Volunteer Newsletter December 2014

WALK WITH HISTORY

FRENCH LICK | MAY 19 - 24, 2015 | SRPGA.COM

GREETINGS FROM THE GENERAL CHAIR Welcome to the Volunteer Team for the 2015 Senior PGA Championship presented by KitchenAid. I hope all is well and you are looking forward to another wonderful holiday season. On behalf of the entire Planning Team, I would like to thank you for THE HISTORY OF THE SENIOR PGA CHAMPIONSHIP making the commitment to serve 1937 – Jock Hutchison wins the inaugural Senior PGA Championship as a volunteer for this world-class at Augusta National. Major Championship that will be held May 19-24, 1937 – The Alfred S. Bourne Trophy was commissioned and created by 2015 at The Pete Dye Course at French Lick. Tiffany’s for $1,500. 1940 – Jock Hutchison and set a record that still This is an extraordinary opportunity for not only our stands today, playing a 36-hole playoff during the fourth Senior region but the great state of Indiana. With the PGA Championship with PGA Professional, Hackbarth, coming Championship being broadcasted to 250 million out victorious. homes in 160 countries and territories, we have a great 1943-44 – No Championship played due to World War II. opportunity to show the world what Southern Indiana is all about. You do not need to look far to see the 1954 –  wins the 15th Senior PGA Championship at PGA National. support from the great people of our communities; we have over 1,300 registered volunteers from all over the 1964 –  wins his first of a record setting, six Senior PGA tri-state area! Championships. 1973 – Sam Snead sets the Senior PGA Championship 72-hole scoring This newsletter is the first of several communications record with a 20 under, 268. Snead also won by a record breaking you will receive in the upcoming months. Our 15 shots. objective is to keep you informed of Senior 1980 –  takes down the field at Isle Country Championship preparations, important dates, and Club to win his first Senior PGA Championship. other items of interest. If you have any questions 1986 –  wins his first of three Senior PGA Championships regarding the information in the newsletters, please at PGA National Golf Club in Palm Beach Gardens, FL. do not hesitate to contact the 2015 Senior PGA 1991 –  wins his first and only Senior PGA Championship. Championship Office at (812) 226-0555 or 1996-1998 –  wins a record setting three straight Senior PGA [email protected]. Championships. 2001 – The Senior PGA Championship hits the road after 18 years The PGA of America, KitchenAid and French Lick at PGA National. The Ridgewood Country Club in Paramus, NJ Resort look forward to hosting the 2015 Senior PGA witnesses win his first, of two, Senior Championship at the Pete Dye Course. We sincerely PGA Championships. appreciate your commitment and enthusiasm as we 2011 – The first Senior PGA Championship presented by KitchenAid move forward in our preparations. is hosted in Louisville, KY at Valhalla Golf Club. 2013 – The first Japanese Champion is crowned as Khoki Idoki wins Warmest regards, the 74th Senior PGA Championship presented by KitchenAid. 2014 – Colin Montgomerie takes home his first title on US soil and first Major Championship winning the 75th Senior PGA Championship presented by KitchenAid. Steve Ferguson General Chair @seniorpgachamp Facebook.com/SPGAKitchenAid MARK YOUR CALENDARS: COLIN MONTGOMERIE UNIFORM & CREDENTIAL EARNS FIRST MAJOR DISTRIBUTION OF STORIED CAREER AT SENIOR PGA CHAMPIONSHIP Due to circumstances beyond our control, we will now be hosting Uniform & Credential Distribution APRIL 24-26, 2015. It was originally communicated that we would be shipping your uniforms directly to your address of choice. This has since been changed; now volunteers will be able to pick-up their uniforms, along with their credentials during these dates. We will still hold committee training session as scheduled. You will receive detailed information about this in our next volunteer newsletter.

Colin Montgomerie learned something about playing major championship golf at the age of 51 in the Senior PGA Championship presented by KitchenAid at Harbor Shores. “I learned today to concentrate on me, and possibly I haven’t in the past,” the Scot said Sunday after shooting a 6-under 65 for a four-stroke victory over 64-year-old Tom Watson. “We’re always learning and today I concentrated on my own play and could only worry about myself.” The victory was his first as a senior, his first in seven years and his first KEEP YOUR CONTACT in an official event in the . He also claimed a senior major in his fifth attempt, something he didn’t accomplish in 71 majors in his INFORMATION UPDATED regular tour days. As we plan for the Championship, there will be times Montgomerie, whose greatest moments in golf have been in when we will need to contact you via telephone, mail competition, finished at 13-under 261 for his first victory since he took and/or e-mail. It is important for us to have your the 2007 for his 31st European Tour title. current contact information. If your contact information changes any time (continued on next page) between now and the Championship, please make the appropriate updates by visiting VOLUNTEER SCHEDULING www.pga.com/2015SPGAVolunteer or by In January, most volunteers will be asked to login to their volunteer contacting the Senior PGA Championship profile and complete a shift preference that is specific to their Office at (812) 226-0555 or via e-mail at volunteer committee. This will give each volunteer an opportunity [email protected]. Thank you! to indicate the preferred days and times they would like to volunteer. This will also give volunteers the ability to make any special requests regarding their schedule, such as working double shifts, or volunteering YOUR ONLINE with a friend or family member. VOLUNTEER PROFILE Volunteer shift preferences will be given to each committees The PGA of America has an online Volunteer chairperson or hole captain to help aide them in the scheduling Management System. You may access this system process. All preferences will be taken into careful consideration when to view your personal Volunteer Profile. Simply completing volunteer schedules for the week of the Championship. visit www.pga.com/2015SPGAVolunteer to Please understand the scheduling process takes a lot of time and effort, view your contact information, uniform sizes, and while every attempt will be made to accommodate your requests, past communications and other Senior PGA not all requests can be granted. We appreciate your flexibility in this Championship information. matter. If you cannot remember your login username Please note, each committee operates on its own schedule and and password, simply follow the directions under therefore shift times may vary from committee to committee. “Forgotten Password.” Final schedules will be mailed to volunteers in early April 2015. (continued from previous page) “I was caught,” he said. “It was between seven or eight players Watson also closed with a 65, and and that could actually win there. Those birdies were the key.” tied for third at 7 under. Haas had a 67, and Langer shot 70. Montgomerie headed home to with a first-place Montgomerie offered some comic relief on the final hole when check of $378,000 and his name on the Alfred S. Bourne he pulled his final approach some 20 yards only to get a bounce Trophy. The win also netted him a lifetime exemption to the off the grandstand. The ball rolled to the middle of the green to Senior PGA Championship, and 2014 exemptions for the PGA set up a tap-in par. Championship, Senior British Open and U.S. Senior Open. “I feel fantastic, really, superb,” he said. “There’s a motto: `If Watson, who made a bid to be the oldest player to win a senior you fail and fail, you come back and try again.’ I’ve had a couple event of any kind, had five consecutive pars to end his round of failures here in America and close calls, especially in major while missing several birdie chances. He hit 17 of 18 greens in championships, and it’s great to finally win, never mind a regulation. Champions Tour event, but a Senior PGA Championship event.” “It was one of the best rounds from tee to green that I played in Watson put a charge in the tournament when he made birdies years,” Watson said. “It was really, really good, but the putter felt on the second and fifth holes and started the back nine with like a snake in my hands. I missed a lot of short putts today. It consecutive birdies to pull within one shot of the lead. He could have been a much better scoring round of golf.” missed a 4-foot birdie putt at the short par-5 15th hole that Bernhard Langer, playing with Montgomerie for a fourth would have put him within one shot again. consecutive round, hit his tee shot at No. 11 in the hazard right “Yeah that was the roadblock right there,” Watson said. of the green and ended up making double bogey on the 140-yard “I needed to make four there to keep the pressure on.” par 3. It put him four shots behind Montgomerie at the time. Montgomerie made a charge of his own. He birdied Nos. 8, 9 Montgomerie is the third Scot to win senior golf’s oldest and 10 and, with precise iron shots and clutch putting, also made championship, and the first since Jock Hutchison won his birdies at 12, 14 and 15 to pull away. He said the birdies in the second Senior PGA in 1940. middle of the round were the key. Story courtesy of pga.com

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