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
