Well, after my first day of volunteering at the BCO, I have a few brief thoughts:
1. Watching practice rounds can actually be kinda boring because you can't tell what's going through the players' heads as well as you can when you know exactly what their goal is. I couldn't help but wonder if Vijay was trying his hardest to hit into the bunkers/rough/miss putts and in general look like me out there.
2. I felt sorry for the guys doing security at the door to the clubhouse because I, as a "roving" security volunteer, basically got to wonder freely and just watch people play.
3. I have new respect for the word "rough"
4. I would like to be a member of a REALLY expensive private club because the courses really can be that much better in terms of design and maintenance
5. Jesper is one cool dude
6. Golfers have really started to go outside the box when it comes to outfits and I, for one, think it's pimp
7. The amount of work that goes into organizing an event like this must be immense. There's a lot going on and it all seems to be going smoothly.
8. Being able to take pictures on Mon-Wed is effin cool. I'll post some another day when I'm not so tired because I had to get up at 4:30 this morning to be there on time.
9. Getting up at 4:30am to volunteer on a relatively boring day is pretty shitty. Scratch that, getting up at 4:30am is pretty shitty, period.
10. Vijay's a funny guy and most of the other pros seem to like him. He seems to like joking around with the guys.
11. Pat Perez looks like an ******* in person, too.
12. Apparently Mike Weir is actually a bit of a git, from what I heard today.
13. I should remember to bring my Sharpie tomorrow. I generally don't care that much for autographs, but they'll serve as a nice memory.
14. Some people that watch golf are effin lame. One of the security volunteers was the biggest knob I've ever met in my life. So annoying, and wouldn't shut up.
15. I should stick with a group next time because apparently Leggatt holed out from the fairway on a long par 4 shortly after I left to go see what was going on elsewhere.
16. Their bad shots have got nothing on mine. I can hit bad shots SO much worse than they can. Pfft.
1. Watching practice rounds can actually be kinda boring because you can't tell what's going through the players' heads as well as you can when you know exactly what their goal is. I couldn't help but wonder if Vijay was trying his hardest to hit into the bunkers/rough/miss putts and in general look like me out there.
2. I felt sorry for the guys doing security at the door to the clubhouse because I, as a "roving" security volunteer, basically got to wonder freely and just watch people play.
3. I have new respect for the word "rough"
4. I would like to be a member of a REALLY expensive private club because the courses really can be that much better in terms of design and maintenance
5. Jesper is one cool dude
6. Golfers have really started to go outside the box when it comes to outfits and I, for one, think it's pimp
7. The amount of work that goes into organizing an event like this must be immense. There's a lot going on and it all seems to be going smoothly.
8. Being able to take pictures on Mon-Wed is effin cool. I'll post some another day when I'm not so tired because I had to get up at 4:30 this morning to be there on time.
9. Getting up at 4:30am to volunteer on a relatively boring day is pretty shitty. Scratch that, getting up at 4:30am is pretty shitty, period.
10. Vijay's a funny guy and most of the other pros seem to like him. He seems to like joking around with the guys.
11. Pat Perez looks like an ******* in person, too.
12. Apparently Mike Weir is actually a bit of a git, from what I heard today.
13. I should remember to bring my Sharpie tomorrow. I generally don't care that much for autographs, but they'll serve as a nice memory.
14. Some people that watch golf are effin lame. One of the security volunteers was the biggest knob I've ever met in my life. So annoying, and wouldn't shut up.
15. I should stick with a group next time because apparently Leggatt holed out from the fairway on a long par 4 shortly after I left to go see what was going on elsewhere.
16. Their bad shots have got nothing on mine. I can hit bad shots SO much worse than they can. Pfft.