What was in Patrick Reed’s equipment bag during the Masters? Not a predetermined suite of clubs and balls from any one of the major manufacturers. He did wield clubs from such fabled golf names as Titleist and Callaway, but at his own discretion, not the companies’, according to a BBC report. The champion eschewed traditional […]
Despite early inclement weather at Augusta National last week prior to The Masters, the overall forecast for the season’s first Major was relatively fair. However, if there had been lightning and further signs of bad weather, the golf tournament would have been aided by Thor Guard, a lightning prediction system that has been in operation since 1973 […]
Golf has always been a sport that lends itself well to technological innovation. In terms of flow of the game, golfers go from static to explosive movement rapidly and consistently. This bodes well for engineers to specifically design hi-tech equipment and measuring systems to help golfers perform their best. During The Masters this weekend Danny Lee and […]
International Business Machines (IBM) and the Masters have rolled out its latest attempt to provide the most comprehensive way of experiencing the annual tournament with its 2016 Masters application. A product years in the making, The Masters Golf Tournament app “brings (the user) closer than ever to the beauty and excitement” that the competition has […]
IBM has been an official sponsor of The Masters for 20 years now, and this year’s tournament will be no different. Except this year’s partnership will feature IBM Watson, their cognitive technology, and a long time tour pro that bares the same name, Tom Watson. Tom Watson is set to play his final competitive rounds […]
