BOISE, Idaho – Mark Bowden is an award-winning cameraman who has traveled the world covering major sporting events, from the Masters in Augusta to the National Football League.
- Award-winning cameraman has seen it all
- Mark Bowden is on the 18th green camera for the Boise Open
- Explains how to follow a golf ball in flight
(Below is the transcript of the broadcast report.)
Mark, who now calls the Treasure Valley his home, was in the important 18th green tower for the Boise Open for a long time.
“I walk up and down these stairs four times a day. My knees aren’t good, but that’s the way it is, and this will be my home for four, five hours a day or more.”
Not only did Mark have the pleasure of covering the greats, he also knew them. For example, a guy named Tiger Woods.
“I’ve known Tiger since he was eight years old. The first story I shot on him was in California. He was about that size.”
Mark is a close friend of Freddie Couples and even knew the King, Arnold Palmer. I asked Mark how even the play will be that we will see this week at the Albertsons Boise Open.
“Short game, I asked Tom Kite once how you did it, you were so successful on the regular tour… I’m up and down from 100 yards. How hard is it to follow a golf ball in flight? It’s hard, it all depends on the lighting. Here in Boise, the sun is behind me on afternoon tee times, so the ball is lit from the front.”
If you’re standing in a tower or sitting on a camera tripod, you might think a shot or two is heading your way.
“The ball kept getting bigger and bigger and I just thought: oh boy, I just got hit on the shoulder, it bounced off and landed in the rough. It hurt, it was a big welt.”
So for Mark it’s all about concentration.
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