In the event you occur to catch a broadcast of The Masters this weekend, you may most likely discover a number of apparent issues: the simple expertise of the gamers, the stainless circumstances of the course, and the ocean of attendees sporting inexperienced as if it is a second St. Patrick’s Day. However there’s one different factor conspicuously absent from the weekend festivities: smartphones.
Not like different sporting occasions, typically closely attended by individuals who paid obscene quantities of cash to observe the thrill via the lens of an iPhone, The Masters bans all recording and communication units, from telephones and tablets to digital cameras. It is proper there in black and white on their list of Prohibited Items, above “knives and weapons of any sort” (so you understand they take it significantly).
However, according to Golf Monthly, some sneaky attendees are discovering a approach to circumvent the ban: wearable expertise. The most recent smartwatches from Apple and Google are simply in a position to ship and obtain each textual content messages and telephone calls, whereas the Ray-Ban Meta glasses are sufficiently subtle to cross as common eyewear (particularly if worn beneath a golf cap).
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In response to the videos surfacing online of people sneaking in recording eyewear, golf reporter Daniel Rapaport was unequivocal: “Augusta’s no-phones rule must be up to date to no telephones or wearable expertise. No Meta glasses, no Apple watches. The mystique of the Masters should be protected and it’s slipping.”
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If there’s any sporting occasion more likely to die on this hill and strengthen their coverage to maintain all units out, it is The Masters. But when the legions of comfortable followers strolling the course over the weekend, largely oblivious to the goings-on on Twitter and Fb, are any indication, it might be for the better good that they do.
