy to the extent it relates to User Content that is also your personally identifiable information.
For all User Content, you hereby grant GOATT a license to translate, modify (for technical purposes, for example mobile readability) and reproduce and otherwise act with respect to such User Content. Your ownership in User content is not affected, and this is a license only.
If you store a User Content in your personal GOATT account, you grant GOATT the license above, as well as a license to display, perform, and distribute your Personal User Content for the sole purpose of making this accessible to you to provide the Services necessary to do so.
If you share a User Content to only certain specified users, such as in our chat feature, then you grant GOATT the licenses above, as well as a license to display, perform, and distribute your Limited User Content for the sole purpose of making this is accessible to such other specified users, and providing the Services necessary to do so. Also, you grant such other specified users a license to access that Limited User Content, and to use and exercise all rights in it, as permitted by the functionality of the Services.
If you share User Content publicly on the Services such as with any feedback, suggestions, improvements, enhancements, reviews, and/or feature requests relating to the Services, then you grant GOATT the licenses above, as well as a license to display, perform, and distribute this content to all GOATT users and providing the Services necessary to do so.
You agree that the licenses you grant are royalty-free, perpetual, sublicenseable, irrevocable, and worldwide, provided that when you delete your GOATT account, we will stop displaying your User Content (with the exception of public content) to other users, but you understand and agree that it may not be possible to completely delete that content from GOATT’s records, and that your User Submissions may remain viewable elsewhere to the extent that they were copied or stored by other users.
Finally, you understand and agree that GOATT, in performing the required technical steps to provide the Services to our users (including you), may need to make changes to your User Content to conform and adapt that to the technical requirements of connection networks, devices, services, or media, and the foregoing licenses include the rights to do so.
- Termination and Cancellation
You can cancel your membership by contacting membership@goatt.golf. The cancellation will take effect at the end of your current billing period, and no refunds will be provided for any fees already paid.
GOATT Golf Club reserves the right to terminate your account if you violate these Terms or engage in inappropriate behavior during your interactions with other members.
- Liability and Dispute Resolution
GOATT Golf Club is not responsible for any interactions or disputes between members. Any agreements, such as payment for rounds, are solely between the guest and host. GOATT serves only as a facilitator for arranging these interactions.
In the event of a dispute between users, you agree to resolve the matter independently. GOATT Golf Club is not obligated to intervene in any disputes.
- Changes to the Services
We may make changes to the Services, including adding or removing features. We will attempt to provide notice when significant changes are made.
- Governing Law and Arbitration
These Terms are governed by the laws of Wisconsin. Any disputes arising from these Terms will be settled through binding arbitration in Wisconsin.
- Membership Payment, Renewals, and Refunds:
You will be billed a one time fee at the time of joining as a downstroke to join GOATT.
Your membership will then be billed on a monthly or yearly basis for continued use of our Services.
All users must enter a valid payment account. You may be required to provide your credit card details to the GOATT or the payment service provider retained by the GOATT. You will be liable for any taxes required to be paid on the Service.
Membership payments are non-refundable. GOATT will not provide a refund in the event it deactivates or deletes your account for any reason, nor will there be refunds for unused terms with an open account.
GOATT reserves the right to change our fees and institute new charges at any time, upon notice to you via email notice, written or hard copy notice, or through posting of such notice on our website, as determined by GOATT in our sole discretion. Your use of the Service following such notification constitutes your acceptance of any new or increased fees.
If you delete your account, your membership will automatically terminate.