The curious life of a PGA Tour rules official
Like any good referee, golf rules officials are doing their job best when they’re noticed least. But as Alex Myers discovers talking to a trio of veteran officials, the job comes with its own assortment of excitement, pressure, and controversy.
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Show Notes
A golf rules official’s responsibilities cover a broad spectrum. They set up the course, oversee playoffs, and determine when a golf course is playable in a rainstorm and when it isn’t. Perhaps most important, they help golfers decipher the game’s complicated rules at pivotal moments throughout a tournament. In this episode, Alex Myers talks to retiring rules officials Slugger White and Mark Russell of the PGA Tour, and John Paramor of the European Tour about the highs and lows of their long careers, and which parts of the job made them sweat most.
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