MIND / TELEVISION M The Old Course Returns with a major to delight its fans 15 special championship weeks for SuperSport viewers from April to September.
By Stuart McLean
ANCIENT LAND The Old Course’s
fourth green and the town of St Andrews.
W e are into golf’s “Major Season” and 2024 offers consider- ably more than usual for those devotees of SuperSport’s 213 channel. There are 15 special cham- pionship weeks ahead for viewers, beginning with the Masters in April and concluding in late September with the Presidents Cup. An unprecedented
for women, two for seniors, and two popular team matchplay contests. Other than Augusta National and the Masters, previewed in this issue, two iconic venues stand out from the crowd this year. The men’s US Open returns to Pinehurst No 2 after 10 years, and the Women’s Open to the Old Course. It’s only the third time women have played an Open at St Andrews (previous
nine major tournaments in 11 weeks from June 13 to August 25. The 50th anniversary of The Players Championship, with its thrilling final round, was a fabulous appetiser for the televisual feast that awaits. Super- Sport will have coverage of golf at the Olympic Games in Paris, a women’s major at the Old Course in St Andrews, plus four majors for men, another four
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