After watching the morning groups from the side of the fairway (and helping clear out the public around Mike Weir's ball that landed to the left of the ropes) I reported to the tee box at 1100 and got my assignment for the day: working the gate that leads from the green on #2 to the 3rd tee. At first it was pretty easy: close it down as the players putted on #2, then wait until they hit off of #3. But when Tiger's amoeba came the crowd was so packed between the holes that people were unable to move. And while still in that state the following groups needed to cross to the tee. We finally had to just force a path open for them, but people were crossing the ropes and going nuts. The exit gate off of #2 was knocked over and we finally were able to set it up to continue for the rest of the players, but man, what a mess!
After the last group went by the 3rd tee (about 1630) I grabbed me a snack and watched at the 16th green, before heading down to the 17th green for the rest of the day's golf. Once the last group (Johnson & McDowell) finished on 17 I hightailed it to the bus, and finally got back here to the hotel at 2215. That was a long day!
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