The Circus Has Arrived

But I mean that in a good way. The PGA Tour and FedEx Cup Play-offs have arrived at TPC Boston for the Deutsche Bank Championionship. With our office building which is on site at TPC serving as tournament headquarters, the place is buzzing with activity. The DB staff led by Tournament Director, Eric Baldwin, works full-time, year-round preparing for this one week. Since May they have added about 15 interns to the staff. The 18-wheelers first arrived more than a month ago building the grandstands and scoreboards. It's only gotten busier from there. The FedEx and UPS trucks have been delivering truckloads of boxes for weeks.

The MGA staff (as well as all the other organizations' staffs - Ouimet, WGAM, etc) have to wear lanyards with special badges identifying ourselves to gain entrance to the building. Most of the staff has to park remotely and walk to the office, but the inconveniences are fairly minor. It's an exciting week around the office.

This morning is the Red Sox pro-am. It was an 8:00 shot-gun that features a tour player, Red Sox legend and three amateurs. Tomorrow is just a practice round with another pro-am scheduled for Thursday. The first tournament round is Friday with the Monday, Labor Day finish.

Of course the buzz is Tiger Woods. Word on the street is that he will be arriving early on Wednesday for his first practice round. That usually means about 6:00AM. Tiger likes to get his work done before the crowds arrive.