Deutche Bank Championship

After Hurricane Irene had hit I was sent to help out at TPC Boston for the Deutche Bank Championship, a PGA Fedex Cup tournament. It was a great week that I got to rake extraordinary bunkers, mow greens that had more undulations than I have ever seen, and experience the amount of detail that goes into every aspect such as plugging pre-existing divots in fairways and putting colored sand in ballmarks to try to hide them. When TV and professional golfers are involved many things that you don't even think of on a daily basis become major issues.

It was such a great experience and I enjoyed meeting the entire TPC staff. They were very welcoming to the volunteers and made it known how much our help was appreciated. I am greatful for TPC Boston for having me and enjoyed every minute of being there. The tournament turned out great and everyone enjoyed it.

Bau and I mowed 18 green all week.

Hurricane Irene

Right at the end of my stay in Rhode Island we found out Hurricane Irene was heading our way. We took plenty of precautions as we were expecting worse conditions than we actually received. The original prediction was that we would receive 8 inches of rain and Category 1 level winds 75+ mph. We only received 2 inches of rain, but still had 75+ mph winds. It was techincally classed a Tropical Storm when we were hit but it still caused a lot of chaos and took out the power for 2 days.

We had tons of tree damage on the course and had to flush 4 of our fairways because they were submerged in salt-water from the Narragansett Bay flooding our bayside holes. 17 looked like an island green while the water was rising. It was an incredible thing to see.

The first thing my dad said to me before I went to Rhode Island was "You're going to hit by a hurricane, what are you doing?" Well,  the last thing I thought would happen would be getting hit by a hurricane. Thankfully everyone was okay.