The "I'll Be The Guy In The Red Phillies Hat" Story

It was an ordinary day.  The city of Lancaster, Pennsylvania is preparing for the 79th United States Women's Golf Open which will arrive this coming weekend.  Nearly 1,900 players entered qualifiers to become one of the 156 participants in this year's event from May 30 to June 4.   Golfers will tee off at the Lancaster Country Club's golf course in the highest paying event in the history of women's golf.  This year the purse will carry a $12 million dollar label, but the winner's share of that amount has yet to be determined.  Directly across from the main entrance to the Lancaster Country Club lives one of my former high school students who also eventually became my part-time boss when I worked for him at his place of business known as Grebinger Gallery.  Keith Grebinger was one of my best students in my photography class who enjoyed taking photographs so much that he continued in the field of photography after graduating from high school and photography school.  I worked part-time for a few years at his gallery after retiring from teaching until I finally called it quits and left his gallery to he and his wife, Cindy.  Well, the US Women's Open golfing event was last held at the Lancaster Country Club in 2015 and drew a record 135,000 attendees.  That's a lot of golfing spectators for a little town the size of Lancaster.  This year Lancaster Newspaper/Lancaster Online/and perhaps the local television network will bring you live action from the golf course which is directly in front of Keith's home on the New Holland Pike to the East of Lancaster, Pennsylvania.  The TV coverage will also carry an updated daily weather forecast as well as a leaderboard that will be updated hourly.  Coverage will include photos, videos, features, TV coverage and much more.  LancasterOnline's daily live coverage should keep golf fanatics on top of scores and leaderboard changes.  Perhaps if you are watching your TV set, check out the audience and maybe you might see me waving to the cameras.  I'll be the guy wearing a red Phillies hat and watching the female golfers.  It was another extraordinary day in the life of an ordinary guy.