As the world’s best players start their opening rounds at ARAMCO LIV Golf Singapore 2026, the championship-ready greens of Sentosa Golf Club’s Serapong Course have been further enhanced with some of the most advanced agronomy technology in the game.
Front and centre of that preparation has been the USGA GS3 Ball, a cutting-edge smart golf ball developed by the USGA over the course of a decade, to measure putting surface performance at the highest level of the game but remains available and accessible to all golf facilities.
It follows The R&A, who has its Asian HQ at Sentosa Golf Club, working with LIV Golf to advance standards and improve consistencies at the league’s host courses for its 14-event season. ARAMCO LIV Golf Singapore is the fourth stop on the 2026 schedule.
Rolled across the greens like a standard golf ball, the USGA GS3 captures more than 15,000 data points, providing precise measurements of green speed, firmness, smoothness and trueness. And it’s these metrics that help ensure consistent playing conditions for elite competition, stored in a cloud and allowing for benchmarking comparisons with other championship venues across the world.
The equipment has been developed for all courses including tournament preparations, and the technology is now being adopted by leading tournament venues around the world, including Sentosa Golf Club.
“For a tournament like LIV Golf Singapore, precision matters,” said Andy Johnston, General Manager and Director of Agronomy at Sentosa Golf Club, welcoming the adoption of the technology.
“The GS3 allows us to measure our greens with incredible accuracy like never before. It removes any element of guesswork and gives us objective data so we can deliver consistent, championship-level surfaces for the best players in the world.”
The GS3 provides a deeper understanding of putting performance. Not just how fast a green is, but how true and smooth the ball rolls. Sentosa’s agronomy team has been using this data to fine-tune its surfaces across the Serapong Course in the days leading up to the start of ARAMCO LIV Golf Singapore 2026 (12th March).
“Our goal is always to present the course in the best possible condition,” continued Johnston. “Tools like the GS3 allow us to benchmark performance across the greens and ensure they’re consistent throughout the course, which is exactly what players expect at this level.”
Sentosa Golf Club has built a reputation as one of Asia’s premier championship venues, hosting multiple professional events and maintaining a global reputation for course conditioning.
The Club’s agronomy team continues to push the boundaries of innovation in course management while delivering a demanding test for the world’s best players. This week presents another demanding chapter for Sentosa’s agronomy team, following a busy schedule that included hosting the HSBC Women’s World Championship just two weeks ago. The club turned its attention quickly to the LIV Golf Singapore event, and will then start preparing for the return of the Singapore Open next month (23rd – 26th April), which is part of The International Series, a series of elevated events on the Asian Tour schedule co-sanctioned by both LIV Golf and the Asian Tour.
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