Two new deals have been made with US Integrity, and Genius Sport to enhance and expand the integrity program of the PGA Tour.
The PGA Tour Integrity Program was established in January 2018. It “maintens integrity and prevents and mitigates betting-related corruption in PGA Tour contests – ensuring that competitions reflect the best efforts of players while protecting the welfare and well-being of other players involved with the PGA Tour – through clear policies, education and training, effective and consistent monitoring, enforcement and enforcement functions.”
It includes all aspects of the tournament series’ operation and competition, including players and their support team, tournament staff, volunteers, and the policy board.
The PGA Tour has signed a new agreement with US Integrity to enhance its integrity program. It also expanded its existing partnership with Genius Sports.
“We are thrilled to partner with US Integrity as we continue to ensure the integrity of PGA Tour,” said Scott Warfield VP Gaming at PGA Tour.
“US Integrity and Genius Sports’ commitments to protecting our sport as well as their proactive approach will play a key role in our operations for monitoring sports betting across our Tours.”
The PGA Tour has partnered with US Integrity to provide additional integrity-monitoring services through its proprietary dashboard.
The firm that monitors bets will assist the tournament series in “proactively identifying irregular contest-level and officiating patterns” through analysis of data sets.
US Integrity entered into a similar deal earlier this month with another sport organization, the UFC.
Matthew Holt is the CEO and Co-Founder at US Integrity. He stated that “US Integrity was proud to partner the PGA Tour and help with maintaining the integrity its golf competition around the world. US Integrity’s mission it to provide best-in-class insight and compliance solutions to its clients.
We look forward to working with the most prestigious golf tour in the world featuring the best names. They are not the only ones who are committed to integrity. These partnerships are essential to ensure integrity in sports betting and strengthen our unique anomaly-detection tools at US Integrity.
Genius Sports and the PGA Tour have partnered to create customized educational programs for players, caddies and officials. This will strengthen the regulations and highlight the risks associated betting-related corruption. All PGA Tour players worldwide can access e-learning modules in multiple languages.
Stephen Thurley is Head of Integrity Partnerships for Genius Sports. He said: “We are thrilled to extend our historic partnership avec the PGA Tour. It is crucial that sports take proactive steps to protect the integrity of their competitors as the US sports betting landscape changes rapidly.
“This partnership ensures that the PGA Tour continues benefiting from Genius Sports Bet Monitoring technology, Education services, and ‘Genius Intelligence’ our revolutionary fraud detection management system.
As a Have A Game Plan, the PGA Tour teaches golfers how to responsibly bet with the American Gaming Association. Bet Responsiblely is a public service partner.
