Recommended videos of 2021: Actually was like covering the Tokyo Olympics in person

Golfer Xander Schauffele poses with his Olympic gold medal at 2020 Tokyo Olympics

Xander Schauffele was a happy man on August 1st, solely outside of Tokyo.

Sean Zak

No media experience of 2021 can compare to the jaunt I took across the world to cover the 2020 Olympics inside of Tokyo.  

There was the endless assortment of tests just to leave Manhattan, the 341-person plane have available just 40 people, a new four-hour long waits of customs upon arrival . and that was just to get there. What followed my landing in Japan for the Olympics was a completely unique media live through.  

There was clearly no spectators allowed numerous Kasumigaseki Country Club, yet , eventually hundreds of volunteers encountered native son Hideki Matsuyama. There was no maskless blending between players allowed from inside the clubhouse, until a rain postponement prompted upheaval of that package . There was no good friends allowed to be there on the the action, except don’t forget the actual event that that family or mate was a coach, caddie nor player assistant.  

Yes, it was a pair of golf tournaments as any other I’d seen earlier to, and I tried to capture actually was like to be a media partner on the other side of the Pacific many of those two weeks. Check it out in the video clip clip below!

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