How Anthropic Helps the PGA Tour Give Golf Fans Data on Every Shot

At any given moment during a typical professional golf tournament, 14 balls are in motion, and players hit upwards of 30,000 shots over the four-day event. It’s been next to impossible for the PGA Tour, which runs these tournaments, and sports broadcasters to provide commentary or information on every shot—even though the Tour thinks there’s demand for that information. 

So, to provide color on those thousands of shots, the PGA Tour uses artificial intelligence in its Tourcast app. This app, used by over 100,000 people weekly, automatically provides context and data for each shot, including a map showing where it was hit, helping fans track the tournaments. (A system of sensors on the course feeds data to the app.)