Dryvebox features a mobile golf simulator designed to increase golf access through lessons, practice sessions, virtual golf and private events. Photo: Courtesy Dryvebox Just before COVID-19 started, the PGA of America kicked around a simple concept to advance its mission to both grow the game and benefit its 28,000 members: invest in golf innovation. When the time was right to implement the idea with golf’s pandemic-related boom, it found a like-minded partner from the sports realm to team up with. The PGA of America and Elysian Park Ventures – the private investment arm of the Los Angeles Dodgers ownership group – announced in July the creation of EP Golf Ventures, LLC, an investment partnership designed to support innovation in the golf industry. “The PGA of America had set up an innovation front and effort with the idea of how do we invest in private companies that we believe can benefit our mission to serve members and grow the game,” said Arjun Chowdri, the chief administrative and innovation officer for the PGA of America. Arjun...