Master shares Rahm's winning moment via gigapixel photo

A gigapixel image is, in principle, created from multiple photos of the same scene using specialized software, including Adobe Photoshop. The photography team for the Masters Organizing Committee - Augusta National Stadium in Georgia also worked in the same way to create a spectacular image containing 1.8 billion pixels when Rahm finished the crowning stroke.

They took the green of the 18th hole as the centerpiece, including new champion Rahm, teammate Brooks Koepka and two caddies. From those four characters, the angle of the image expands to the sides, pulling back to the end of the fairway. Coaxial with this part is the assembly hall partially covered by old trees.

And so, on both sides and behind Rahm is the sea of ​​people, the front is a velvety grass area dotted with two white sand traps, and the left edge of the image, behind the crowd is the "border" between the end of hole 9 and hole 1.

The image quality is also reflected in the ability to clearly see the faces of people in the crowd near the green and especially to see the bodyguards on duty in the hall corridor when zooming in on the place behind the small tower in the cluster of three television towers in the middle. image.

In recent years, the Masters Organizing Committee has integrated many technologies into the website and app to increase the new experience for remote audiences. With these two channels at the 2023 tournament, they put AI (artificial intelligence) into service, through cooperation with IBM Corporation.

First, the developer will let the Masters' own AI learn the common golf language and the specific vocabulary at the tournament. Once completed, it has the ability to select words, sentence structure and then convert it into a comment that matches the context or the action taking place.

The "AI commentator" at this year's Masters was praised for showing his skill when reporting on how Tiger Woods kept par at the starting hole. These are statements like "Woods is about to play the first hole, 445 yards from the hole. After the first shot, he is 153 yards from the flag", "Tiger is playing on the first hole, playing from the fairway. The ball is 143 yards and put on the green", "After the first shot on the fairway, Tiger will make his first shot on the green. He missed. Woods is putting to keep par. He put in and kept par".

Woods was eliminated but could not hit the full Masters 2023, when he missed the third round due to injury.

And Rahm, 28 years old, became the new champion on the morning of April 10, after a stroke of 1.2 meters away to score par 18, thereby establishing a -12 victory. With that victory, Rahm was crowned for the second time when he competed in the major quartet, after the first time at the US Open 2021. He became the fourth Spanish golfer in history to have the honor of wearing the "Green Jacket" - the home shirt. Masters champion, after Sergio Garcia (2017 period), Seve Ballesteros (1980, 1983) and Jose Maria Olazabal (1994, 1999).

In addition to two majors, Rahm has nine cups on the PGA Tour and eight first places on the European DP World Tour.