ST. ANDREWS, Scotland – There are a lot of logos scattered in regards to the Previous Course this week:
St. Andrews Golf Hyperlinks and different prime programs from all over the world.
Gear producers and attire manufacturers.
Soccer (or soccer) groups.
After which there’s Alexa Pano supporting the New England Patriots, each on her jacket and golf bag.
“I get requested about it quite a bit over right here as a result of it confuses them,” Pano stated Saturday after firing a 3-under 69 that moved her inside the highest 10 on the AIG Ladies’s Open.
So, why does Pano rock the Pats logos? For one, she’s an enormous fan. Her dad and caddie, Rick, has had season tickets for many years, and Pano is a self-described “massive Julian Edelman lady” who was so starstruck when she met Tom Brady that she “forgot for a second that he can’t simply dwell inside my TV display.”
However there’s extra to this. After Pano put a Patriots emblem on her bag on the 2022 U.S. Ladies’s Open, one among her first occasions as a professional, the Patriots reached out to her, and a partnership was born. It was the primary deal between a feminine golfer and an NFL franchise.
“I’ve had [the logo] on my bag ever since and on my shirt ever since I used to be on the LPGA, and so it’s a very cool deal for me,” Pano stated. “They’re supportive of all the things I do, and to have one thing that you just’ve idolized and watched on TV and be supportive of you is admittedly cool. I’m very excited for our occasion in Boston subsequent week as a result of I’m truly going to be doing stuff with the Patriots with that as properly.”
Pano’s relationship comes with another perks. She was on the sphere for final season’s recreation in opposition to the Chiefs. She’s additionally spent a while with the Krafts. And maybe the perk to prime all perks, at the least for a 20-year-old lady:
“They did assist me get some Eras Tour tickets final yr,” Pano stated, referring to Taylor Swift’s ultra-popular tour.
