Analyst: Kuchar’s nice guy image is a ‘big facade’

LONDON, UK — IMG ARENA, a leading sports betting service and content hub, announced today that BetMGM has signed an agreement to utilize IMG's Golf Event Centre product. The Golf Event Centre is IMG ARENA's unparalleled, front-end sports betting solution, designed to revolutionize the golf betting experience by enabling interactive in-play betting on the sport. Created in association with the world's leading golf tours, the Golf Event Centre is a real-time experience for golf fans and bettors. The industry-first product is the only place to find fast, comprehensive, shot by shot data and markets, live streaming which is purpose-built for in-play betting, and interactive course visualizations. The Golf Event Centre is available to sports betting operators worldwide where betting is legal. "The Golf Event Centre allows us to introduce a totally new and captivating concept to BetMGM customers," said Ryan Spoon, Chief Operating Officer, BetMGM. "It's a product that is both useful and exciting, putting a wealth of information at players' fingertips, with an intuitive and interactive delivery that augments golf viewing and betting." Max Wright, SVP Commercial of IMG ARENA, said: "BetMGM has embraced the Golf Event Centre platform that we have worked so closely with our key federation partners to create. The Golf Event Centre is an incredible product that allows operators the ability to genuinely differentiate their sportsbook offering on one of the world's most popular sports." "The Golf Event Centre is a first-class product that will transcend sports betting on golf," said Scott Warfield, Vice President of Gaming at the PGA TOUR. "BetMGM is an Official Betting Operator of the PGA TOUR and acquiring the Golf Event Centre will be a dynamic addition to its golf offering that will allow them to grow and distinguish themselves in the marketplace." BetMGM will also utilize IMG ARENA's golf live streaming video feed that allows customers to closely follow golf action on two par-3 holes per week from the PGA TOUR. These holes will be captured by three cameras tee-to-green and feature dedicated shot and hole score bets for each group that arrives on tee. To learn more about the Golf Event Center product, please click here. In 2018, IMG ARENA was named as the PGA TOUR's official data distributor for media and betting purposes. The PGA TOUR's official data is collected through its proprietary ShotLink system, powered by CDW. With an elaborate network of walking scorers, lasers and greenside cameras, ShotLink collects and distributes a rich set of data points from each shot in PGA TOUR competition in real time. IMG ARENA's officially licensed Event Centres are produced collaboratively with the agency's federation and governing body partners, to ensure the safe and correct use of their proprietary data and intellectual property Headquartered in London, IMG ARENA works with more than 460 leading sportsbook operators worldwide, providing always-on services including 24/7 live streaming and on-demand virtual sports products designed to evolve and inspire engagement by placing fans at the heart of the action. In 2020, more than 210 million hours of IMG ARENA content was watched by 69 million unique viewers around the globe. IMG ARENA's clients include the ATP, UFC, European Tour,PGATOUR, FA Cup and Serie A. For more information, please click here.

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Tiger Woods is not at this Masters, but well-connected people, in small numbers, have passed through the gates. This particular April in Georgia comes with hope and a reminder about what was and what is to come.

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Tony Romo, the former Dallas Cowboys quarterback turned CBS football analyst, teamed up with noted junior golfer Tommy Morrison but did most of the heavy lifting himself to shoot a 9-under 63 on Monday as the duo qualified for the 2023 U.S. Amateur Four-Ball at Kiawah, May 20-24. Romo, who shot 66 on his own ball, and Morrison, who stands 6 feet, 10 inches tall and is a University of Texas commit, made 10 birdies and one bogey to tie for the low round at Winter Creek Golf Club in Blanchard, Oklahoma. They will advance and be one of 128 teams playing 36 holes of stroke play at Kiawah next May, when the field will be cut to the low 32 teams for match play to determine the winner. Morrison was a renowned junior talent in Dallas, while Romo has long been a fixture in celebrity golf circles. He won his third American Century Championship in July and has dabbled on the Korn Ferry Tour and PGA TOUR but has yet to make a cut. He tried unsuccessfully to get through Korn Ferry Tour pre-qualifying this year. Sam Bradford, another former quarterback, also tried the U.S. Amateur Four-Ball qualifier at Winter Creek but did not get through on a day in which rounds reportedly stretched to six hours or more.

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