Driving High Stakes Data Capture At The PGA

“The PGA is one of the most well-known brands in golf,” said Lou Manz, PGA Director of Information Technology. “Our ultimate goal with information technology is to provide the best possible spectator experience we can.”

And, with nearly 40 million viewers watching PGA-run tournaments such as the 2012 PGA Championship and the Ryder Cup, that’s definite pressure.

The PGA, headquartered in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, is a membership organization with more than 27,000 golf professionals. As experts in the game and business of golf, the PGA is responsible for establishing and elevating the standards of the profession – and the technology they use is no exception.

After spending hundreds of thousands of dollars per tournament on a third-party scoring system, Manz and his team identified a need for a better technology solution when it came to scoring and data capture at some of the most well-known golf tournaments in the world.

They turned to Scan Read Technologies, a Florida-based company specializing in barcode and RFID technology, to work with them to deploy a new solution including the Intermec CN50 and CK71 rugged mobile computers.

The result? In excess of $3 million in expected savings through 2016 – less than six years after deployment.

To read more about the new technology being used by the PGA, download this case study below.