Fox Sports is airing one of golf's biggest events—the U.S. Open—for the first time, bringing a high-tech edge to the broadcast that it hopes will boost interest in the event. But traditionalists aren't happy. (Tweet This)
Fox Sports, which signed a 12-year deal worth approximately $1.2 billion to broadcast the competition, began its coverage of the four-day event on Thursday and has incorporated the use of drones, a ball tracer and a hole highlight feature, John Entz, executive producer and president of production at Fox Sports, told CNBC.
"Sometimes it's hard to see where the hole is at, [and] that's why we highlight the hole," Entz said, adding the network has also been playing around with the greens' shadings in order to better define the slopes.