◀ ARCHIVE / VHS-2026-271

TAPE SHEETCATALOG RECORD

Golf on Father’s Day, 1997

Tape details

Catalog no.
VHS-2026-271
Year
Not recorded
Type
Commercials, Sports
Format
VHS

This JVC tape has part of the June 15, 1997 U.S. Open broadcast, with Jack Nicklaus and Tiger Woods on the coverage. It is in a Samsung sleeve, because VHS did not care about brand consistency.

The commercial breaks are full of late-90s golf television: Lincoln Town Car, TaylorMade, Big Bertha clubs, a Blackhawk Golf Club fitting ad, Freeport-McMoRan, United Airlines promoting its meals, and a USGA membership offer with a rules book.

The stream started February 19, 2026 and did not reach the end of the tape. More remains unknown. That is a better ending than pretending a golf broadcast has ever been in a hurry.