The Mid-Amateur Championship Is Coming!

Mark Mulvoy (center) reviews plans for the Mid-Am Championship with John’s Island West Course Superintendent John Curran (left) and West Course Head Golf Professional Patrick Berry.

So you thought that staging your daughter’s wedding was complicated. Or that getting all the in-laws and outlaws and kids and grandkids together for your 70th birthday celebration was a total nightmare all-around.

Well try this …

•    Find lodging for 400 people for anywhere from four to eight days

•    Develop a plan to train, feed, transport and clothe 700 volunteers 

•    Rent a fleet of vans to shuttle guests among 10 sites

•    Plan a lavish beachside bash for 650 people

•    Work out meal schedules for 500 people for a week

•    Secure three large office trailers to provide temporary work space for a dozen management types

•    Create space for 12 jiffy johns

•    Locate 38 fourteen-passenger vans at eight different evacuation sites to provide a safe haven in the event of weather emergencies

•    Erect a one-and-done, 60-foot long scoreboard for the two-round, hole-by-hole scores of 264 amateur golfers

•    Find a work station for the meteorologist that’s high enough so he won’t get interference from trees and other obstacles

•    And arrange parking accommodations for 400 or more vehicles each day for a week

Whew!