The most intriguing way AI can assist in golf course design is with routings, the process by which architects arrange 18 holes around a given property. In theory, there are uncountable combinations of holes, lengths, orientations and ways to use a given piece of land. AI has the power to analyse a topographical map and Read more…
A century ago, Bobby Jones was making a back-up for his legendary Jeanie Deans driver. He sorted through “5,000 pieces of first-grade hickory to find four shafts” that were close. The process was an elaborate exercise of “guess and check”. Fitting golfers to clubs has changed immensely since then, and yet it hasn’t. It’s still a tentative dance between what the experts Read more…
Not only is Hatton not using artificial intelligence, he’s apparently not using technology or data in a way that has been considered conventional for nearly a decade.
We doubt that the party gets as raucous as this clip suggests, but since we don’t get an inside look year-to-year, there’s no proof that this isn’t what happens.