TGL’s unique format attracted interest from different companies with innovative technology and shot-tracking capabilities.
The league founded by Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy and owned by TMRW Sports Group then evaluated all candidates and came up with the one that claims the “No. 1 range technology in golf.”
Toptracer, whose technology has been tested for nearly two years at TGL performance labs, was announced Monday as TGL’s official ball-tracing partner. Several of the 24 PGA Tour players who have joined the league have visited the lab outside of West Palm Beach, Florida, to test the technology they will be using when the league debuts early next year. Full Swing Golf is joining Toptracer as part of TGL’s technology mix.
“Toptracer is the tech that allows us to have things at this massive scale,” TGL Chief Technology Officer Andrew Macaulay said. “To see it work at this scale … No one else was really able to figure out exactly how to do this large version.”
Toptracer boasts to have “traced more balls in more bays at more driving ranges in more countries than any other range technology on the planet. And it’s not even close.”
“Whenever there is such a cool opportunity to showcase tech in golf that’s really where we want to be,” said Toptracer executive Ludvig Jansson. “TGL is a perfect example of that. It is enabling golf experiences like no others through the infusion of golf. That’s really what we’re all about.”
TGL will debut Jan. 7 in the 250,000-square foot SoFi Center being built in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, on the Palm Beach State College Campus. Toptracer will be used to track ball flights on tee and approach shots.
Toptracer prototype in Stockholm seals TGL deal
If you’ve watched the PGA Tour, a major championship or the Ryder Cup; or followed your own shot being tracked at a Topgolf venue or a driving range, you’ve seen Toptracer.
That blue line that (hopefully) curves nicely onto the fairway is Toptracer technology.
But this project — in an indoor setting — is unlike any other the company has taken on.
The Toptracer team made its pitch two years ago, constructing an indoor driving range in Stockholm, Sweden, to simulate what TGL envisioned. TGL executives spent 10 days there to check out Toptracer’s technology.
“When we heard about it the first time, we’re like, ‘Hey, this is supercool. Let’s build out a showcase to show these guys what our tech could do (for them),’ ”…
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