By: William McCranie
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| Houston Lake Country Club is hosting their annual Stan Gann Sr. Memorial 3-man Scramble this weekend. A lot of work will be needed to get done by the cart staff in preparation for the tournament. |
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| Brody Blackwell after clocking in for his 12:00-4:00 shift. He has been working at Houston Lake for almost five years. |
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| Brody immediately had to fix the ball washing machine. The machine is very old and gets jammed often, but it needs to be working this weekend to give the golfers the best experience they can have. |
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| Brody looks down at the machine in frustration and shakes it, trying to loosen up the jammed balls. |
He just can't seem to find the ball causing all the problems.
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| The balls are finally coming out squeaky clean. It took a couple of minutes of fiddling around, but Brody finally got it to work properly. |
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| Brody is picking up the range baskets as a part of his normal duties. He has to make sure he is on top of the day-to-day work before he can really prepare for the weekend. |
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| Brody getting a quick swing in before grabbing the rest of the baskets. You wouldn't be able to tell by his left-handed swing, but he is actually a righty. |
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| Brody is handing off the baskets to the pro shop worker Jesse. Jesse will probably be needing more, as it was a busy Friday with golfers trying to get practice in before the tournament. |
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| Cleaning the trash out of a golf cart before he washes it. Most of Brody's job on a normal day is washing and putting away golf carts |
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| Brody is spraying out the golf cart with a hose. He says you have to adjust the nozzle tip to just the right balance of water pressure and surface area. |
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| Brody is filling up sand bottles that are placed on the golf carts. They are used to fill in divots made while playing and have grass seed in them. |
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| Brody is about to get into the picker. The picker is just like a normal golf cart, but it has cage doors to protect the driver from getting hit by golf balls. |
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| Brody is driving off to the driving range to pick up the range balls. He explained there is an attachment to the picker that uses rollers to pick up the golf balls as he drives over them. |
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| Brody is using spray paint to mark out of bounds for the tournament. This is the club's 17th hole, and a tree was recently planted, so Brody is making sure it is marked off properly. |
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| Brody is busy raking leaves by the driving range steps. He is really trying to make the course look as good as he can for players this weekend. |
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| Brody is trying to catch a frog he found while raking. He remembered one of his coworkers doesn't like frogs very much and wanted to give him a surprise. |
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| Brody is using a shovel to dump the dirt and leaves into a trash bag. He had to switch the rake for a shovel after he realized how much dirt he was having to bag up. |
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| Brody is cranking up the leaf blower. Once he gets done clearing all the leaves, he will be done for the day. |
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Brody blowing off the last of the leaves by the driving range. He did have to go back to the maintenance barn for more gas, but he is almost at the finish line.
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| Brody talking to a member on the putting green after he finished. The member was giving Brody putting tips for the tournament. |
