Grow The Game Golf to Provide Live Real-Time Scoring for Golf Industry Cup
(SPORTS TECHNOLOGY)
Grow The Game (GTG) Golf has announced that the company has been named the official live scoring provider for the Golfweek Golf Industry Cup tournament.
Using a Ryder Cup format over the two days of competition, the Golf Industry Cup will pit a number of employees from prominent golf manufacturers. The manufacturers joining Golfweek include: Callaway; Cobra; Fujikura; Ping; TaylorMade; Titleist; True Temper; and UST Shafts, the company stated in a press release.
“We are looking forward to providing live scoring technology for the Golf Industry Cup,” said Bob Selby, co-founder and CEO of Grow The Game Golf. “The competitors will be using a Ryder Cup format for this event, so what's great about our app is that we can customize any event to any golf format out there. It is completely adaptive and easy to use and have live event scoring right in the palm of your hand.”
Using mobile devices (iPhone (News - Alert), Android, and Blackberry) and through non-mobile devices including iPad, iTouch and Samsung Galaxy Tab, live scoring, via Grow The Game Golf, can be accessed through a web-connected computer and through a cross-platform smart phone application.
GTG Golf uses a web-based golf event management system and a cross-platform smart phone application. Providing the user with the most accurate, real-time scoring, live leaderboard and event management application, each component is in constant communication with the other.
Recently, the company claimed success after providing live scoring during the championship round at the 28th Annual GOLF.com World Amateur Handicap Championship. The final round of the World Am was held at TPC Myrtle Beach on September 2, 2011.
The live event scoring marked the first time that the technology was available for competitors, spectators and fans at the World Am. GTG scored the championship round in a gross/net format. Live scoring was accessed via a web-connected computer.
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Edited by Jennifer Russell
