Travelers Championship   Saturday   Round Three, June 21, 2025

Another terrific start to the day with our meeting delayed until 8 AM. I had a pleasant chat with a couple of my Marshals from earlier in the week Matt and Julia, who actually work together at Travelers Insurance. They’re still buzzed about their experiences with marshaling over the past two days. I am assigned to Patrick Cantlay and Eric Cole for 1:45 this afternoon which is an odd pairing in that they will not draw a large gallery, but the circumstances are such that we will be sandwiched between Rory‘s group at 1:35 and Keegan‘s group at 1:55. I spoke with Greg Hammond, and we are of like minds that our small group of two MA's (me and Kara) will be roving between both of those much larger galleries to fill in the gaps as things get wild this afternoon. 

I had a nice chat with Jim “the Mayor” who asked me how it worked out finding my lost car key and he was happy that it was a positive outcome. I also sat down for a leisurely breakfast with Bill and Ellen Gerke, who I have known forever from Boston and Cromwell, and we shared a number of past experiences, most recently involving the LPGA as walking scorers at last year's FM Championship. Evidently, Ellen got stuck acting as a sign bearer for a round or two and says she “will never do that again!”

So, with roughly 4 hours to kill, I grabbed some extra food and water and headed to my car. I was able to move it to a shaded area which will make for a much more pleasant rest spot. I texted my family about my assignment for today and also reached out to Chris Rogers to update him on what has transpired over the week. He so wishes he could get back to the Travelers and he loves hearing some of the details of our Marshal experiences. I eventually got lunch and sat with all of the marshaling big wigs in the volunteer villa. I then headed out and sat in the shade at the ninth green and gave Mary a call and had a very pleasant chat, updating her on the week so far. 

When it got close to our tee off time, Greg texted me saying he got an extra marshal for our crew Cheuleun Kim, who I had worked with last year. I was more than happy to have him help us out. As it turns out, we had enough gallery to justify our small crew, so it was a perfect workload. My initial plan to assist and monitor the group in front with Rory and the group behind with Keegan never materialized, both of those groups never coalesced into one massive gallery, which had been my concern. It was a hot day though, in the low 90s, and I spent a fair amount of time seeking out water and snacks for my crew so that they wouldn’t wilt, me too. Using the ice wrap around my neck was a lifesaver as well. I was refilling it seemingly at every fourth tee box cooler. When we finished up, we took a quick selfie at the 18th green and that was it for the day.