Golf year 2023
It’s always been a ritual between my dad and I to wake up early for the majors. It started in the 1990s, when live golf was shown on cable TV
As a golf enthusiast, I've spent countless early mornings glued to the TV watching tournaments. I've driven out of town to watch local pros tee it up in big tournaments.
In high school, I skipped school on a Friday (Day 2) to walk beside Fred Couples at the Orchard Golf and Country Club at the Johnnie Walker Classic.
A bit more recently, I got to watch the BMW Championships at Wentworth, England.
Golf isn't just a game we play, we watch and follow it outside the course too. Aside from watching tournaments, social media has also made access to everything golf that much easier.
The golfing world in 2023 had its fair share of excitement.
Let's look back at how the year went.
(PAUL J. RICHARDS/agence france-presse) Misty water-colored picture of greats Fred Couples (left) of the United States and Greg Norman of Australia during practice round of the 1992 Masters. They have since gone on far, far different routes.
The Majors
It's always been a ritual between my dad and I to wake up early for the majors.
It started in the 1990s when live golf was shown on cable TV. Depending on the tournament and who was leading or near the top, we'd wake up anywhere between 3 a.m. to 4 a.m. to watch live coverage.
As a kid, I wasn't really into golf. I remember seeing Betamax tapes labeled US Open 1983 or Masters 1985 and thought nothing of them.
When I finally got to playing golf in my teens and fell in love with the game, I realized that those Betamax tapes were rented from Wack Wack and my dad never got to return them.