TOURCast is an interactive internet application that allows users to track the action of golf players

Golf

Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....

 playing on the PGA Tour

PGA Tour

The PGA Tour is the organizer of the main men's professional golf tours in the United States and North America...

 in real time. It is subscription-based, accessible through the PGA Tour's website, with a limited free version available to users as well. ShotLink, the PGA Tour's data gathering information system is used to provide the necessary real-time information to TOURCast.

TOURCast was introduced in 2003, at the Nissan Open

Nissan Open

The Northern Trust Open, is a professional golf tournament on the PGA Tour, first played in 1926. Formerly known as the Nissan Open and originally known as the Los Angeles Open, it is played annually in February in Pacific Palisades, California. The tournament has been contested at the Riviera...

 hosted by Pacific Palisades's Riviera Country Club

Riviera Country Club

The Riviera Country Club is a country club with a championship golf course. It is located in Pacific Palisades, California, a community within the city limits of Los Angeles. The country club opened in 1926, with George C. Thomas, Jr. as the course architect. The course has been the primary host...

. In 2005, TOURCast received an Emmy Award

Emmy Award

An Emmy Award, often referred to simply as the Emmy, is a television production award, similar in nature to the Peabody Awards but more focused on entertainment, and is considered the television equivalent to the Academy Awards and the Grammy Awards .A majority of Emmys are presented in various...

for "Outstanding Achievement" in the category Advanced Media Technology for the Enhancement of Original Television Content.