GeekWire: How the PGA Tour is using technology to track shots, create new stats, and enhance the broadcast


By: Taylor Soper

Many casual golf fans are familiar with how technology has changed equipment and training. We no longer use persimmon woods that look like they came straight from a tree trunk; golf club manufacturers now incorporate aerodynamic principles and complicated physics when designing their products. Even companies like Boeing are helping engineer clubs.

Training tools have also been completely revolutionized by technology. TrackMan, for example, is used by top players like Dustin Johnson and Jason Day to monitor and improve their shot accuracy.

But what’s not so obvious is how the PGA Tour is utilizing everything from ball-tracking lasers to Microsoft Surface devices so that fans all around the world stay informed and entertained.

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