Technology meets the tee-box at Wichita Open

(WICHITA, Kan) —

It’s day three of the Wichita Open at Crestview Country Club. While the game of golf is rooted in tradition the sport is swinging with some new technology that brings fans and players closer together.

When you think of the game of golf you might think of an old-fashion pencil and scorecard type of game.

That may be true for local players, but when the pros come to town...well let's just say technology really starts to tee off.

Inside the giant Nationwide Tour semi-truck stocked with geek-friendly gadgets is something that makes scoring a round of 18 nothing more than a simple touch.

"Scoring-wise basically just click on the players’ name", says Nationwide Tour representative Adam Renfroe.

It’s a handy machine is known as a Trimble. Staffers carry it with them on the course as they follow each player.

"And there are some various statistics we track here, stance, lie, club selection", adds Renfroe.

Basically the staffers tap in exactly what they see take place.

"The scores go from the course to the golf truck, to headquarters and onto PGA.COM in about one minuet", says Renfroe.

The fast relay allows fans that can’t make it course an inside look on-line at their favorite player. Officials say tapping into the folks at home is just as important as the people in the gallery.