Golf Volunteers

Ryder Cup 2018 Team Europe Complete

Ryder Cup 2018 Team Europe is now complete. The captain's picks happened and the team is poised to match up with Ryder Cup 2018 Team USA in just a few weeks. You can always debate the captain's picks, but the decision is final and we are all looking forward to an exciting tournament.

Team members as per rankings:

Captain's picks (in alphabetical order):

Ryder Cup 2018 Team Europe

Captain Thomas Bjorn will be joined by the following Vice Captains:

Special Olympics Athletes Visiting The Northern Trust - Player Transportation Helping Out

Wednesday (8/22), Pro-Am Day at The Northern Trust, was also a special day for multiple Special Olympics golfers. The whole afternoon was set aside to allow the athletes to experience the Ridgewood Country Club clubhouse, practice on the range and tee off to play a few holes. Of course, the obligatory 1st Tee photo was taken and later on, during the evening reception handed to the players and their families. The tournament's Player Transportation committee helped, as usual, with shuttling the golfers and families between the hotel and the clubhouse.

About the Special Olympics:
Special Olympics is a global movement of people creating a new world of inclusion and community, where every single person is accepted and welcomed, regardless of ability or disability. We are helping to make the world a better, healthier and more joyful place -- one athlete, one volunteer, one family member at a time.

About The Northern Trust:
The Northern Trust is the 1st play off event for the FedEx Cup and leads up to the TOUR Championship, that concludes the PGA TOUR season.

About golf-volunteers.com:
Golf-Volunteers.com is a community of golf volunteers and aimed to exchange knowledge, experiences and learn about golf volunteer opportunities on the PGA TOUR and the PGA TOUR Champions.

Special treat for The Northern Trust Player Transportation Volunteers

The volunteers in the Player Transportation committee at The Northern Trust received a special 'THANK YOU' from a happy 'customer'. Gestures like this are rare, so this makes it even more special.

Yesterday (Tuesday), one day after the main arrival rush was behind us, the manager of Louis Oosthuizen stopped by our transportation office and dropped off 3 boxes of donuts for our deserving volunteers. That was such a nice THANK YOU for the hard work the volunteer drivers in our committee accomplished over the weekend. On arrival weekend for the tournament (Sat - Mon) alone, already over 200 trips were completed.

The Northern Trust Volunteer Parking

The Northern Trust Volunteer Parking Lot

Volunteer Parking will be located in Lot 9. Address for Lot 9 is at the Garden State Plaza Mall (Lord & Taylor parking lots), 1 Garden State Plaza, Paramus, NJ 07652. Allow ample time to arrive, since there is a shuttle ride involved from the parking lot to the course. Shuttles will run Monday, 8/20 to Sunday, 8/26. Shuttle times are as follows:

Monday 8/20: 6:00am to 7:00pm
Tuesday 8/21: 5:00am to 7:00pm
Wednesday 8/22: 5:00am to 8:00pm
Thursday 8/23: 5:00am to 8:00pm
Friday 8/24: 5:00am to 8:00pm
Saturday 8/25: 5:00am to 8:00pm
Sunday 8/26: 5:00am to 8:00pm

Years ago, Celina volunteered at the Toshiba Classic in Newport Beach, but then - after we've met and the tournament was still in the fall - we had other volunteer obligations at the same time. Last year, 2017, the tournament took a break (due to sponsor negotiations) and finally made it back onto the PGA TOUR Champions schedule for the 2018 season. The tournament also moved to March, which works much better for our schedule. We are both more or less 'newbies' to the tournament now and decided to help out for a few days with Transportation (our favorite committee). As 'newbies', we had to attend the 'general training' and pick up our uniforms in Newport Beach last weekend.

Quite a few 'newbies' showed up and the training was very informative. Big take-away: Have fun and always be in uniform during your shift - oh, and don't drink any adult beverages, when on shift.

With our 'work work' obligations, we have to wait to join our fellow volunteers until the weekend, but are looking forward to meeting some familiar faces from other tournaments (e.g. the Invesco QQQ Championship at Sherwood Country Club or the Genesis Open at Riviera Country Club). Of course, we are also looking forward to seeing a lot of our friendly players and families again. It's been several months, that we saw some of them at the end of the 2017 season at the Charles Schwab Cup Championship in Phoenix, AZ.

It was very nice by the tournament leadership for the Toshiba Classic to approach us and ask, if we can promote golf volunteer opportunities for the tournament here on www.golf-volunteers.com. They provided us with some material, photos and volunteer stories, that we started to post on our Toshiba Classic page. Feel free to check it out and maybe even provide us with more input - or, even better, your personal experience about the tournament. We are looking forward to it. See you at Newport Beach Country Club!!

It’s time for the 147th The Open Championship at Carnoustie

The Open Championship at Carnoustie

There is so much history around The Open and Carnoustie. This week, the tournament is finally back at this historic course for the 147th The Open Championship and we are excited to watch, what conditions nature will present to a star-studded field.

Join us in this excitement and get in the mood with some great memorabilia :).

2018/2019 PGA TOUR schedule announced

Finally, the 2018/2019 PGA TOUR schedule has been announced today (7/10/2018). There are quite some interesting changes:

First of all, the number of FedExCup playoff tournaments has been reduced from previously 4 to now 3. The order will be:

THE NORTHERN TRUST (being played in Boston every other year, starting 2020) with 125 players.
BMW Championship with 70 players.
TOUR Championship with 30 players.

Starting with the 2019/2020 PGA TOUR season, The Houston Open as well as the 'A Military Tribute at The Greenbrier' will move into the fall as early tournaments in the wrap-around season.

We have the full schedule posted on our site, so feel free to check it out.