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Few sports create space for bonding quite like golf. Over several hours and 18 holes, players walk together, talk together and experience the highs and lows of competition side by side.
The same spirit extends outside the ropes.
At the US Open, the fan experience is powered not only by the technology, but by the people behind the technology – hundreds of professionals including USGA staff, vendors and partners with extensive expertise, working together toward a common goal: delivering an unforgettable championship for fans at home and around the world.
A golf course is unlike almost any other environment when it comes to technology. Infrastructure must be designed, built and operated from the ground up. Then come the digital arteries: miles of network cables that connect everything from leaderboards to ticketing, WiFi and mobile services. And we do it with care—passing heavy equipment, golf course maintenance crews and even the occasional onlooker—through safe, resilient trails designed to perform under the pressure of championship week.
This year, we are taking this sustainability even further.
Our network design now provides multiple internal paths to critical locations throughout the property, ensuring greater reliability and faster recovery should problems arise. For the more than 200,000 fans who will attend the US Open, this means a more reliable digital backbone that supports true “road to country” convenience: faster check-in, smoother transactions and a fully connected experience from arrival to putt.
Speed ​​and capacity also matter.
In partnership with Cisco, we are extending WiFi 7 technology to key areas of the championship. These next-generation access points offer connection speeds up to four times faster than previous generations and are designed to perform in densely populated environments.
All of this infrastructure sets the stage for what fans ultimately experience through the USGA mobile app. This year, the app will use artificial intelligence to deliver a truly personalized “Your US Open” experience. Fans will be able to follow their favorite players more closely, receive AI-driven insights and watch highlights intelligently cut and curated to suit their interests.
In the end, the most important network in the US Open is not measured in bandwidth or latency, but in trust. Championship week is intense, unforgiving and relentless in real time – there’s no pause button when the gates open and the crowds arrive.
When technology runs smoothly, it’s because teams across disciplines are communicating clearly, supporting each other, and responding as one. Like the game itself, delivering a US Open experience is all about connection.
