2023 Golfweek Awards: Off-Course Viral Moment of the Year

2023 Golfweek Awards: Off-Course Viral Moment of the Year

As December winds down and January approaches, it’s time to look back on 2023 and reward some of the best moments the game of golf provided fans over the last year.

The staff at Golfweek originally had plans for a “Moment of the Year” but there was too much that happened both on and off the course to pick just one, so we’ve split the honor into two different awards.

From the TGL and LIV Golf to the Ryder Cup and the PGA Tour’s framework agreement with the Public Investment Fund, here are the Golfweek staff’s favorite off-course viral moments of the year.

As December WIS down and January approaches it’s time to look back on 2023 and reward some of the best moments the game of golf provided fans over the last year the staff at golf week originally had plans for a moment of the year but there was too much that

Happened both on and off the course to pick just one so we’ve split the honor into two different awards from the tgl and live golf to the Ridder Cup and the PGA Tours framework agreement with the public in investment fund here are the golf week staff’s favorite off course

Viral moments of the Year winner Rory mroy in the Ridder cup parking lot A lot happened over the last year in golf but a furious Rory mroy being held back in the parking lot Saturday night at the 2023 Rider cup takes the Honor by a long shot it’s rare engulf to see tempers

Flare this much especially from someone like mroy at least when Patrick Reed isn’t involved the final match of Saturday afternoon’s fourball session got a bit heated on number 18 after Patrick kentley who was in the middle of a controversy surrounding his hat and player payment drained what would become

A match winning birdie putt thanks to a few misses from mroy and Matt Fitzpatrick this Outburst breathed some much needed life into a Sunday singles round that ultimately didn’t matter given team Europe’s massive lead and woke up a sleepy ride cup just weeks before the new Tiger Woods and Rory mroy

LED tgl was set to tee off the tech infused leagu Stone collapsed forcing the venture to postpone its start until 2025 some of the biggest names in sports management are involved as team owners and some of the PGA tour’s best players have signed up from the tech to the team

Announcements the tgl was moving fast and might have been bailed out by the delay it was already in a rush state so I think it’s only going to benefit it to start in 20 to5 said Ricky Fowler we never know if the tgl would be been

Ready to go by the first week of January but we do know the image of the deflated Dome will be one that fans won’t forget about anytime soon