AKA "The Colonial" which has been a stop on the PGA tour for a long time.
The Colonial Country Club sets up a private hospitality venue in the ballroom section of the building called "Patio Club". A specific daily ticket is purchased to get in, where one enjoys unlimited beverages, two food buffets, air conditioning and comfortable seating. There is a wrap around patio with views of the 16th hole and the 17th tee box.
I am one of the check in people. We punch a hole in the large plastic ticket and tie on the wristband of the day. We also spend a lot of time explaining the various levels of clubhouse and course access, general directions and Patio Club. Lots of folks from all over attend; we had two regulars from Australia who were in the Patio Club for all four days; they loved Fort Worth!
We get to eat in the employee cafeteria (yummy food, for which Colonial is rightly famous). Lots of good snacks, salad, hot food and scrumptious desserts.
This is a temp paying job; I did it last year and really had fun. By next March I will be ready to do it all again.
This tournament has had corporate sponsorship for a very long time, most recently Dean & DeLuca. D & D bailed on the tourney five months ago and there was a huge scramble to get local sponsorships for the event. American Airlines, Lockheed, XTO, BNSF, and other locally based corporations pitched in and kept the tournament going, thus assuring the approx $45 million it pumps into the local economy was not lost. For the next four years, the sponsor will be Charles Schwab.
There are two major annual events in FW: The Golf Tournament and The Stock Show, both of which have a huge impact on the local economy.
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