Amazing events like this
can't run without volunteers.
And the same is true right here in Sylvania.
Volunteering runs the gamut of assignments.
There's a whole lot people are
doing out here. Absolutely.
When it comes to player service,
it comes to things like media assistance,
scoring control, right?
The list just goes on and on. Yes.
So we're bringing in our friend Greg Gedham,
who is one of the hundreds of volunteers,
and he's joining us this morning.
And Greg, you've been doing
this for a while now. Good
morning. Thank you for inviting me.
This is my fifth year volunteering
and you've been watching the Dana Open
for a number of years.
I think I remember when it was
still out at Stone Oak and and this.
It's been great to see this
tournament evolve and get
better each and every year.
So wonderful. What what do you
do as a volunteer out here?
I have been serving in the media room,
which is right over there helping.
Individuals such as yourself receive
your credentials and you need to go
to hole number 7 and take some video.
I do that and so I'm going
to be volunteering tomorrow,
Saturday and Sunday in the afternoons
and they treat us like kings and
Queens and that's important.
They respect our time.
They don't pigeonhole us in putting me in
accounting because you don't want that.
Or I saw your episode on technology,
you don't want me there.
And so they respect your time and they.
Get the shirts and the hats and
the tree and there's a volunteer
appreciation dinner next week and they
feed us and it couldn't be better.
So this
sounds like a really good job.
I am wondering how did you
get involved and how do other
people sign up to be volunteers?
It's very easy.
I've know I've known Judd for.
100 years and I just in retirement,
I said I need to start giving back
for a number of reasons and I started
doing that went to their website and
it's easy because you can do it online
and if you if you sign up in the first
several weeks of the first year,
it's the early bird registration and
you get a discount on registration.
So it's just they.
They treat you with so much respect.
It's a lot of fun.
You see people here that you haven't
seen in a year and and it's just it's
there's no other place to be this week,
correct.
Sounds like you really enjoy it.
You love it.
And I'm sure you would encourage others to
volunteer if they have an opportunity to.
Absolutely.
If you want to give back to this community,
I give back because my daughter
and Soninlaw spent some time
in the Ronald McDonald House
when my granddaughter was born.
She needed a she had an antibiotic.
Shot she just nothing serious.
But needed to be in the hospital,
to the hospital for a few more
days and so they took care of them
staying there feeding them that was
that was taken off their plate.
And so these charities are just
very special and this year.
In terms of history,
it'll go over the $14 million that is.
It's remarkable. Absolutely.
And you never know when you might
need one of those charities,
as you mentioned. And so one of,
you know, 1616 charities that
this is going to give back to.
So wonderful, you know,
over the years that you've been volunteering,
what is some of the,
do you have any like cool stories
or did you get up, you know,
get to talk with any of the players,
anything like that,
not so much the players because
now we're into the tournament.
Now it's game time,
the members of the media in this.
Market are just outstanding to
work with as thank you for coming,
stop it stop it.
It's paying you and
and it's it's fun to see individuals such
as yourself and chat with them and then.
The national media from CNN and Golf World,
and they come through and you just
try to help them and guide them.
And there was a reporter here
two years ago from Paducah,
KY and I thought, what in the world?
It turned out a woman from
Paducah was in the tournament.
So you guide them.
To meet up with her and get
the story and make their life
as easy as possible. Well,
thank you for doing that.
You're welcome. We like to get
those stories out there, you know,
for people watching at home.
Important work.
So thank you for being here.
Thank you. Thanks for being here.
It's for joining us.
You know this, this
tournament is special because.
The public sector comes out,
the private sector, the media,
everybody's out here.
Look at these signs.
Everybody steps up, including WTOL.
Thanks for doing this. We're
having a great time. Thanks so
much for joining us and enjoy the
rest of the tournament as well. I
will. I'm going to spend today
a senior day with a buddy of
mine I went to college with.
We we call ourselves seniors, I guess.
So we'll do that. And then again,
great thing about this tournament
is you volunteer for a few hours.
And then the rest of you can watch the
best women in the world play golf.
You're already here and we're
seeing something special.
A 15 year old is playing in his tournament.
Yes, I'm really rooting for
her and hope she goes far.
So this is a special time and place.
It is
cool. Greg, thank you so much.
You're welcome. We appreciate it.
Well, we'll have
a little bit more from Highland
Meadows Golf Club and the
2023LPGA. Dana open when good
day on the road continues.