Forward Press: The digital revolution arrives as Riviera’s 10th goes live, finally | Golf News and Tour Information [Video]

Apparently some business is best conducted in private.

Like Supreme Court hearings. Or, the antics at Riviera’s short par-4 10th. At least the latter will now be televised.

After years of golf fans hearing rumblings about how fascinating Riviera’s 315-yard 10th plays during the Northern Trust Open, they can finally watch it all from the comfort of their home or office. The PGA Tour’s LIVE app, which debuted last year, will be streaming all of the antics via its app and a new Yahoo partnership.

Year in and year out there is no more fascinating hole on the PGA Tour to consider the different strategic approaches, and annually it has been ignored by various featured group type platforms for a variety of reasons. In partnering with Major League Baseball’s widely revered digital development arm (MLB Advanced Media), the PGA Tour is accomplishing a couple of goals.

Most obvious: the Tour is bringing fans bonus coverage before Golf Channel, …