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Drive Shack Inc. – ‘10-K’ for 12/31/20 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On:  Tuesday, 3/16/21, at 5:01pm ET   ·   For:  12/31/20   ·   Accession #:  1175483-21-5   ·   File #:  1-31458

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 3/16/21  Drive Shack Inc.                  10-K       12/31/20  104:14M

Annual Report   —   Form 10-K
Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-K        Annual Report                                       HTML   1.66M 
 2: EX-4.8      Instrument Defining the Rights of Security Holders  HTML     32K 
 3: EX-21.1     Subsidiaries List                                   HTML     41K 
 4: EX-23.1     Consent of Expert or Counsel                        HTML     28K 
 5: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     34K 
 6: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     34K 
 7: EX-32.1     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     29K 
 8: EX-32.2     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     29K 
15: R1          Cover Page                                          HTML    104K 
16: R2          Consolidated Balance Sheets                         HTML    130K 
17: R3          Consolidated Balance Sheets (Parenthetical)         HTML     55K 
18: R4          Consolidated Statements of Operations               HTML    115K 
19: R5          Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Loss       HTML     48K 
20: R6          Consolidated Statements of Changes in Equity        HTML     94K 
21: R7          Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows               HTML    113K 
22: R8          Organization                                        HTML     33K 
23: R9          Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML    164K 
24: R10         Revenues                                            HTML     53K 
25: R11         Segment Reporting                                   HTML    216K 
26: R12         Property and Equipment, Net of Accumulated          HTML     82K 
                Depreciation                                                     
27: R13         Leases                                              HTML    105K 
28: R14         Intangibles, Net of Accumulated Amortization        HTML     59K 
29: R15         Debt Obligations                                    HTML     81K 
30: R16         Real Estate Securities                              HTML     59K 
31: R17         Fair Value of Financial Instruments                 HTML     78K 
32: R18         Equity and Earnings Per Share                       HTML    114K 
33: R19         Transactions With Affiliates and Affiliated         HTML     34K 
                Entities                                                         
34: R20         Commitments and Contingencies                       HTML     37K 
35: R21         Income Taxes                                        HTML     98K 
36: R22         (Gain) Loss on Lease Terminations and Impairment    HTML     46K 
37: R23         Summary Quarterly Consolidated Financial            HTML    102K 
                Information (Unaudited)                                          
38: R24         Subsequent Events                                   HTML     31K 
39: R25         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML    167K 
                (Policies)                                                       
40: R26         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML    194K 
                (Tables)                                                         
41: R27         Revenues (Tables)                                   HTML     49K 
42: R28         Segment Reporting (Tables)                          HTML    211K 
43: R29         Property and Equipment, Net of Accumulated          HTML     82K 
                Depreciation (Tables)                                            
44: R30         Leases (Tables)                                     HTML     82K 
45: R31         Intangibles, Net of Accumulated Amortization        HTML     64K 
                (Tables)                                                         
46: R32         Debt Obligations (Tables)                           HTML     80K 
47: R33         Real Estate Securities (Tables)                     HTML     57K 
48: R34         Fair Value of Financial Instruments (Tables)        HTML     79K 
49: R35         Equity and Earnings Per Share (Tables)              HTML    108K 
50: R36         Income Taxes (Tables)                               HTML    102K 
51: R37         (Gain) Loss on Lease Terminations and Impairment -  HTML     42K 
                (Tables)                                                         
52: R38         Summary Quarterly Consolidated Financial            HTML    102K 
                Information (Unaudited) (Tables)                                 
53: R39         Organization (Details)                              HTML     35K 
54: R40         SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES -        HTML     87K 
                Narrative (Details)                                              
55: R41         SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES - Gain   HTML     44K 
                (Loss) on Settlement of Investments (Details)                    
56: R42         SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES -        HTML     40K 
                Useful Lives of Property, Plant and Equipment                    
                (Details)                                                        
57: R43         SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES -        HTML     42K 
                Useful Lives for Amortization (Details)                          
58: R44         SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES -        HTML     41K 
                Restricted Cash (Details)                                        
59: R45         SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES -        HTML     50K 
                Schedule of other assets (Details)                               
60: R46         SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES -        HTML     50K 
                Schedule of other liabilities (Details)                          
61: R47         SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES -        HTML     41K 
                Accretion of discount and premium and other                      
                amortization (Details)                                           
62: R48         REVENUES - Disaggregation of Revenues (Details)     HTML     65K 
63: R49         SEGMENT REPORTING - Narrative (Details)             HTML     40K 
64: R50         SEGMENT REPORTING - Segment Reporting (Details)     HTML    204K 
65: R51         PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT, NET OF ACCUMULATED          HTML     67K 
                DEPRECIATION - Summary of Property and Equipment,                
                Net of Accumulated Depreciation (Details)                        
66: R52         PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT, NET OF ACCUMULATED          HTML     82K 
                DEPRECIATION - Additional Information (Details)                  
67: R53         PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT, NET OF ACCUMULATED          HTML     57K 
                DEPRECIATION - Summary of the Traditional Golf                   
                properties (Details)                                             
68: R54         LEASES - Narrative (Details)                        HTML     48K 
69: R55         LEASES - Lease Related Costs (Details)              HTML     47K 
70: R56         LEASES - Other Information (Details)                HTML     55K 
71: R57         LEASES - Schedule of Lease Maturity (Details)       HTML     68K 
72: R58         INTANGIBLES, NET OF ACCUMULATED AMORTIZATION -      HTML     58K 
                Schedule of Intangible Assets (Details)                          
73: R59         INTANGIBLES, NET OF ACCUMULATED AMORTIZATION -      HTML     48K 
                Schedule of Future Amortization Expense (Details)                
74: R60         DEBT OBLIGATIONS - Debt Obligations (Details)       HTML     76K 
75: R61         DEBT OBLIGATIONS DEBT OBLIGATIONS - Narrative       HTML     48K 
                (Details)                                                        
76: R62         DEBT OBLIGATIONS - Maturities of Debt Obligations   HTML     52K 
                (Details)                                                        
77: R63         REAL ESTATE SECURITIES - Real Estate Securities     HTML     56K 
                Holdings (Details)                                               
78: R64         REAL ESTATE SECURITIES - Narrative (Details)        HTML     30K 
79: R65         FAIR VALUE OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS - Carrying      HTML     48K 
                Values and Estimated Fair Values (Details)                       
80: R66         FAIR VALUE OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS - Quantitative  HTML     49K 
                Information about Significant Unobservable Inputs                
                (Details)                                                        
81: R67         FAIR VALUE OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS - Change in     HTML     52K 
                Fair Value of Level 3 Investments (Details)                      
82: R68         Equity and Earnings Per Share - (Details)           HTML     84K 
83: R69         Equity and Earnings Per Share - Narrative           HTML    154K 
                (Details)                                                        
84: R70         EQUITY AND EARNINGS PER SHARE - Changes in          HTML     55K 
                Outstanding Options (Details)                                    
85: R71         EQUITY AND EARNINGS PER SHARE - Outstanding         HTML     65K 
                Options Summary (Details)                                        
86: R72         EQUITY AND EARNINGS PER SHARE - Assumptions         HTML     51K 
                (Details)                                                        
87: R73         EQUITY AND EARNINGS PER SHARE - Summary of RSUs     HTML     57K 
                (Details)                                                        
88: R74         TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES AND AFFILIATED         HTML     45K 
                ENTITIES - Narrative (Details)                                   
89: R75         COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES - Narrative           HTML     79K 
                (Details)                                                        
90: R76         INCOME TAXES - Provision for Income Taxes           HTML     54K 
                (Details)                                                        
91: R77         INCOME TAXES - Narrative (Details)                  HTML     38K 
92: R78         INCOME TAXES - Reconciliation (Details)             HTML     32K 
93: R79         INCOME TAXES - Components of Income Tax Expense     HTML     49K 
                (Details)                                                        
94: R80         INCOME TAXES - Deferred Tax Assets (Details)        HTML     65K 
95: R81         INCOME TAXES - Change in Deferred Tax Asset         HTML     34K 
                Valuation Allowance (Details)                                    
96: R82         (GAIN) LOSS ON LEASE TERMINATIONS AND IMPAIRMENT -  HTML     41K 
                Summary of impairment and other losses (Details)                 
97: R83         (GAIN) LOSS ON LEASE TERMINATIONS AND IMPAIRMENT -  HTML     56K 
                Narrative (Details)                                              
98: R84         Summary Quarterly Consolidated Financial            HTML     86K 
                Information (Unaudited) (Details)                                
99: R85         Subsequent Events (Details)                         HTML     71K 
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11/05/14  Drive Shack Inc.                  10-Q        9/30/14  118:30M
 8/08/14  Drive Shack Inc.                  10-Q        6/30/14  117:30M
 5/03/13  Drive Shack Inc.                  10-Q        3/31/13  109:31M                                    Quality EDGAR So… LLC/FA
 2/28/13  Drive Shack Inc.                  10-K       12/31/12  143:52M                                    Quality EDGAR So… LLC/FA
 2/01/10  Drive Shack Inc.                  8-K:1,9     1/29/10    2:101K                                   Donnelley … Solutions/FA
 5/04/09  Drive Shack Inc.                  8-K:1,2,9   5/04/09    5:665K                                   Bowne - BPC/FA
 3/14/07  Drive Shack Inc.                  8-A12B                 3:134K                                   Toppan Merrill/FA
10/25/05  Drive Shack Inc.                  8-K:8,9    10/24/05    5:190K                                   Donnelley … Solutions/FA
 5/13/03  Drive Shack Inc.                  10-Q        3/31/03    4:138K                                   Donnelley … Solutions/FA
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