A clearer view of the business of golf.
An index in development. A paper pilot with a documented starting point.
Global Golf Equity Index — in development. No live public benchmark level or investment product is offered. The separate paper research pilot below uses hypothetical allocations.
A $1,000 paper research pilot
On November 12, 2026, we initialized a six-company hypothetical portfolio across U.S., Japanese and South Korean listings. Its provisional rules use modified market-cap weighting with documented golf-sales factors and a 25% issuer cap. It is a research model, with no real money or trades.
The public snapshot currently contains only its $1,000 baseline. A separate VT reference portfolio and an equal-weight version of the same six companies each start at their own $1,000 model scale.
The broader research question
Can a transparent, rules-based benchmark help readers understand the publicly traded businesses with meaningful golf operations?
Our research scope is global and includes both golf-focused companies and diversified issuers with material golf operations. Modified market-cap weighting is the chosen design direction. The paper pilot has adopted its own provisional rules; final public-benchmark membership, exposure factors and concentration limits require a separate review.
Before a public benchmark level
A dated universe, comparable prices and currency rates, corporate-action treatment, investable-share evidence, source permissions and calculation validation must support any public benchmark release. A paper model is not a live benchmark track record.
Three distinct parts of the project
The publication
Source-led explanations and company features.
The paper pilot
A dated hypothetical model for testing provisional rules.
The benchmark
A broader measurement system still in development.
Editorial coverage alone does not establish pilot or benchmark membership. A company feature and a hypothetical allocation are not instructions to trade.