A couple of weeks ago, several of you ripped me for criticizing the ushers at Blumenthal about their anti-cellphone fanaticism. (One blog poster is still waiting for me to apologize)
Well, at the Wachovia Championship cellphones aren't an issue. Patrons are advised to leave them in the car and there are five call centers set up throughout the course with Sprint telephones. Each has six phones, along with high-speed Internet access in case patrons need to check mail. Callers are asked to limit their conversations to five minutes to allow more people to use the phones. Call centers are great, but it's not the same as holding up your own phone and letting the person on the other end hear the roar of the crowd when David Duval whacks the ball.
Thursday, May 04, 2006
If you'd like to make a call
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I'm sure you probably already know this, and you were just kidding, but you can't take your cell phone into ANY PGA tournament. It could be very detrimental to the golfers if someone's phone were to ring right in their backswing. I've seen golfers have spectators thrown out for just yelling when they were about to hit their drive. The same applies to bringing cameras on the actual tournament days. That would also be very distracting.
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