This Committee is currently recruiting.

Volunteers are a part of the Scoring Committee and are responsible for recording each golf shot by using trigger-type lasers, survey grade lasers, and a palm device. Operators are needed for both the fairway and greenside lasers (located in small towers). Training and on-site support will be provided by PGA TOUR ShotLink staff. There will be a mandatory meeting to attend the weekend prior to tournament.

Volunteers are needed Thursday through Sunday. Wednesday is a practice day for running the laser equipment. On Thursday and Friday volunteers may choose half day or full day shifts. In order for you to receive your preferred assignment, it is best to volunteer for full days on Thursday and Friday. Saturday and Sunday must be full day shifts.

Featured Story: Kay Wheeler
2004

When the pros tee off at the 2004 Wachovia Championship, the Laser Operators go into action.

Laser Operators?

That's right. The Laser Operators are part of the tremendous volunteer staff that makes the Tournament run smoothly. As part of the "Scoring Committee," the Laser Operators are responsible for recording a golfer's shot by using a trigger type laser and a palm device.

Because of the responsibilities of this role, it's important to have people with a golf background to be able to anticipate the golfers shots. And Kay Wheeler is a perfect choice.

Kay is President of the NC Women's Golf Association, and has volunteered at 10 professional tournaments, including this year's Wachovia Championship. "I have worked three US Open's (Men's and Women's), the Home Depot, and LPGA events. I have also worked as a marshal, a greenside recorder for an NBC TV crew, and for the Golf Channel as a spotter."

The duties of her job as a Laser Operator include "being able to respond quickly as the ball lands." The information Kay records is then immediately sent for television coverage.

Kay worked on the Laser Committee last year and says, "On many holes it is helpful to coordinate with the Marshals as to when the players have hit and where the ball has landed. This was particularly true last year on 17 when we could not see the flight of the ball to the green (we were blocked from seeing the tee box by the 17th grandstand). Often times if the ball went in the water we needed a Marshal to help identify the location the ball entered the water. When David Duval hit 2 into the water on 17 we were really scrambling to get the first one lasered and recorded before he hit his second and then third shots."

Volunteering is more than a pastime for Kay. "In my profession as a physical therapist, I work with golfers every day to help them improve their physical performance with golf fitness training, so participating in the tournament gives me additional first hand experience watching the best golf swings on tour."

We appreciate the dedication Kay, and all the Ambassadors, give to the Wachovia Championship.