Open Diary: 'Pretty cool' Spidercam keeps out of the way on 18 

The R&A stole a march with their adoption for the first time this week of a Spidercam on the 18th green.

A view of the the 18th green with Spidercam overhead during the first preview day. Photo: Peter Byrne/PA Wire. 

Spidercam? What Spidercam?

The R&A, fairly or otherwise, isn’t the first body you might think of when it comes to innovation but global golf’s administrators stole a march with their adoption for the first time this week of a Spidercam on the 18th green.