Just sat down to take in the first round US Open telecast and quickly discovered that I needed more than what the guys at NBC were sending me. It seems that in this age of on demand content, I’m not satisfied with sitting in front of the TV and waiting for score updates, waiting for a glimpse of a player that I’m following, waiting for the commercials to finish.
So….I usually turn to the PGA Tour website for the latest scores and detailed leaderboard, but for this year’s US Open at Pebble Beach I discovered an interactive play tracker from the official USGA website. Features of the play tracker include:
- Difficulty Map: view how difficult a hole is playing for the entire field, for each round
- Hole Grouping: view which players are currently playing a particular hole. Select a player and view their scorecard
- Hole Stats: zoom in on each hole to see a detailed hole layout, hole description and see how many birdies, pars, bogies there have been for the round
- Leaderboard: the play tracker also incorporates a leaderboard
……and just in case you’re still worried that you’re missing something you can download the USGA’s official iPhone application!
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Who doesn’t love more interactive stuff… can’t wait to watch tournaments with an iPad in front of me and all the widgets that can fit on there!