In Japan, Max Homa and Collin Morikawa are right at home as Dodgers' fans during World Series

Plenty of folks successful Japan will beryllium fixated to a tv surface aliases their telephone Saturday morning. Including Max Homa and Collin Morikawa.

The duo is teeing it up this week successful nan 2024 Zozo Championship, but they’re acold from nan only Los Angeles Dodgers fans successful Japan. That’s acknowledgment to Shohei Ohtani, nan champion subordinate successful baseball, and Yoshinobu Yamamoto, a standout pitcher.

With Game 1 of nan World Series against nan New York Yankees opening successful California astir nan aforesaid clip arsenic nan 3rd information of nan 2024 Zozo Championship will statesman crossed nan Pacific Ocean, fans successful Japan will besides person their eyes fixated connected Dodger Stadium.

“Obviously we person 2 Japanese players connected nan Dodgers that are
tremendous, 1 of which is Ohtani, who is nan champion shot subordinate I’ve ever seen,” Homa said. “So it’s rather cool to travel here. I’ve really seen rather a fewer L.A. hats. It’s rather neat to beryllium successful Japan erstwhile nan champion shot subordinate successful nan world is Japanese and he’s connected nan squad I guidelines for. It’s benignant of a dream scenario.”

The clip quality makes for java shot successful Japan, which gives fans plentifulness of clip to cheer for nan Dodgers (or Yankees) earlier spending nan day connected nan play people cheering connected immoderate of nan champion players from nan PGA Tour.

“It’s been awesome watching nan Dodgers play successful Japan, successful Tokyo. It was bully because they had it connected TV. You aftermath up successful nan greeting and it’s on,” Morikawa said. “They’ll astir apt beryllium playing I’m guessing erstwhile we’re retired connected nan play course, but we’ll beryllium taking a peek present and location for sure.”

It won’t beryllium a daze to spot fans keeping nan players informed while waiting connected tee boxes aliases stepping down fairways. And moreover pinch a seven-figure payday connected nan line, Homa isn’t acrophobic to show his Dodgers’ fandom.

“I would beryllium lying if I said I wish I wasn’t location a small spot truthful I could spell to nan game, aliases a game, but yeah, it’s neat to beryllium here,” Homa said. “I’m hopeful to spot immoderate much L.A. hats. And yeah, it’s been great, nan tally they’ve been on, it’s been very nosy to watch.”