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Long-term debt	$ 1,192,422,000			$ 665,163,000
Secured Debt \| Term Loan B Facility
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Long-term debt	440,400,000			441,600,000
Secured Debt \| Japan Term Loan Facility
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Debt instrument, face amount	16,257,000	¥ 1,800,000,000			$ 18,064,000	¥ 2,000,000,000
Secured Debt \| Topgolf Term Loan
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Long-term debt	$ 343,000,000
Debt instrument, face amount			$ 350,000,000
Debt instrument, interest rate, stated percentage	0.07%	0.07%
Convertible Senior Notes
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Long-term debt	$ 185,861,000
Debt instrument, face amount							$ 258,750,000
Debt instrument, interest rate, stated percentage							2.75%
Revolving Credit Facility \| Line of Credit
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
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Debt instrument, interest rate, stated percentage	4.25%	4.25%
Revolving Credit Facility \| Line of Credit \| Term Loan B Facility
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
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Revolving Credit Facility \| Line of Credit \| Japan Term Loan Facility
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Debt instrument, interest rate, stated percentage	0.0086%	0.0086%
Carrying Value
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Convertible debt	$ 258,750,000			258,750,000
Carrying Value \| Secured Debt \| Term Loan B Facility
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
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Carrying Value \| Secured Debt \| Japan Term Loan Facility
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
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Carrying Value \| Secured Debt \| Equipment Notes
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
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Carrying Value \| Secured Debt \| Topgolf Term Loan
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Long-term debt, fair value	335,585,000			0
Carrying Value \| Loans Payable
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Long-term debt, fair value	46,743,000			0
Carrying Value \| ABL Facility
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Credit facilities	16,931,000			22,130,000
Carrying Value \| Revolving Credit Facility \| Line of Credit
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Credit facilities	152,190,000			0
Fair Value
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
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Fair Value \| Secured Debt \| Term Loan B Facility
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Long-term debt	442,140,000			443,243,000
Fair Value \| Secured Debt \| Japan Term Loan Facility
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Long-term debt	14,675,000			16,083,000
Fair Value \| Secured Debt \| Equipment Notes
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
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Fair Value \| Secured Debt \| Topgolf Term Loan
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Fair Value \| Loans Payable
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
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Fair Value \| Revolving Credit Facility \| Line of Credit
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