Ryder Cup 2014 live stream
::The 2014 Ryder Cup gets underway this week with the actual matches
scheduled for Friday through Sunday. The PGA of America just released
Ryder Cup 2014, the official app of the competition. It is a free
universal app that requires iOS 7.0 or later. Earlier I reviewed
SportsFusion-the unofficial 2014 Ryder Cup news edition. The two apps
offer a lot of similar information but since the PGA of America is the
parent organization for the Ryder Cup matches you will find some items
in its app not available to the SportsFusion app.
Both apps contain photos, videos, scoring updates, news stories, and
social media connections. You will find several differences too. For
example in SportsFusion, all scoring comes from the official Ryder Cup
web site and users are taken there to check scoring. In Ryder Cup 2014
the PGA posts scoring directly to the app so users do not leave. We
won’t know which system works best until the matches begin. For social
media, Ryder Cup 2014 provides a listing of the official team accounts
on Twitter and also FanChat from the various social media sites.
SportsFusion doesn’t deliver those posting to the app but does allow
users to easily upload their comments to a variety of social media
outlets.
Also because of the direct connection to the PGA, Ryder Cup 2014
contains a lot more behind the scenes information on the European and
USA team members and the Gleneagles golf course. Users will get bios and
stats on the golfers and a hole by hole breakdown of the golf course
including fly over videos with narration explaining the features and
hazards on each hole. Any similar information on the SportsFusion app
will have to come from the news stories included in the app but not from
the app directly. I think the course information is especially helpful.
Users get an aerial photo of the hole, distance and par information
along with the flyover videos. That can add to your enjoyment and
knowledge as you watch the matches on TV.
That brings up another big advantage to Ryder Cup 2014. Again being
the official app, users will find live video and audio once the matches
begin. The app features streaming video from the golf course and audio
from the radio broadcast of the event. Both are big pluses if you have
other things to do on the weekend besides park in front of your TV