Diary of a PGA marshal

Diary of a PGA marshal

Diary of a PGA marshal

Welcome to the Diary of a PGA TOUR marshal. These entries are taken directly from my journal as a volunteer at PGA TOUR and USGA events, starting with my first day in 2009 and continuing up to the present time. The most recent event is listed at the top, followed by subsequent tournament days in sequential order. You'll also read about some of my golf travel experiences and opinions pieces on the state of professional golf along the way. My intent is to share my experiences and attempt to provide a window into what is otherwise a relatively unknown view of PGA TOUR life, as witnessed by a volunteer marshal, who initially didn't know quite what I was getting involved with, but which has exceeded all of my expectations. Wyn Morton

Saturday

Championship Saturday, 6/27/26



 



Having fully recovered from yesterday‘s heat exhaustion episode, I was really looking forward to getting back into walking scorer mode, despite having received an email requesting I show up 45 minutes earlier than planned for a 9:25 teetime with Ludvig Ã…berg and Harry Hall. Again, Tom was the sign bearer, which was great as we worked really well together at the ProAm and he was terrific company throughout an 18 hole walk. Today was a better weather situation, around 80°.  The gallery for Aberg and Hall was decent, but nothing like Scheffler’s. At the start, both players and their respective caddies were all extremely polite and introduced themselves. We wished everyone good luck. Our round went smoothly in that I pretty much had full confidence in my ability to maneuver my way through the complex scoring process. I even had to register an out of bounds penalty for Aberg on the 12th hole, which didn’t throw me. There were later one or two hiccups which I was able to correct in the device, including needing to call in a correction to our producer, situated in Florida. After we finished, Tom and I hung around the scoring area and received a signed ball from Harry Hall. He was very gracious and thanked us again. It all in all was a nearly perfect day in this new volunteering capacity, only requiring 13,667 steps. Easy!

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