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Arccos Now Gives Users Analytics for Every Swing

Arccos, the golf analytics startup that works as a digital caddie, deepened its partnership with Microsoft this week. A new version of its app will offer golfers real-time swing strategies and analyses for every shot on any course in the world. Through an updated feature in the company’s app called Arccos Caddie 2.0, the Microsoft […]

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USGA Will Transport Fans to 1895 in New US Open Experience

The U.S. Golf Association will host an interactive experience at the U.S. Open this year featuring a 117-year history of golf as told through historical media content and data. Fans entering the experience will be taken through the sport’s most storied moments and championships in the form of immersive videos, photos, articles, scoring and player […]

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Virtual Golfers Can Now Qualify to Attend the U.S. Open

The USGA and Topgolf launched a competition last week giving players of the World Golf Tour game a chance to compete for an invite to the 2019 U.S. Open at Pebble Beach, Calif. The online competition is called the 2018 Virtual U.S. Open and contestants can win USGA store credit, free membership, and VIP tickets […]

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Arccos Caddie Permitted By USGA Under Rules Of Golf

Last January, Arccos Golf announced plans to collaborate with Microsoft. In the year since, that partnership produced an artificial intelligence platform called Arccos Caddie. The data-rich golf aid, meant to take the guesswork out of the game, is now approved by the USGA for use under the rules of golf under certain conditions. The Arccos 360 […]

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USGA’s Navin Singh: VR Can Immerse Fans In Unique Golf Venues

Imagine if, on your TV or phone screen, you could watch golf and explore the historic and entirely different golf courses gracing America’s landscape, all in virtual reality? That possibility is not far off, according to Navin Singh, Head of Global Content and Media Distribution at the United States Golf Association, and the featured guest on […]

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