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More Than 20 Years of Service
Unisys people have worked with the Royal and Ancient Golf
Club of St. Andrews since the 1980 British Open Championship
at Muirfield, where the company first supplied a computer
results service.
BBC broadcasters were intrigued with what they saw. As a
result, in 1981, Unisys offered its first computer-driven
graphics service. This enabled a TV audience of millions to
instantly see leaderboard changes. In 1995, Unisys was among
the first to provide live golf scoring over the Web –
and again the British Open was at the forefront of employing
this technology.
Since then, Unisys has constantly added system capabilities.
For example, at the 1998 British Open at Royal Birkdale the
company introduced a new Microsoft Windows based scoring system.
Unisys installed approximately 150 terminals and printers
in the Royal and Ancient scoring operation, the media center,
International TV compound and hospitality units. More than
10 kilometers of cable linked all this together. All in all,
it's a computer system capable of running a large-scale industrial
complex or a banking network.
Appropriately, 2002 marked the 23rd year of our affiliation,
made even more special with the British Open being held at
St. Andrews – and a historic Tiger Woods win. Unisys
and the Royal and Ancient Golf Club recently confirmed an
extension of their long running relationship to 2006.
Unisys people have also worked very closely with the Royal
and Ancient helping them orchestrate The Open Championship.
Our experts develop custom applications like
- Entries, Draws, Reports, and Correspondence
for all championship events that are run by the R&A,
including the U.S. Open, the British Amateur, the British
Mid-Amateur, the British Seniors and the British Boys.
- Administration for U.S. Open Championship
related activities, including Hospitality (Chalet Bookings),
Executive Restaurant, Exhibition (Retail Bookings), and
Casual Workers (e.g. scoreboard operators).
- Membership Details, from nominee status
through candidate status to membership status, with associated
administration tasks.
- Golf ball registration
- Decisions of The Rules of Golf
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