Lifting the Junior Ryder Cup for players and fans
Staged in the week leading-up to The Ryder Cup, the Junior Ryder Cup is one of the world’s biggest junior team events, contested by Europe’s and the USA’s best junior golfers. To increase awareness and excitement around Junior Ryder Cup, organisers required technology to seamlessly present live scores to fans across the world and deliver a world-class player experience.
API-fed live leaderboards
Displayed across on-course screens and TV coverage for broadcast partners.
The 2023 Junior Ryder Cup was a team matchplay competition played at Golf Nazionale and Marco Simone in Rome.
Connecting global audiences to the event A ‘Walking Scorer’ input method fed live holeby-hole scoring and statistics across TV Leaderboards and Junior Ryder Cup digital assets.
Europe goes 1-up on tournament operations
We provided Ryder Cup Europe with a digital solution and on-site technical support to manage Junior Ryder Cup scoring. The solution utilised walking scorers and mobile scoring to feed and present live hole-by-hole results across various internal and external feeds, such as API-fed on-course leaderboards and Junior Ryder Cup digital assets.
Making
Junior
Ryder Cup
feel like The Ryder Cup is central to the continued growth of the event.
Golf Genius provided us with the complete solution to create a truly professional event experience for the teams and golfers involved.
Ian Randell Chief Executive, CPG Ryder Cup Europe Board Member
QUESTION AND ANSWER
A professional experience for golf’s future professionals.
1. WHAT IS THE JUNIOR RYDER CUP?
The Junior Ryder Cup began in 1997 after an exhibition match in 1995. Its goal is to promote friendship between the two continents, with teams comprising six boys and six girls under 18. It’s a fabulous event, and this year was particularly special because, for the first time, the final round was played at Marco Simone, the Ryder Cup course. It was a European victory, which hadn’t happened since 2004.
4. HOW HAS THE EVENT EVOLVED SINCE THEN?
In the early days, the Junior Ryder Cup was more of an internal event with little external exposure. But now, the players have the thrill of walking out onto the first tee in front of the general public, who can see more of the skills these boys and girls possess. It’s important to take the Junior Ryder Cup to the next level and give these young players a true Ryder Cup experience.
2. HOW WAS THE GOLF GENIUS TEAM INVOLVED?
This was the first year that Golf Genius was involved with the Junior Ryder Cup. All live scoring, including walking scorers, was powered by Golf Genius Tournament Management. It was a comprehensive system that fed both external and internal scoring data. This has become increasingly important as the Junior Ryder Cup’s profile grows. On-site support was provided by the Golf Genius team as well, ensuring that everything ran smoothly and advising the many volunteers on how to use the system.
It couldn’t have gone better. This year’s Ryder Cup and Junior Ryder Cup were both fantastic, and it all comes down to everyone working together.
4. HOW HAS THIS PARTNERSHIP ELEVATED JUNIOR RYDER CUP?
The Ryder Cup has been a leader in technology for some time now. In the past, people would attend and say they’d rather watch it on TV because of the better experience. But now, with jumbotrons on-site and live data updates, spectators get the best of both worlds—enjoying the excitement on the course while staying connected to the action. Technology is essential in modern golf, and Golf Genius has been at the forefront of that transformation.
Live mobile scoring, used by walking scorers in each group.