Terms of Service

1. Acceptance of These Terms

By creating an account or using the Yips mobile application (the "App") and related services (collectively, the "Service"), you agree to be bound by these Terms of Service ("Terms"). If you do not agree, do not use the Service.

The Service is provided by Birdie's Indoor Golf Club LLC ("Yips," "we," "us," or "our").

2. Eligibility

You must be at least 13 years old to use the Service. By creating an account, you represent that you meet this requirement and that you have the legal capacity to enter into this agreement. If you are between 13 and the age of majority in your jurisdiction, you confirm that a parent or legal guardian has reviewed and agreed to these Terms on your behalf.

3. What Yips Is — and What It Is Not

Yips is a social golf application. It helps golfers connect with each other, coordinate rounds — including finding open spots in tee times posted by other players and filling tee times you have booked — track scores and friendly competitions, and keep informal records of who owes whom from games like Nassau, Skins, and Banker.

Yips does not facilitate gambling. Any monetary stakes between players ("bets") are private agreements between those players. Yips does not hold, transfer, or process money. Settlements occur outside the application, directly between the players involved. Yips makes no warranty regarding the accuracy of score calculations or ledger records and disclaims liability for disputes arising from in-person settlements.

You are solely responsible for ensuring that any wagering arrangements you make with other players comply with the laws of your jurisdiction.

4. Your Account

You are responsible for:

• Maintaining the confidentiality of your account credentials.
• All activity that occurs under your account.
• Providing accurate information and keeping it current.
• Notifying us promptly of any unauthorized use of your account at [email protected].

We may suspend or terminate your account if we believe these Terms have been violated (see Section 10).

5. Acceptable Use

You agree not to:

• Harass, threaten, abuse, or intimidate other users.
• Impersonate any person or misrepresent your affiliation with anyone.
• Post content that is unlawful, defamatory, obscene, harassing, or infringing.
• Falsify scores, ledger entries, or other records in a manner intended to defraud another user.
• Use the Service to engage in any commercial activity not expressly permitted by us.
• Attempt to gain unauthorized access to the Service, to other users' accounts, or to our systems.
• Use bots, scrapers, or automated tools to access the Service without our written permission.
• Reverse engineer, decompile, or attempt to extract the source code of the Service except to the extent expressly permitted by applicable law.

6. User Content

You retain ownership of the content you submit to the Service, including scores, posts, group names, and other contributions ("User Content").

By submitting User Content, you grant us a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free license to host, store, reproduce, display, and distribute that content as necessary to operate the Service — including displaying it to other users in your groups and leagues.

You are responsible for your User Content. You represent that you have the rights necessary to submit it and that it does not violate the rights of any third party or these Terms.

7. Third-Party Services

The Service relies on third-party providers (including Clerk, Railway, Expo, Sentry, Cloudinary, and Apple/Google for sign-in and push notifications). Your use of the Service is also subject to those providers' applicable terms. We are not responsible for the practices or content of third-party services.

If you choose to display optional payment handles (Venmo, CashApp, Zelle), any transactions you conduct on those platforms are governed by the applicable platform's terms and are entirely outside the Service.

8. Disclaimers

We do not warrant that:

• The Service will be uninterrupted, error-free, or secure.
• Scores, handicaps, or ledger entries will be accurate.
• Defects will be corrected.
• The Service will meet your requirements.

You use the Service at your own risk.

9. Limitation of Liability

Some jurisdictions do not allow the limitations above, so they may not apply to you in full.

10. Termination

You may delete your account at any time from within the App. We may suspend or terminate your access to the Service at any time, with or without notice, if we believe you have violated these Terms or for any other reason at our discretion.

Upon termination, your right to use the Service ends immediately. Sections that by their nature should survive termination (including Sections 6, 8, 9, 11, and 12) will survive.

11. Changes to These Terms

We may modify these Terms from time to time. When we do, we will update the "Last Updated" date above and, for material changes, provide additional notice within the App. Your continued use of the Service after a change takes effect constitutes acceptance of the revised Terms.

12. Governing Law and Dispute Resolution

Governing Law. These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of South Carolina, without regard to its conflict-of-law principles.

Binding Individual Arbitration. You and Birdie's Indoor Golf Club LLC agree that any dispute, claim, or controversy arising out of or relating to these Terms or the Service ("Dispute") will be resolved by binding individual arbitration, rather than in court, except that you may assert claims in small-claims court if your claims qualify. The Federal Arbitration Act governs the interpretation and enforcement of this arbitration agreement.

The arbitration will be administered by the American Arbitration Association (AAA) under its Consumer Arbitration Rules, as modified by these Terms. The arbitration will be conducted in Charleston County, South Carolina, or — at your election — by telephone, video, or based solely on written submissions. The arbitrator's decision will be final and binding, and judgment on the award may be entered in any court of competent jurisdiction.

30-Day Opt-Out. You may opt out of this arbitration agreement by sending written notice to [email protected] within 30 days of first accepting these Terms. Your notice must include your name, account email, and a clear statement that you wish to opt out of arbitration. Opting out will not affect any other provision of these Terms.

Exceptions. Notwithstanding the above, either party may seek injunctive or equitable relief in a court of competent jurisdiction to protect intellectual property rights or to address unauthorized access to the Service. Any such action must be brought exclusively in the state or federal courts located in Charleston County, South Carolina, and both parties consent to the personal jurisdiction of those courts.

Severability of Dispute Provisions. If the Class Action Waiver above is found unenforceable as to a particular claim or request for relief, that claim or request will be severed and brought in court, but the remainder of this Section 12 will remain in effect.

13. Miscellaneous

• Severability: If any provision of these Terms is found unenforceable, the remaining provisions remain in full force.
• No Waiver: Our failure to enforce any right or provision is not a waiver of that right or provision.
• Entire Agreement: These Terms, together with our Privacy Policy, constitute the entire agreement between you and us regarding the Service.
• Assignment: You may not assign these Terms. We may assign them in connection with a merger, acquisition, or sale of assets.