I just finished my fourth year as a volunteer at the Stanford/St. Jude PGA Championship last week, and I am pretty sure it will be my last. One of our assistant athletic directors at Memphis has been the media coordinator of the tournament for the last 30 years or so.At first glance, it may seem like a really fun job to be working in a PGA golf tournament. But unlike other jobs working in sports like basketball and football, golf isn't as glamorous since you don't really get to watch the event unfold. At the tournament, there is a media center indoors with a bunch of works stations that have computers with live stats, shot-by-shot, of the golfers. The only golf you really get to watch working in the media center is the television broadcasts of the tournament. It is a lot of sitting around all day long.
My job was primarily to answer phones, which don't ring very often anymore because everything is now live on the Internet. I got to escort Boo Weekley to the Media Center for a press conference after he was leading the first day of the tournament. I then brought a microphone to media members with questions during some of the press conferences, including the interview with Justin Leonard after he won the tournament.
We didn't have Tiger Woods in the tournament and Phil Mickelson withdrew last minute. Vijay Singh was in it as well as Sergio Garcia, Bob Estes, Padraig Harrington, Kenny Perry and John Daly. BYU alumnus Dean Wilson was in the lead until the last two holes on the final day when he double bogeyed. Somebody brought in to the media center two clubs he had broken during his melt down.
Tammy and the kids before church on Sunday.
This picture is of the kids and me in my full volunteer uniform on Sunday, the last day of the tournament. The final day of the tournament they did something different and called it Seersucker Sunday. All of the volunteers received these ugly seersucker shorts to wear and the tournament winner was presented a seersucker jacket. Seersucker is a type of material made popular in the South. It is white with thin blue lines and the material feels a lot like a paper bag.
3 comments:
Hi Tammy!
I'm glad you ran into our blog! Your kids have gotten big, they are so cute! So have Candace's, her boys are adorable. Isn't it crazy how time flies!!!!
So I heard you guys aren't coming to Idaho anymore. That's so sad. I totally understand though. Gas prices are so high. We need to plan a family cruise or something where we all meet somewhere for vacation. We miss you guys. I'm glad we have blogs to keep in touch. Now we just need to get Matt and Nikki to make one. Talk to you later. Oh and I like the golf shorts.
I am so glad you found us! We were just talking about you the other day and reminiscing about that concert! Elder Hudson, who used to be in your area is now married and in our ward. We are really good friends with him and his wife and he brought up your name at one point! What a small world! I can't believe how grown up your kids are! They are so cute! I am so excited to be able to keep in touch with you via blogging!!!
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