The innovative broadcast partnership between PLATFORM Golf and Sky Sports Golf has been recognised on one of sport media’s biggest stages, with coverage of The 153rd Open Championship named ‘Best Visual Story Telling Using Data & Insight’ at the 2025 Broadcast Sport Awards.
The winning entry saw Sky Sports Golf integrate a custom version of PLATFORM Golf’s TrueSlope technology into the Open Zone, transforming shot analysis of key moments with unprecedented realism.
By replicating genuine slopes, lies and putting contours from Royal Portrush and combining them with advanced visualisation tools, the broadcast team delivered a first-of-its-kind immersive viewer experience powered by real performance data and insight.
As shots were struck, viewers at home were able to see a simulated version of the course on their screens, with graphics and ball tracking provided by TruGolf and Science & Motion, to help visualise how a shot might play out in competition.
The Broadcast Sport Awards ceremony was hosted on November 13 at the London Hilton on Park Lane and attended by nearly 700 guests representing the sports broadcasting industry. Judges praised the Open Zone production as: “Very impressive and a good blend of technology and storytelling.”
Thomas Hackett, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer at PLATFORM Golf, said: “We are delighted that Sky’s golf coverage of The 2025 Open has been recognised with this industry award. Thank you to Jason Landau, Jason Wessely and the entire Sky Sports Golf team for their trust in PLATFORM Golf.
We could not be prouder of our partnership and shared ambition to push golf technology further.
“We look forward to building on this success next year at Royal Birkdale.”
Jason Landau, Creative Director of Innovation at Sky, added: “It’s an honour for us to win this award, especially when up against such innovative and insightful entries. Working closely with the Sky Sports Golf team and our partners at PLATFORM Golf, TruGolf, Sportsbox AI, and European Tour Productions we wanted to elevate the Open Zone this year with big ideas, and we are lucky to have such talented teams around us to help us deliver these projects.
“Our thanks to all our partners who shared our vision and went above and beyond as we pushed technology harder, shaping it to offer the insight we wanted to bring to the viewer. Together we delivered what truly was our most innovative championship yet.”
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