2023 TaylorMade Christmas Card: Mac Daddy Santa returns and a look back

Mac Daddy Santa is back.

‘Tis the season for long-standing traditions and reflecting on days gone by, but TaylorMade’s new tradition of dropping a holiday card on social media featuring its star-studded tour staff got social media buzzing once again on Tuesday.

This tradition started in 2019, when, seemingly out of nowhere, the brand sent actual holiday cards in the mail that featured Tiger Woods, Rory McIlroy, Dustin Johnson and other stars wearing Christmas-themed pajamas. It continued in 2020, digitally, and has become something that golf lovers look foward to seeing every December.

On Tuesday, the 2023 holiday card dropped and it adds a Tiger Woods tradition twist. In 2016, the 15-time major winner posted a bare-chested photo of himself as Mac Daddy Santa, a tradition his children — Sam and Charlie — love.

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This year, Mac Daddy Santa is overseeing toymaker elves that include Rory McIlroy, Tommy Fleetwood, Brooke Henderson, Collin Morikawa, Charley Hull and Nelly Korda.

Rory McIlroy, Matthew Wolff and company star in TaylorMade’s silly spoof of ‘A Christmas Story’

The funniest holiday card yet from your friends at TaylorMade.

The best holiday card every year isn’t from your family, it’s from the folks at TaylorMade. And they sure went above and beyond this holiday season.

The golf equipment manufacturing company got six of its star players – Matthew Wolff, Tommy Fleetwood, Collin Morikawa, Sergio Garcia, Rory McIlroy and Dustin Johnson – to do a spoof of the famous “triple dog dare” scene from A Christmas Story.

Acting clearly isn’t a strength for some of the boys (we’ll let you decide cough cough DJ), but Fleetwood and Morikawa’s facial expressions mixed with McIlroy’s inability to keep a straight face make this the best one yet.

Well done, TaylorMade, and happy holidays.

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TaylorMade’s 2020 Christmas Card isn’t as good as last year’s

TaylorMade’s 2020 Christmas Card isn’t as good as last year’s, which featured Tiger Woods in a onesie.

TaylorMade created what might be the best Christmas card in golf history in 2019.

The equipment company somehow got Tiger Woods, Dustin Johnson, Jon Rahm, Jason Day, Rory McIlroy, Collin Morikawa and Matthew Wolff all together — in green Christmas onesies, at that – to wish you and your family a Merry Christmas from Team TaylorMade.

Don’t get me wrong, this year’s photo is good. It features the usual suspects of Woods, Johnson, McIlroy, Morikawa, Wolff and newcomer Tommy Fleetwood all rocking festive Christmas sweaters and white turtlenecks with Santa hats. I will say, the prom-esque pose on the steps alongside a decked-out Christmas tree is a nice touch.

But let’s be real, nothing beats the Big Cat in a onesie.