Volunteers Needed For 2010
U.S. Senior Open At Sahalee
February 18, 2009

As a member of the United States Golf Association, we invite you to sign up as a volunteer for the 2010 U.S. Senior Open Championship, July 26-Aug. 1, 2010, at Sahalee Country Club in Sammamish, Wash. This is a special opportunity for you to register in advance of the general public and secure your committee of choice.

This is the first time the U.S. Senior Open has been contested in the Pacific Northwest since 1982, when Miller Barber shot a final round 65 at the Portland (Ore.) Golf Club to set the 72-hole Senior Open scoring record of 282. Barber also captured the 1984 and 1985 championships.

Carved out of the majestic Cedar and Douglas Fir native to the Pacific Northwest, Sahalee is a championship course in the truest sense of the word: It hosted the 1998 PGA Championship, won by Vijay Singh, and in 2002 was the setting for the World Golf Championship's NEC Invitational, when Australian Craig Parry claimed the title. Next year, the U.S. Senior Open field will include Seattle's own Fred Couples, as well as other Champions Tour greats like Peter Jacobsen, Ben Crenshaw, Hale Irwin, Tom Watson and Greg Norman. Some 125,000 spectators are expected to attend the Open championship throughout the week.

To help make this U.S. Senior Open a success, more than 3,000 volunteers will be recruited to work on 30 different committees, including Admissions/Will Call, Caddie Hospitality, VIP Transportation and Gallery Control. Volunteers are truly the backbone of every USGA championship, and we could not hold the U.S. Senior Open without their help and support.

To apply online for the early Volunteer registration, click here . Your password is "USGA."

Be aware that all volunteers will be required to purchase the Volunteer Uniform Package for $125; the package includes one golf shirt, one wind shirt, one hat/visor, preferred parking, meals and a weeklong credential providing access to the championship when not working.

For additional information, contact Catherine Heintz, 2010 U.S. Senior Open Volunteer Manager, at (425) 868-8800, ext. 362 or Catherine.Heintz@sahalee.com .