I volunteered to work at the US Open.........

[Sam Morrow]

Closer to 20 minutes.

Thanks Mike!

[Joe Bausch]

Closer to 20 minutes.

Not so fast lead foot!

[Kevin_Reilly]

I can understand making volunteers pay for their kit but then refund them per shift, surely after four shifts the kit should be free.

In past Opens, and I assume this one as well, for the volunteer "fee" you also get a week-long pass to the event.  So a decent deal, IMHO.

[Jon Wiggett]

I can understand making volunteers pay for their kit but then refund them per shift, surely after four shifts the kit should be free.

In past Opens, and I assume this one as well, for the volunteer "fee" you also get a week-long pass to the event.  So a decent deal, IMHO.

Not really. Scottish Open you get clothing, free parking work 4 hour shift and have full 5 day pass. That is what it should be. The USGA could comfortably afford to be a little more generous but seem to just lack class

Jon

[mike_malone]

Hole #7 Marshall on Monday Friday afternoon and Sunday morning----the end of the earth!

[David Amarnek]

I'm volunteering at the practice area on the West course.  Should be awesome to see the pros practice up close and personal.
I live out-of-state and just got the kit.  Nice jacket and hat; shirts are ok. 
Any GCA get-together announced that I may have missed???

[Joe Bausch]

Does anyone know if you have a single day ticket will it allow leaving and re-entering on that day?

Edit:  to answer my own post, yes, you can re-enter (I believe a max of 4 'visits' per day).

[Mike Hendren]

Would GCA members working the event please wear their ball caps backwards so we can easily identify them?

Bogey

[Ed Brzezowski]

How do you wear a bucket hat backwards??

[Mike_Trenham]

For this crowd top 100 logo at the back.

[Ed Brzezowski]

Mike,
I was thinking inside out, but I like your idea. Maybe have Pine Oak Winged National stitched on too?

[Matthew Petersen]

My Dad has volunteered at multiple USGA-run events, as well as several run by the PGA. He much prefers the way the USGA runs their events.

One of the huge issues with volunteer work force is of course that people may not show up. The fee is at least partly to help weed out those who wouldn't take the job seriously. As someone earlier mentioned, one way to deal with that would be to refund the fee assuming all shifts were worked. On the other hand, from what I have been told, the food, clothes, and etc provided are well worth the expense.