Teeing Up Innovation: LiveU Delivers Ghana’s First-Ever Live Golf Broadcast
Grup N2K Ltd and Legend Sports Management implement LiveU's EcoSystem to stream the 2025 International Pairs Qualifier live to regional golf fans.
Background
Golf tournaments demand multiple roaming cameras, wide-area connectivity and real-time coordination. Until now, Ghanaian broadcasters relied on highlight packages or overseas crews for major golf events and didn’t have the means to broadcast their own local tournaments live. With interest in the sport rising, organizers sought an innovative, cost-efficient model to showcase the live action and local golfing talent.
The Challenge: Delivering Reliable Live Coverage from Miles Away
The crew needed seamless, course-wide coverage with a minimal on-site footprint. Cellular signals varied across 18 holes, and roving cameras operated far from power or fiber. Meanwhile the control gallery sat off-site in Tema, demanding robust, low-latency links for commentary, graphics and clubhouse screens – all on a strict budget and same-day turnaround.
The Solution: Fast and Efficient Set-up for an Immersive Viewing Experience
Grup N2K deployed LiveU’s multi-cam LU800, compact LU300S and other field units to create a fully connected course. The LU800 multi-cam units covered the tees and greens, while the LU300S and other units followed the players, bonding SIMs from multiple carriers for rock-solid uplinks.
Feeds were delivered over the public internet to a remote-control room where the LiveU Studio cloud-native video production service handled switching, graphics and distribution to YouTube Live and clubhouse displays. Set-up took only hours, required no satellite truck, and supported instant replays and social-media clipping – offering a replicable, cost-efficient model for future tournaments.
“We are really excited about it because it’s a new experience for all of us. It was fun to watch ourselves in the TV and watch your friends playing a good or a bad shot. And the interaction, there was so much interaction with the clubbers, that were watching the matches and the crews that were out playing. I heard others club use this technology and, also sponsors that put money into it and into competitions; the feedback has been fantastic. The brand of whoever sponsors it can be so much enhanced by using this technology. I foresee this becoming a regular feature at all golf tournaments in Ghana.”
Jan Vogel, General Manager, Achimota Golf Club
Solution Benefits
Operational Agility
Portable units let crews follow players cable-free without disrupting play.
Cost Savings
Eliminating satellite links and OB vans cut production expenses by more than 50%.
Fan Engagement
Multi-angle feeds with real-time graphics kept clubhouse and online audiences informed.
Green Footprint
Fewer staff on-site and no generator-powered trucks lowered carbon emissions.
The Results: Setting New Benchmark for Ghanaian Sports Broadcasting
The five-hour broadcast concluded without a single dropout, delivering an immersive viewing experience with broadcast-grade images and graphics to on-site screens and online viewers. Audience praise and social metrics confirmed the success, setting a new benchmark for sports broadcasting in Ghana, and opening the doors for a broader adoption of the cost-effective solution across other sports. Achimota Golf Club also plans to use the same workflow for future events.
“The team used LiveU solutions to produce live golf coverage of a very high standard during the International Pairs Golf Ghana qualifiers that’s almost comparable to what we see in other parts of the world. The outcome tells me this is a winning partnership; together we will make live golf coverage a standard in Ghana.”
Mr. Aziz Amankwah, Managing Director of Legend Sports Management