THE PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP – EXCITING MOBILE PHONE POLICY CHANGES

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TPC 2018 - MAY 8th - 13th

This iconic Hole 17 on THE ISLAND GREEN at THE PLAYERS STADIUM COURSE, TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida will not be looking so desolate tomorrow! So, come on out and join the fun (May 8th - 13th if you are in the area.) It's promising to be a huge event this year with 2-time winner Tiger Woods back. (Last time he played here was in 2015 – my first year as a volunteer.) And if you happen to stumble by Hole 6, be sure to say “Hi” to me if I am on duty!
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There has been a significant and exciting change in the Mobile Phone Policy this year, which is going to make life so much easier for me as a volunteer marshal. This is my fourth year as a volunteer, and the toughest thing to enforce has always been the Mobile Phone Policy!

If you have attended TPC in the past, you are likely familiar with the old rule that you could not capture video at any time during the tournament. You are probably also familiar with the rule that no photography was allowed during tee-off, at the landing zone and when the players were on the green, except during practice days. You were also not allowed to text except at designated mobile device usage areas.


Old Mobile Device Policy
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Image ©Diane Macdonald. All Rights Reserved.


Drum roll please! Here are the changes in the Mobile Phone Policy for this year from my volunteer guide:
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Image ©Diane Macdonald. All Rights Reserved.


So, as you can see you may now record audio and video as well as take photographs at all time during the tournament week, and you do not need to go to a designated area in order to send texts! Live streaming is not allowed, of course, and images may be posted only to social media sites.

As a volunteer, it's very important that I abide by all the rules, so I double checked to find out if posting to Steemit would be classed as Social Media, and was told that it's OK! So, I will be posting from time to time throughout the week!


Check out the theme and rules for this week's #wiwcontest ending on May 12th at midnight EST.


Thanks for taking the time to read this! I appreciate it. Please check out my photography-101 account here for tips and tutorials about photography.


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It looks so neat and ready :)

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You're so lucky @dmcamera. :) I'd love to be there. Can't wait to see your photos. :)

Hope you have a great time!

There us a guy from Edinburgh volunteering this time too!

You're just rubbing it in now. :)

Hehe! I asked if he was visiting family or friends, but he said he just went online and signed up to volunteer because he always liked to watch it on tv!

Aye, I love watching it myself. The courses are so beautiful in the states and the weathers usually always great so it really is an aesthetically pleasing experience just to watch on TV. I can only imagine how much more beautiful it must be in real life. And I'd love to play the course, of course. :)

I'm pretty sure the USPGA didnt pay for our friend from Edinburghs flights and accomodation etc so I'd love to volunteer but in this instance couldn't afford to. :)

It’s $400 to play the course, but if you volunteer for 36 hours you get a free round to be used in July or August! We get into the tournament all week to watch if we are volunteering, plus we get some perks on golf clothing from past PGA tournaments. Also we get a couple of one time coupons to use - one in the store at the tournament and one at the Superstore. Not bad if you are a golfer!!

Next year TPC will be in March. This past March the weather was great Buckie weather - wind and rain and in the fifties for almost the whole month!!

Yes, I am lucky. A friend came from Scotland to marshal with me one year and she had a blast!

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Great @dmcamera look forward to seeing some Shots from you ( no pun intended lol) Can't wait to see how Tiger does :)

Today was very tiring. I was up at 5 am and now I’m ready for bed!

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