Hey Guys! I just thought I would give you a brief review of my experience! First of this was my first time as a volunteer. I may or may not get this chance again as I have 2 young boys and a very accommodating wife
who gave me the opportunity to take 5 days away from the family to give this a go.
WED AM Pro am-First shift, I get paired with Scott Piercy-maybe was a great way to start. Pretty quiet guy, not much more to say than that lol Paired with 4 very nice Amateurs, was able to get some conversation in with them. Finished 9 and moved on waiting for the next pro to come out, Ben Crane. Ben and his Caddy Joel were so nice, really talkative with the Ams. I got to chat with Ben for a bit when he mentioned he was from Nashville as my wife and I just booked a trip there. What I found interesting about this first day is that being able to walk inside the ropes makes you feel like your in even though your not lol. I was able to take snacks, water, see everything up close, walk places spectators can't go. Then it poured and when everyone around is pulling out umbrellas, and being the first to get whisked away in courtesy cars-the feeling of being in, nope I am on the outs getting soaked holding a sign lol
So I knew at the time I had a afternoon Friday Pairing-12:50 pm. Then they released the pairings-DJ, Correy Conners and Jim Furyk..are you kidding me. I better not F this up lol What a treat to watch these 3 play. Dustin had a good day going, Jim was solid and Corey was fighting the cut line all day. You could kind of feel the pressure mounting on him. A few missed putts here and there. Unfortunately he didn't make the cut. What's really cool is hanging out at the scorer's building after the round. They come out, thank you , talk with you and give you a signed ball. Corey was pretty bummed and you could see it in his eyes. Oh by the way, we did notice Paulina walking the fairways on a few holes It's amazing how her and a friend just blending in with the crowd. (I thinking maybe the friend could have been DJ'S brothers wife) but not sure.
So as we do no not know what's happening for Friday. The team chair is waiting for tee times to assign to us, all I knew was I was on the list to work. 11:30 pm we get an email, I have 1:10 pm. So I go to look at the pairings, Rory and Sepp Straka. Holy *** Am I in a dream?? I feel pretty fortunate to have been so lucky. So where the other days, the golfers would introduce themselves on the tee box. Sepp did but not Rory. I think I get it..Rory comes to the tee with thousands screaming, he was in such a competitive focused frame of mind, no distractions, fans cheering from tee to green for him every hole. What could top watching DJ..watching Rory from feet away go on to shoot a 64 on moving day. The coolest though again was once he came out of the scoring tent. I was like kind of in awe that Rory is approaching me lol, but almost as if suddenly he was just a different person. No more crowds , small setting just us, comes out shake my hand, thank me, I got a great pic with him, had him sign a ball with 64 on it. He was out of his competitive mode and just so relaxed. BTW Sepp is super nice guy, seems like he has a lot of talent. But trouble on the greens, kind of like Corey the day before. I asked him what he thought about the crowd noise. He loved it and embraced, the only time he got messed up was when one person yelled some comment during his Backswing. He qualifed for the open this week so I will be watching for his name with interest.
Final day, ended up with Ben crane again and Sepp of all things. Sort of ended where it all started.
Just an amazing experience that I will never forget in my life .I could not have asked for a better week. If anyone has wanted to give it a go and maybe not volunteered. Please try it once in your life.
who gave me the opportunity to take 5 days away from the family to give this a go.
WED AM Pro am-First shift, I get paired with Scott Piercy-maybe was a great way to start. Pretty quiet guy, not much more to say than that lol Paired with 4 very nice Amateurs, was able to get some conversation in with them. Finished 9 and moved on waiting for the next pro to come out, Ben Crane. Ben and his Caddy Joel were so nice, really talkative with the Ams. I got to chat with Ben for a bit when he mentioned he was from Nashville as my wife and I just booked a trip there. What I found interesting about this first day is that being able to walk inside the ropes makes you feel like your in even though your not lol. I was able to take snacks, water, see everything up close, walk places spectators can't go. Then it poured and when everyone around is pulling out umbrellas, and being the first to get whisked away in courtesy cars-the feeling of being in, nope I am on the outs getting soaked holding a sign lol
So I knew at the time I had a afternoon Friday Pairing-12:50 pm. Then they released the pairings-DJ, Correy Conners and Jim Furyk..are you kidding me. I better not F this up lol What a treat to watch these 3 play. Dustin had a good day going, Jim was solid and Corey was fighting the cut line all day. You could kind of feel the pressure mounting on him. A few missed putts here and there. Unfortunately he didn't make the cut. What's really cool is hanging out at the scorer's building after the round. They come out, thank you , talk with you and give you a signed ball. Corey was pretty bummed and you could see it in his eyes. Oh by the way, we did notice Paulina walking the fairways on a few holes It's amazing how her and a friend just blending in with the crowd. (I thinking maybe the friend could have been DJ'S brothers wife) but not sure.
So as we do no not know what's happening for Friday. The team chair is waiting for tee times to assign to us, all I knew was I was on the list to work. 11:30 pm we get an email, I have 1:10 pm. So I go to look at the pairings, Rory and Sepp Straka. Holy *** Am I in a dream?? I feel pretty fortunate to have been so lucky. So where the other days, the golfers would introduce themselves on the tee box. Sepp did but not Rory. I think I get it..Rory comes to the tee with thousands screaming, he was in such a competitive focused frame of mind, no distractions, fans cheering from tee to green for him every hole. What could top watching DJ..watching Rory from feet away go on to shoot a 64 on moving day. The coolest though again was once he came out of the scoring tent. I was like kind of in awe that Rory is approaching me lol, but almost as if suddenly he was just a different person. No more crowds , small setting just us, comes out shake my hand, thank me, I got a great pic with him, had him sign a ball with 64 on it. He was out of his competitive mode and just so relaxed. BTW Sepp is super nice guy, seems like he has a lot of talent. But trouble on the greens, kind of like Corey the day before. I asked him what he thought about the crowd noise. He loved it and embraced, the only time he got messed up was when one person yelled some comment during his Backswing. He qualifed for the open this week so I will be watching for his name with interest.
Final day, ended up with Ben crane again and Sepp of all things. Sort of ended where it all started.
Just an amazing experience that I will never forget in my life .I could not have asked for a better week. If anyone has wanted to give it a go and maybe not volunteered. Please try it once in your life.
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