Tag "PGA Tour"

Ahead of The Players’ Championship, analysis shows how the wind helps Sawgrass bare its teeth

We know that the wind plays a vital role on the 17th tee at Sawgrass. Engineering consultancy WSP show how just how difficult it is.

Rory McIlroy partners with NBC Sports to launch new OTT service Golfpass

Rory McIlroy has partnered with NBC Sports to launch a new OTT product for golf fans – and will also co-host a new podcast.

Adidas and F1 make shortlist as Yahoo Sports Technology Awards reveals 2019 contenders

The 2019 shortlistees have been announced for the yearly Sports Technology awards,

The PGA Tour partners with Twitter to bring 140 hours of free live golf to the platform

Golf’s revival as a social media friendly sport takes another step forward.

IMG Arena to provide betting data on PGA Tour events

The PGA Tour and IMG Arena enter a deal to collect scoring data to send to media and betting companies.

Discovery and the PGA Tour to launch GolfTV

GolfTV is coming in January to be sport’s first global platform.

BT, Sky and Eleven Sports show the media rights shake-up is all to do with digital

Things are being shaken up, but it’s all down to the changing face of fan consumption.

Discovery puts Sky Sports in trouble by snapping up rights to PGA Tour golf

Sky Sports face more media rights issues as PGA Tour moves to a rival broadcaster.

Live coverage on social media – what cricket can learn from golf

Covering slower sports on social media is hard, but this summer cricket can learn a lot from golf.

How the World Championship final showed the power of social media for Snooker

How World Snooker, Eurosport and BBC Sport used Twitter to make snooker’s World Championship perfect for social media.