That Damn Phone To His Ear

This week I was fortunate to do double-duty at the Wyndham Championship: working as a Headquarters Chairman as well as a part-time media guy (thanks to Erik at The Sand Trap and to Rob Goodman at the Wyndham). I hear a lot and see a lot that happens backstage at a PGA Tour event. It probably isn't a stretch to say that keeping track of everything requires a tenuous dance of thousands of people around the ropes that enclose our friendly neighborhood touring professionals.

Late Saturday afternoon I had the opportunity to hear a member of the "established" print media go ballistic to me. Now this fellow had no idea that I have been writing for The Sand Trap all week, nor would he have cared if I had told him.

There was some ribald language and something about doing a story on "what these people talk about on their phones all the time." Well, I am scooping your story, because I know what they are talking about from 5am to the close of play each day!

The kind that pop up at large events like golf tournaments. Generators running low on diesel fuel. You know there needs to be electricity to power the air conditioning in the luxury boxes and to keep the scoreboards shining. Concession stands running out of ice. Volunteers that don't know their assignment. Handicapped people needing to be shuttled to a specific hole from the front gate.

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So, to say something ignorant about why staff members are always on the phone (they actually aren't because I see them without their phones quite often in headquarters) is, well, ignorant. Oh, I forgot to mention dealing with things like transportation and lodging for PGA Tour players and their wives. All via mobile numbers.

I hope this helps to clarify that communication is absolutely essential during this kind of event that occurs over hundreds of acres. People should understand that their question, though important, might be coming in the midst of a crisis that has to be dealt with immediately.

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