I am volunteering this year
You need to do four 8 hour shifts so it can be demanding. Lots of standing and some stress for if you screw up
it can be serious. As we are not all that well trained, to understand golf rules and golf etiquette and to have a sensitivity to the golfers is important. They come first not the patrons IMHO but golf patrons are very understanding and fun to talk to.
My biggest peev is the American TV crew running around on golf carts. You tell them to hold and they will ignore you.
First volunteer to spot an errand shot gets lasered by the camera so the TV crew knows the distance and you signal them
the situation, ( out of bounds etc ) so spotters need to be trained on signalling. Fun stuff, you do not want to fuck up.
Tons of volunteers but they are not overkill as you cannot have too many things to do to stop fuckups.
Volunteers no showed today so I was doing two jobs.
Felt stress at start but after a few hours I felt confident I had the 13 hole figured out. I fucked up once
as I was watching the signal guy who holds up orange batons telling you golfer is addressing ball and
points to where ball is going.
I was 350 yards away so he was hard to spot so I stood on edge of fairway to read the signals so I could figure out
when to let patrons cross. They sent a cart down to tell me the golfers could see me so become invisible.
Course is long but fairways wide and greens are easy
I thought they would eat course up and they are doing just that.
A couple of 9 unders and course is a par 70. Unless the wind picks up winner is gonna be more than 20 under and someone will break the magic 60 score
Got a fun hole called the rink. Easy par 3 with hockey boards you can bang on
as they want a noise hole that cheers for hole in one
Huge crowds follow Rory and the Canadians
The more active you are the more fun as you gotta make quick decisions and stay alert always.
I try to get the position with the most responsibility and I was constantlty going back and forth and up and down the slope beside the farway. My legs are tired.
I feel I did well as captain of the hole asked me my opinion of best way to do my job when players laid up.
I said we should hold back patrons from crossing as a worse case senario would interfer with golfers . She agreed patrons gotta wait for the shot before crossing then I said they will also will now have to wait some more until next group teed off or they would be a visual distraction. May not sound like much of a decision but for my first crew I did OK as she took my advice so I got her trust.
Love watching the golfers swing but watching the ball like you do on TV is not happening as ball becomes invisible real fast
You need to do four 8 hour shifts so it can be demanding. Lots of standing and some stress for if you screw up
it can be serious. As we are not all that well trained, to understand golf rules and golf etiquette and to have a sensitivity to the golfers is important. They come first not the patrons IMHO but golf patrons are very understanding and fun to talk to.
My biggest peev is the American TV crew running around on golf carts. You tell them to hold and they will ignore you.
First volunteer to spot an errand shot gets lasered by the camera so the TV crew knows the distance and you signal them
the situation, ( out of bounds etc ) so spotters need to be trained on signalling. Fun stuff, you do not want to fuck up.
Tons of volunteers but they are not overkill as you cannot have too many things to do to stop fuckups.
Volunteers no showed today so I was doing two jobs.
Felt stress at start but after a few hours I felt confident I had the 13 hole figured out. I fucked up once
as I was watching the signal guy who holds up orange batons telling you golfer is addressing ball and
points to where ball is going.
I was 350 yards away so he was hard to spot so I stood on edge of fairway to read the signals so I could figure out
when to let patrons cross. They sent a cart down to tell me the golfers could see me so become invisible.
Course is long but fairways wide and greens are easy
I thought they would eat course up and they are doing just that.
A couple of 9 unders and course is a par 70. Unless the wind picks up winner is gonna be more than 20 under and someone will break the magic 60 score
Got a fun hole called the rink. Easy par 3 with hockey boards you can bang on
as they want a noise hole that cheers for hole in one
Huge crowds follow Rory and the Canadians
The more active you are the more fun as you gotta make quick decisions and stay alert always.
I try to get the position with the most responsibility and I was constantlty going back and forth and up and down the slope beside the farway. My legs are tired.
I feel I did well as captain of the hole asked me my opinion of best way to do my job when players laid up.
I said we should hold back patrons from crossing as a worse case senario would interfer with golfers . She agreed patrons gotta wait for the shot before crossing then I said they will also will now have to wait some more until next group teed off or they would be a visual distraction. May not sound like much of a decision but for my first crew I did OK as she took my advice so I got her trust.
Love watching the golfers swing but watching the ball like you do on TV is not happening as ball becomes invisible real fast
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