8 -The Morrisville and Preston Progress, Wednesday, June 21,1995
Nike Classic
tees off at
Prestonwood
By Tammy Hayas
Nike is well-known for encourag
ing its customers to "Just Do It"
with the company’s athletic shoes,
clothing and other sporting
paraphernalia.
And it isn’t only the golfers "just
doing it" at the Nike Carolina Clas
sic, which started Monday with a
junior pro-am event and continues
through Sunday’s championship
round. More than 600 volunteers
will be on the course and behind
the scenes throughout the event as
Prestonwood Country Club’s
Meadows course hosts the Nike
tour for the second straight year.
"I think we’re more prepared for
it now," said tournament director
Marymac Webb during a break in
pre-tournament activities. "It’s
going smoother. Everyone has now
experienced a year, so they all un-
d^tand what h^pens."
Thanks to volunteer services, last
year’s tournament rmsed $16,300
for the Wake County Boys and
Girls Clubs — more tto any other
counuy club has raised in the first
year of hosting a Nike tournament
Part of the reason Prestonwood
was able to raise so much money
last year was due to the various or
ganizations donating SCTvices. This
year, A1 Smith Buick of Raleigh
and Classic Buick of Durham are
providing 40 courtesy cars to be
used by key sponsors during the
tournament.
Preparation for the Classic, which
last year drew 144 players and
nearly 14,000 spectators, includrs
not CBily adjusting the course itself
for the competitioD, but also in
volves training volunteers and mar
shals.
For faster and more challenging
greens, the grass is mowed with a
manual mower every morning for
several days prior to the event.
Training for the tournament’s
volunteers and marshals began last
year with weekly meetings. Most
volunteers live in the Preston de
velopment, although many come
from other parts of the area.
Volunteers do everything from
taking admissions and picking up
trash to caddying, reporting scores
and even driving the golfers around
town.
Finally, after closing all the golf
courses last Wednesday and staking
and roping the Meadows course,
Prestonwood was ready to welcome
the pros arriving in Cary.
About 80 percent of the 144 gol
fers expect^ to take part in the
tournament drove from Ohio, the
site of the most recent Nike Classic
competition, Webb said. For those
who flew, Prestonwood provided
transportation from the airport to
their temporary residences, she
said.
Most of the golfers are staying at
the Marriott in MacGregor Village
while 30 families are hosting the
pros in their homes.
Prestonwood Country Club has
rented six vehicles to transport the
golfers around town and four 15-
passenger vans to transport the gol
fers on the course.
Every 10 minutes on Thursday
and Friday, a van will leave from
the club going to the 10th hole and
back, transporting golfers to the
halfway house as the earlier games
are played in split shifts.
During the event, most of the
club will be off limits to the general
public. Members will be able to en
ter the club, but both the bar and
locker room are closed to everyone
but the pros.
And there’s slim chance of any
one sneaking in, Webb noted.
Twenty-four-hour security person
nel will monitor access to the
facilities and course, direct traffic
and guard the $200,000 tournament
purse.
The top 10 money-winners on
this year’s Nike Tour will advance
to the PGA tour in 1996. Last
year’s Carolina Classic winner.
Skip Kendall, was one in last year’s
top'10 and therefore isn’t back to
defend his title.
Spectators who want a glimpse of
rising PGA golfes may park off
High House Road in the Food Lion
parking lot. Free bus transportation
is provided to the course.
On the course will be 150 mar
shals, quieting and controlling the
crowds as well as spotting where
balls land. Two Western Wake
Medical Center ambulances and 10
emergency room nurses will be
nearby in case of injury.
A balloon has been raised 130
feet above the clubhouse to allow
clearer communications between
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