The PGA Tour is with our friends up north this week with the RBC Canadian Open. Given that the U.S. Open is next week there is obviously a lot of buzz in the air.
The PGA Tour unveiled a new tracer that is absolutely incredible
The PGA Tour’s latest technology is amazing.
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During the opening round of play on Thursday the Tour unveiled something rather amazing during the broadcast. While we are used to seeing shot tracers used all of the time, this particular one following Shane Lowry’s tee shot was different.
As you can see Lowry’s tracer line changed colors from blue to green. The green signifies that the shot is likely to find the fairway. If Lowry’s drive were to be headed too far right or left then the tracer would have been red. This is absolutely amazing.
This technology was implemented at times throughout the rest of Thursday and the days after and showed a variety of shots and therefore colors. Sometimes one drive would start off red and change to green, this is because it is all based on how the technology is predicting the drive will fare.
It is difficult to innovate in our current day and age because technology surrounds us at every turn. But this was an awesome development from the PGA Tour, one that is hopefully a sign of more to come in the future.
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