Unisys and the USGA
The United States Golf Association has served as the national
governing body of golf in the USA since its formation in 1894.
A non-profit organization run by golfers for the benefit of
golfers, the USGA is an association of member clubs and courses,
consisting of more than 9,100 golf facilities, and is committed
to promoting policies and programs that are "For The Good
of The Game." An executive committee of 16 volunteers oversees
the Association. More than 30 committees, comprising more
than 1,200 volunteers from all parts of the country, serve
as well. A full-time professional staff of approximately 250
directs the Association's day-to-day functions from Golf House,
the USGA's headquarters in Far Hills, New Jersey.
Unisys has had a long-term association with this august body
that dates back to 1984, since which time they have supplied
scoring services for all its major televised tournaments:
the prestigious U.S. Open (one of the four leading golf tournaments
in the entire world), the U.S. Women's Open and the U.S. Senior
Open, the US Amateur Championship and in 2001 The Walker Cup,
jointly run by the USGA and the Royal and Ancient Golf Club
The Unisys scoring system covers the following major areas
of activities:
- Equipment and software required for scoring and on-site
activities with the USGA, the media center, all on course
scoreboards, museum, scoring and statistics trailer and
championship offices, together with supplying all scores
and statistics throughout the entire four days of the Tournament.
- Work Stations and software required for all corporate
hospitality facilities.
- All equipment required for the USGA-contracted TV broadcasters--this
currently include the U.S networks NBC and ESPN, the UK's
BSkyB network and Japan's TV ASAHI network.
- Provide scoring information on a daily up-to-the-minute
basis for posting on all of the the USGA's official Web
sites
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