PGA TOUR Entertainment Tees Up Remi Production of Charity Skins Event on May 17 By Ken Kerschbaumer, Editorial Director
Friday, May 15, 2020 - 11:56 am
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This Sunday four of the world's best professional golfers will face off in a charity skins event at Seminole Golf Club near West Palm Beach, FL. And it may only feature four golfers, six handheld cameras, and zero caddies but it will certainly go a long way towards satiating the thirst for live professional sports and also show that remote workflows for golf are possible as it will be produced out of PGA TOUR Entertainment's facility 250 miles up route I-95.
We're thrilled and it's been a true partnership with NBC Sports, and Golf Channel, says Greg Hopfe, PGA TOUR Entertainment, vice president and executive producer. It allows us to ease back into competition with a show that will be like the PGA TOUR LIVE featured groups coverage.
The production will be done remi-style with six handheld cameras following Rory McIlroy and Dustin Johnson around the course as they face off against Rickie Fowler and Thomas Wolfe. Each camera, provided by Bexel, will have an AVI West bonded-cellular transmitter to get signals.
For the most part we will have two cameras on the tee boxes, two catch cameras along the fairway, and then two cameras on the green, says Hopfe. Two of the cameras will also be able to trace shots.
One of the production goals was to limit the number of people on the course (the total number will be less than 50, including golfers and everyone else, 28 of which are television production) and the camera people will be able to drive carts to get to their next shot. During a golf tournament that is often a tricky proposition given the crowds, but a wide-open golf course will give them plenty of time to get in position ahead of the golfers who will be walking and carrying their bags.
Covid 19 testing will be a major theme heading into the event.
NBC Sports, Golf Channel and the PGA TOUR from day one has made testing important. In addition to on site screening, lab technicians administered swab tests at everyone's home in advance. And once you are tested as negative you then self-quarantine.
Everyone in the crew will also stay at a hotel and then show up on match day with their protective equipment.
No one is going to touch an airplane, adds Hopfe. Everyone is driving down.
Dave Dukes, PGA TOUR Entertainment, senior director, technical operations, says the players will be miced and announcers Steve Sands and Jerry Foltz will be on site while the studio portion of the show will be produced at the PGA Tour Entertainment production center in St. Augustine, FL. A couple of shotgun parabolic microphones will pick up natural sounds.
Along with the six action cameras we will have some smaller POV cameras for beauty shots, says Dukes. The bonded-cell signals will be sent to St. Augustine.
Camera shading will be done with the use of the CyanView Remote Camera Control.
We used it for a Korn Ferry Tour tournament in the Bahamas last year and it's a pretty good product when trying to reduce on-site footprint which is at the top of our list in a situation like this, adds Dukes.
That smaller footprint is also why bonded cellular won out over the more traditional RF systems that are part and parcel of every golf tournament around the world.
RF brings in more people and more footprint and with bonded cellular we can still have a quality show and experience, says Dukes. We use it a lot for PGA TOUR LIVE, so we have a good handle on it.
NBC Sports on-air personality Mike Tirico will host the event via a LiveU connection from his home in Michigan and additional guests will be able to join the show via NewTek TalkShow. NBC Golf Producer Tommy Roy will be with studio hosts Paul Azinger, Gary Koch, and Rich Lerner as well as EVS and graphics operations in St. Augustine.
Personnel will be spread out across multiple rooms for social distancing and we have taken additional precautions like plexiglass dividers between positions in our control rooms, says Dukes.
Some of the challenges include that bonded cellular doesn't allow for complete active shading control but working any other way wasn't an option in this scenario.
When remi production started it was typically used for smaller shows and it was said that above a certain level of show it wouldn't be doable, says Dukes. But in the current situation everyone is being pushed to try new things so in the end I think this will be a great opportunity to continue to explore how were thinking about production models.
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PGA TOUR Entertainment Tees Up Remi Production of Charity Skins Event on May 17 By Ken Kerschbaumer, Editorial Director 
