Meta Camera Produce Golf Flag Pole Camera

Say hello to ‘SmartPin’ the world’s first live broadcast 360 video camera for flag poles. Developed by Meta Camera, with SmartPin Golf, this camera provides the ultimate POV for watching the final moments of a hole.  Debut at TGL in Florida, the camera system has been gaining plaudits from around the worlds of golf and sports broadcasting.

In the words of Cameron Jourdan from Golfweek:

During its Monday triple-header, which was the best day in league history, TGL made one subtle change that had a major effect on the broadcast.

Fans watching on television noticed the flag on the rotating green looked a bit different, and that’s because it was. There was a SmartPin camera in the flagstick. It gave a never-before-scene angle of watching a ball go to the hole. It was a small tweak like aided tremendously to the broadcast.

As you can see below, it’s another new and innovative camera angle that added great perspective for fans watching at home.

Numerous fans chimed in on social media about the camera, and all of the reviews were positive. Multiple people even said they wish the PGA Tour would add a SmartPin camera to its flagsticks.

While that might not be as feasible, it would be something cool to see on at least one hole at an upcoming professional golf event. Imagine how cool it would look if someone made a hole-in-one or holed a shot from the fairway, let alone making a chip-in.

Kudos to TGL for continuing to improve during its inaugural season. Monday’s three matches were great because of the players, shots and fans, but the pin flag was something really small that greatly improved the broadcast.

Other publications were just as effusive with Elliot Heath from Golf Monthly saying:

TGL’s SmartPin, for me, has been a revelation. The view from the flagstick is one we’ve never really seen before in golf and it has offered up some very good footage from chip-ins and near-misses, like this one from Min Woo Lee…

Imagine how cool the footage would be for a hole-in-one? Or a wedge shot that lands long and spins back? Perhaps it could be used on par 3s to start with as well as the 18th hole?

The TGL SmartPin flagstick is quite thick but having had a look at golf’s flagstick rules I’ll leave that to the experts on whether it conforms or not – although I believe it is as it can be used during tournaments according to the SmartPin website.

Flag cam seems like a no-brainer to me.

Here’s a couple more highlights from the camera: