Name: How Do You Merge Virtual Golf with Real World Golf?
Uploaded: 2024-09-17T23:49:20.000+03:00
Duration: 1 min 7 s
Channel: TGL staff
Description: In the first episode of Tech Driven sponsored by CapTech, we take a look at the technology that blends the virtual and real world in TGL presented by SoFi.

Tech Driven

In the first episode of Tech Driven sponsored by CapTech, we take a look at the technology that blends the virtual and real world in TGL presented by SoFi.

How Do You Merge Virtual Golf with Real World Golf?

The TGL format of Triples and Singles over 15 holes is the product of rigorous testing over several years.

How Do You Test a New Team Golf Format?

Get the inside scoop on how CapTech helped build out a stats platform specifically for TGL presented by SoFi.

How Do You Build A Stats Platform?

From overtime and the Hammer to the shot clock and mic'd up players, here's how TGL presented by SoFi will be bringing more drama to the game.

How Do You Add Drama to Golf Competition?

A normal golf round can take up to 5 hours. So how will TGL presented by SoFi complete a match inside 2 hours?

How Do You Fit A Match Into 2 Hours?

TGL presented by SoFi incorporates aspects from other sports, including timeouts, a shot clock, and a referee.

How Do You Create a New Team Golf Format?

The green in SoFi Center consists of three unique layers, creating a brand new custom turf technology

How Do You Test Green Playability?

The flexibility of the GreenZone in terms of the turntable and the actuators under the green is a key component of TGL presented by SoFi 

How Do You Design a TGL Hole using the GreenZone?

The combination of technologies within the GreenZone allows for an almost infinite number of green setups across each of the 30 holes.

How Do You Design the GreenZone?

TGL presented by SoFi uses multiple Full Swing launch monitors to help capture accurate spin data and translate it from the real world to the virtual world.

How Do You Get Accurate Spin Data?

Cutting-edge tracking technology is used inside SoFi Center to trace shots into the giant simulator screen - but how does it work?

How Do You Track a Golf Ball Indoors?

Skymark is an innovative lighting solution inside SoFi Center that makes it possible to place the ball in the real world from where it landed in the virtual world.