{"id":13416,"date":"2025-07-16T05:19:03","date_gmt":"2025-07-16T05:19:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/13416\/"},"modified":"2025-07-16T05:19:03","modified_gmt":"2025-07-16T05:19:03","slug":"the-open-set-to-introduce-300k-technology-thats-never-been-used-before-in-golf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/13416\/","title":{"rendered":"The Open set to introduce \u00a3300k technology that’s never been used before in golf"},"content":{"rendered":"

The R&A have installed a Spidercam at Royal Portrush for this week’s Open Championship.<\/p>\n

It will be the first time the technology has been used at a professional golf event.<\/p>\n

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A Spidercam has been installed at Royal Portrush for the 153rd Open ChampionshipCredit: Getty\"The<\/a><\/p>\n

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The camera will overlook the 18th green this week providing aerial shots for viewersCredit: Getty<\/p>\n

The Spidercam has been added to the 18th green which, according to The Guardian<\/a>, will come at an operational cost of \u00a3300,000 for the week.<\/p>\n

Portrush does not have a clubhouse on the final hole, with fans now provided with aerial shots and unique angles from the green.<\/p>\n

The technology consists of a four-point wire-camera system suspended above the hole.<\/p>\n

Players were briefed on the change last week amid concerns some may be unhappy over intrusion and potential distractions in their shot preparation.<\/p>\n

The move concludes a 12-month planning project between the R&A and European Tour.<\/p>\n

Discussions over whether the technology will be used again at Royal Birkdale next year are set to be held after the event.<\/p>\n

Coverage from the Spidercam will be made available to broadcast partners.<\/p>\n

In the UK, The Open will be shown live on Sky Sports, whilst NBC hold the rights in the USA.<\/p>\n

Paul Sutcliffe, the R&A’s head of broadcasting and media rights, told The Guardian: “It\u2019s not often The Open is the first to do something, as usually innovations are made by the Tours before being introduced by the majors, so this is really exciting.<\/p>\n

“Portrush is one of the few venues without a clubhouse on the 18th green so that gave us a unique opportunity.<\/p>\n

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It is the first time Spidercam has been installed for golf, with the system costing \u00a3300kCredit: Getty\"The<\/a><\/p>\n

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The Open will get underway at Portrush with the opening round on ThursdayCredit: Getty<\/p>\n

“With more space around the green we have been able to install technology.<\/p>\n

“There will be some wires around the green, but the camera will retract to the grandstand before each \u00adplayer\u2019s second shot so we\u2019re confident there will be no interference.<\/p>\n

“2019 was one of the iconic Opens with the emotion of Shane Lowry winning at Portrush and Spidercam will enable viewers to walk with the 2025 champion up the 18th.<\/p>\n

“It\u2019s the greatest walk in golf and should be very special.”<\/p>\n

Spidercam technology is already used by several broadcasters in other sports.<\/p>\n

Coverage of stadium events such as football, rugby union and cricket are all familiar with the system.<\/p>\n

Rory McIlroy reminisces on breaking the Royal Portrush course record at age 16<\/p>\n

However, logistics have previously prevented its implementation in golf.<\/p>\n

The 153rd Open will be the third to be held at Portrush, with Shane Lowry winning on its previous staging in 2019.<\/p>\n

This year’s opening round will get underway on Thursday, with Lowry paired alongside Collin Morikawa and Scottie Scheffler at 10.09am.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Rory McIlroy<\/a> will tee off in a group with Tommy Fleetwood and Justin Thomas for their opening round at 3.10pm.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The R&A have installed a Spidercam at Royal Portrush for this week’s Open Championship. It will be the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":13417,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[71],"tags":[13037,13036,427,3332,6899,99,13035,13038],"class_list":["post-13416","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-dp-world-tour","tag-european-tour","tag-golf","tag-pga-tour","tag-royal-portrush","tag-sports","tag-the-open-championship","tag-the-ra"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13416","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13416"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13416\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13417"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13416"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13416"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13416"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}