About Us

A quick, simple, and incredibly addicting golf dice game, GOLO was invented by a PGA professional in the summer of 1998. Front9 was co-founded by two friends, and incorporated in January of 1999. The game was launched in January of 2000. GOLO is now being enjoyed by golfers (and non-golfers, too!) around the world. You can learn more by checking out the History of GOLO.

Today Front9, Inc. is headquartered in Downtown Los Gatos, California. Its mission is dedicated to spreading the fun, excitement, and education of GOLO & Golf to the rest of the world. Its future commitment in game development is to create games that follow the same basic formula of GOLO: fast, fun, addicting, affordable, simple, portable, and difficult to master. You can find out more of the latest in our Press section.

History

It all started at an Irish pub in Los Gatos, California. Patrick Shea, a local PGA professional, was playing standard dice games with his buddies. He was intrigued with the possibility of playing golf with dice, so he placed 9 standard 6 sided dice in a cup and within minutes had created the basic rules of the game and GOLO was born. The response from friends and family was so amazing and as the game grew in popularity, a few rules and some new features were added. What followed was the most innovative and addicting game invented in years — GOLO!