My Dive into Akshay Bhatia’s Sponsor Scene
Okay, so I got myself digging into who actually sponsors Akshay Bhatia recently. It wasn’t for anything super official, more like I was just watching a tournament, saw him play, and got curious, you know?
First thing I did, naturally, was just search online. Typed his name, plus “sponsors”. You get the obvious stuff popping up right away. Like, Callaway is a big one, everyone knows he uses their gear. That part’s easy.
But then you start watching him play across different weeks. You see the logos on his shirt, the hat, the bag. And sometimes, they aren’t always the same, or there are smaller patches you don’t recognize immediately.
Here’s where my little project got tricky:
- I started trying to list them out just from watching broadcasts.
- Saw the main equipment sponsor, yeah. Callaway logo is pretty visible.
- Then I noticed other logos. Sometimes it’s a tech company, maybe something finance-related. These smaller ones can be tough to catch clearly on TV.
- I remember one week seeing a particular logo, then maybe a few tournaments later, couldn’t spot it as easily. Maybe it moved? Maybe it was swapped out?
It made me think about how these deals work. It’s not always just one giant company plastering their name everywhere. Often, these players have multiple deals going at once. A hat sponsor, a shirt sponsor (sometimes different spots on the shirt!), the bag, the clubs, even the shoes maybe.
I spent a bit of time pausing the TV, trying to get a clear shot of some of the less obvious logos. It’s harder than you think! The camera angles change, the player moves. You might see part of a logo, but not the whole thing.
What I figured out pretty quick is that tracking this stuff accurately, like down to every single small patch sponsor for every single tournament, is a real chore. The information isn’t always announced loudly. Some sponsors get big press releases, others seem to just appear on the gear.
So, my little investigation didn’t give me a perfect, neat list. It showed me it’s kinda fluid. The big names stick around, like Callaway, because that’s about the equipment he relies on. But those other spots? Seems like they can shift around more often. It’s just the business side of the game, I guess. Players gotta get paid, companies want visibility. Makes sense, even if it’s hard to keep track of from the couch.
