Volunteers Make Competitive Golf Possible

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Volunteers Make Competitive Golf Possible
      

When Tiger Woods won the U.S. Open at Torrey Pines in June he did it with a supporting cast. He had his wife and friends in attendance, but the U.S. Open depends on hundreds of volunteers, as is the case with all competitions in golf from the junior level to the game's premier national championship. Even the broadcast of the event on NBC requires a team of volunteers to assist the network crew in the television broadcast.

To discuss the importance of voluntarism to the sport, I interviewed Gene McClure of Atlanta (GA), recipient of the 2008 Joe Dey Award of the USGA, which recognizes an individual's meritorious service to the game.

The interview with Gene follows ...
         

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