London, Ontario
August 16, 2013
Our international experience is now over and it's time to head back to the states. The tournament finished up yesterday and we are en route to Bedminster, N.J., for our next tournament at Fiddlers Elbow Country Club.
The AJGA / CJGA Junior Championship was unique for reasons other than its location. First of all there was only 78 players in the field. We have had primarily 144 and 96 player fields this summer. 78 created a change a pace for our crew. We still had to get to the course at a very early hour, but we were done much earlier than normal. The Operations crew had the golf course broken down by 2 pm every day. This was quite the difference, but a welcomed change.
The second unique part about this tournament was the weather. It was extremely cold. I understand we were in Canada, but it’s still mid-August! Every morning we had our sweaters and rain gear on, and we were still cold. The first two rounds also had high winds. Since I wasn't taking pictures this week I was rules officiating groups. The weather plus the wind made rules officiating a cool experience, literally.
To run our tournaments successfully we rely heavily on help from volunteers. Volunteers help get scores, times, spot balls, and deliver water. At some tournaments we have 50-60 volunteers. At this particular tournament we only had 5-6. The tournament still ran as smooth as ever thanks to these volunteers. There weren't many of them but they did a great job, and their positive attitudes made the tournament that much better. Big thanks to Joyce, Khyle, Cal, Taylor, and Alex for great work!
August 16, 2013
Our international experience is now over and it's time to head back to the states. The tournament finished up yesterday and we are en route to Bedminster, N.J., for our next tournament at Fiddlers Elbow Country Club.
The AJGA / CJGA Junior Championship was unique for reasons other than its location. First of all there was only 78 players in the field. We have had primarily 144 and 96 player fields this summer. 78 created a change a pace for our crew. We still had to get to the course at a very early hour, but we were done much earlier than normal. The Operations crew had the golf course broken down by 2 pm every day. This was quite the difference, but a welcomed change.
The second unique part about this tournament was the weather. It was extremely cold. I understand we were in Canada, but it’s still mid-August! Every morning we had our sweaters and rain gear on, and we were still cold. The first two rounds also had high winds. Since I wasn't taking pictures this week I was rules officiating groups. The weather plus the wind made rules officiating a cool experience, literally.
To run our tournaments successfully we rely heavily on help from volunteers. Volunteers help get scores, times, spot balls, and deliver water. At some tournaments we have 50-60 volunteers. At this particular tournament we only had 5-6. The tournament still ran as smooth as ever thanks to these volunteers. There weren't many of them but they did a great job, and their positive attitudes made the tournament that much better. Big thanks to Joyce, Khyle, Cal, Taylor, and Alex for great work!
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| Here I am with some of our great volunteers in Canada |
We left Friday morning and had little trouble crossing the
border. I was surprised at the fact that both ways we had no trouble crossing
the border. I thought with all the stuff we had crossing would be a lengthy process.
Luckily this was not the case.
We were at the Niagara border this morning when we were
coming back to America. Niagara Falls was right next to the border. Naturally
we got out of the cars and looked around for a few minutes. This was a great experience.
I hadn’t been to the falls before, I was really glad to check it out. In person
it is quite a thing to see. The force of the water coming down is remarkable.
Great job by Canada and the US with the placement of this border station.
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| Our view before crossing back into American soil |
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| Paul, Michael, and I at Niagara Falls |
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