Day one of WM Phoenix Open brings fans from overseas

SCOTTSDALE, AZ (3TV/CBS 5) — Folks journey to Scottsdale from everywhere in the nation, and a few even come from abroad to be right here, together with Scotland, wearing, you guessed it, kilts.

One fan says he performed the pre-qualifier, and he hoped to make it onto the course to play within the open this 12 months however fell a bit brief. Nonetheless, he says, he’s actually completely satisfied to be right here supporting.

Others are right here with their buddies in matching outfits, saying it’s a yearly custom. “Yeah I did the pre-qualifier to get into this, and it was enjoyable. Shot a couple of underneath half however that wasn’t ok,” stated Jono Lindquist, an Arizona resident.

A bunch in matching caddy outfits stated, “We got here down from Idaho — a 14 hour drive. And the outfits are from an previous Clint Eastwood film. So the biker gang is the black widows proper, so we shortened it, we’re the black Widas. And so we come down yearly to see the golfers do their factor. And it’s stunning.” They are saying this 12 months is the primary time their pal group is all again resulting from some difficulties touring in the course of the pandemic.

Among the out-of-towners right here from Scotland really got here to look at the Tremendous Bowl and ended up hitting the open alongside the best way. “What we love about America, that is scorching in Scotland. Everyone seems to be sporting hats, gloves, and scarves. And we’re simply laughing at everybody. And they’re going, it’s windy. This isn’t windy, this can be a wee breeze. Chat to anybody, you bought a kilt, you bought a Scottish accent, it opens plenty of doorways,” stated Kirk and Jack.

Day one of many open was fairly crowded, however the crowd is anticipated to double and even triple in dimension over the subsequent two days.

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