Open perspectives on golf and innovation with David Feherty

Join David Feherty, former professional golfer, best-selling author and broadcaster, in a fireside chat with Tim Yeaton, Red Hat® EVP & CMO, and John Kent, Program Manager, IBM Worldwide Sports and Entertainment Partnership Group.

During this discussion, we’ll highlight:

• David Feherty discusses life as a pro golfer and commentator, sharing comical moments from life off Tour.
• What went into building "My Group," an innovative digital feature in The Masters Tournament app that improves golf fan engagement and revolutionizes the digital viewing experience
• How IBM used their Watson AI and hybrid cloud technologies, powered by Red Hat OpenShift,® to speed up production of the innovative digital feature
• Open Q&A for an engaging discussion

If you are a golf fan you won’t want to miss seeing this technology in action, and participating in a lively discussion with one of golf’s most candid and influential broadcasters.

Virtual event details

Time: 4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. ET

Date: Tuesday, April 6, 2021

Speakers

David Feherty

David Feherty enjoyed a successful professional career, with 10 victories worldwide and over $3 million in prize money. A regular on the European Tour, his victories included the ICL International, the Italian Open, Scottish Open, South Africa PGA, BMW Open, Cannes Open, and Madrid Open. He captained the winning Irish team in the 1990 Alfred Dunhill Cup and played on the European Ryder Cup Team in 1991. In 1997, he retired from professional golf to become a golf commentator. He’s the author of 6 books, several making The New York Times bestsellers list, including An Idiot for all Seasons; Somewhere in Ireland, A Village is Missing an Idiot; and A Nasty Bit of Rough.

John Kent
Program Manager
IBM Worldwide Sports and Entertainment Partnership Group

John has 37 years with IBM and has spent the last 20 years managing IBM's relationships, digital strategy, and related digital platforms for Wimbledon, US Open Tennis, The Masters, ESPN Fantasy Football, Pebble Beach, and the GRAMMY Awards.

Tim Yeaton
Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer
Red Hat

Tim Yeaton is Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer at Red Hat. He brings more than 35 years of software and technology management and marketing experience to the company, including serving as CEO of Black Duck Software. In 2009, Yeaton was named one of the most influential people in the open source software industry based on a MindTouch survey.