Singapore: As Bryson DeChambeau eked out a tense play-off victory at the Aramco LIV Golf Singapore 2026, the championship-ready greens of Sentosa Golf Club’s Serapong Course were being further enhanced with some of the most advanced agronomy technology in the game. 

Front and centre of that preparation was the USGA GS3 Ball, a cutting-edge smart golf ball developed by the USGA that measures 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 headquarters 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.

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.

Welcoming the adoption of the technology, Andy Johnston, General Manager and Director of Agronomy at Sentosa Golf Club, said: “For a tournament like LIV Golf Singapore, precision matters. 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 used 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.

Johnston said: “Our goal is always to present the course in the best possible condition. 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.”

*The R&A and Sentosa Golf Club are members of the Asian Golf Industry Federation.