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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ NBC Sports to Live Stream Every Swing at 2020 Players Championship ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Fans will be able to follow any player for all four rounds of the tournament. ]]>
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                                <p><strong>PONTE VERDE BEACH, Fla.—</strong>Golf fans can feel like a walk-on in a pairing of their choosing at The Players Championship 2020, with the PGA Tour and NBC Sports Group announcing that every player during each round of the tournament will be live-streamed. PGA Tour Live subscribers will be able to watch each swing from players on either NBC Sports Gold or Amazon Prime Video Channels.</p><figure class="van-image-figure pull-" data-bordeaux-image-check ><div class='image-full-width-wrapper'><div class='image-widthsetter' ><p class="vanilla-image-block" style="padding-top:56.25%;"><img id="npyZPYiBWsCbfZqnXMuMTh" name="" alt="" src="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/npyZPYiBWsCbfZqnXMuMTh.jpg" mos="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/npyZPYiBWsCbfZqnXMuMTh.jpg" align="" fullscreen="" width="" height="" attribution="" endorsement="" class="pull-"></p></div></div></figure><p>To capture the more than 32,000 shots that are expected to make up The Players Championship, there will be nearly 120 cameras on the course, with a dedicated camera following each group.</p><p>“Our vision is to bring every shot in every PGA Tour golf tournament live and on-demand to our fans, and this is the first step to making that happen,” said Rick Anderson, chief media officer for the PGA Tour.</p><p>The Players Championship will be held from March 12-15, 2020, at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Verde Beach, Fla.</p><p>The PGA Tour and NBC Sports have also announced a few other initiatives for the new golf season to boost coverage. This includes the addition of early round coverage of featured groups at seven events from September to December in 2019, including the live streaming of featured matches at the Presidents Cup in December.</p><p>There is also a new TOURCast product that will allow fans to follow every shot from each group with a 3D rendering of the golf course and shot trails. TOURCast also has access to the PGA Tour’s ShortLink powered by CDW data and video clips of every single shot for on-demand viewing. Fans can access TOURCast through the PGA Tour’s website and mobile app.</p>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Live VR Takes the Course at The Players Championship ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The island green of the 17th hole at TPC Sawgrass is one of the most famous holes in golf, and now fans can get a new look at it through virtual reality. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Michael Balderston ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                        <dc:description><![CDATA[ null ]]></dc:description>
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                                <p><strong>PONTE VEDRA BEACH, FLA.—</strong>The island green of the 17th hole at TPC Sawgrass is one of the most famous holes in golf, and now fans can get a new look at it through virtual reality. The PGA Tour and The Players Championship will present live 360 video and virtual reality of the 17th during the entire Players Championship, which runs from May 11-14.</p><figure class="van-image-figure pull-" data-bordeaux-image-check ><div class='image-full-width-wrapper'><div class='image-widthsetter' ><p class="vanilla-image-block" style="padding-top:56.25%;"><img id="T9XyVYv9x9tf4kHentd3YK" name="" alt="" src="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/T9XyVYv9x9tf4kHentd3YK.jpg" mos="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/T9XyVYv9x9tf4kHentd3YK.jpg" align="" fullscreen="" width="" height="" attribution="" endorsement="" class="pull-"></p></div></div></figure><p>The live VR experience will be available on Samsung Gear VR headsets through the PGA Tour VR Live app, which is available on the Oculus store. Intel is producing the VR coverage with Intel True VR technology. This will include three concurrent VR camera positions on the 17th tee, on the walkway from the tee box to the green and a camera mounted in the water next to the island green.</p><p>Fans without a VR headset can watch the 360 video on Twitter and Periscope through their smartphones.</p><p>According to the PGA Tour Chief Media Officer Rick Anderson, this is the first PGA Tour’s live virtual reality production. This will also be the first time Twitter has distributed live 360 video for a major sports event, per the PGA’s press release.</p>
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