Franchise ownership opportunity
Golf at 2 a.m.On a membership.Own the business behind it.
24/7 indoor golf. Automated booking.
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240+
locations open
$350K–$688K
total investment
$50K
franchise fee
8% + 1%
royalty + brand fund
The idea
It started with a golfer who couldn't find time to play.
Wil Bangerter was an attorney with young kids and a demanding schedule. A four-hour round wasn't happening. So in 2021 he built what he wanted: private indoor simulator bays, open around the clock, where 18 holes takes about an hour. Golfers loved it. Today Back Nine has more than 240 locations open.
Where golf never sleeps.
How it works for members
Book a bay. Scan in. Play.
Members reserve a bay online, any hour of the day or night.
They let themselves in with a personal QR code. No front desk needed.
Each private bay has a Full Swing simulator that tracks every shot, with famous courses to play.
A full round takes about an hour. Practice, leagues, lessons, and private events fill in the rest.
What you'd own
A small footprint with a recurring heartbeat.
A typical Back Nine location is about 2,000 to 3,000 square feet in a neighborhood shopping center, with three or four private simulator bays.
How it earns
- Monthly memberships: a recurring base of revenue. You don't start every month at zero.
- Hourly bookings from members and non-members
- Leagues, tournaments, and private events
- Lessons with local coaches
Membership pricing is set locally and varies by market.
Semi-passive, honestly
Semi-passive doesn't mean passive.
Automated booking and keyless entry remove most of the staffing that makes other brick-and-mortar franchises hard to run. That's why, according to founder Wil Bangerter, most Back Nine franchisees have separate full-time jobs or run their locations as a side business.
But the business doesn't run itself. Owners still drive local marketing, sell memberships, build partnerships, and keep the experience excellent. Your time goes into growing the business instead of staffing it.
What about overnight?
Who's there at 3 a.m.?
Every visit starts with an online booking, and entry requires a personal QR code, so the door only opens for someone with a reservation. During discovery, we'll make sure you get the franchisor's full answer on cameras, alarms, insurance, and how owners handle after-hours issues.
The numbers
Look at the numbers before you fall in love with the concept.
Back Nine's Franchise Disclosure Document includes an Item 19 financial performance representation. We'll walk you through it line by line: what the figures include, what they leave out, and how they compare with the investment in your market. Then we'll help you talk with existing owners about what their locations actually do.
| Total investment | $350K–$688K |
|---|---|
| Franchise fee | $50,000 |
| Royalty | 8% of monthly gross revenues |
| Brand marketing fund | 1% of monthly gross revenues, which may increase up to 4% |
From Back Nine's current Franchise Disclosure Document. Review Items 5, 6, 7, and 19 in full before investing. Results vary and are not guaranteed.
Why indoor golf has staying power
Golf isn't a fad. How people play it is changing.
Play regardless of weather. Rain, heat, cold, and winter don't close an indoor bay.
Play any hour. Automated access lets members play on their schedule.
Play faster. A full round in about an hour instead of four or five.
Play differently. Practice, full rounds, leagues, competitions, and events under one roof.
Who it's for
Who Back Nine is built for
- You want recurring revenue from memberships, not one-time sales.
- You want to own a business without necessarily leaving your career on day one.
- You'd rather not depend on a large hourly workforce.
- You may want more than one location. Back Nine's smaller footprint makes multiple locations in one metro area possible.
Typical financial profile
- $100K+ liquid capital
- Ability to fund or finance the buildout
- Capacity for appropriate working capital
Availability
Is your market available?
Back Nine is growing quickly, and territories are assigned one at a time. Some markets are already taken. Tell us where you'd like to build and we'll confirm what's open.
Back Nine is not currently offering franchises in Hawaii, Illinois, Rhode Island, or Washington.
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Why work with The Franchise Insiders
The franchisor will tell you why to buy. We'll help you decide whether you should.
We're franchise owners ourselves. Jack helped scale TheKey Home Care's franchise system from 30 to more than 250 locations and was on its leadership team through its private-equity sale. Today, Jack and Jill Johnson and our team help investors evaluate franchise opportunities across the country.
Our job isn't to convince you to buy Back Nine. It's to help you determine whether it fits your goals, capital, and market. If it doesn't, we'll tell you.
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The rebate
One more reason to work with us: a $2,000-per-unit rebate at closing.
Invest through The Franchise Insiders and receive a $2,000 rebate per unit at closing, up to $10,000 total.
The rebate is paid from our commission. There is no additional cost to work with The Franchise Insiders.
Golf isn't going anywhere. The way people play it is changing.
Back Nine combines one of America's biggest sports with 24/7 access, recurring memberships, and a lean operating model. The first question is simple: is your market still open?
We'll confirm availability, explain the model, and help you decide whether it's worth pursuing. No pressure. No obligation.
