Winged Foot

Photo by: Joe Vericker, PhotoBeaureau Inc.

Yesterday was a pretty amazing day.  My good friend, Greg Tobler, who runs an Audio Video services company, specializing in corporate events, film and tv sound production, and professional sports broadcasts, invited me to help him out with a gig at Winged Foot Golf Club.  Truly hallowed ground in the golf world, and an absolutely amazing place to see the sunrise.

We were there to help HSBC Premier with their AV needs for their golf outing.  I think HSBC ran a great event.   Everybody at HSBC was so nice including Theresa Childs and all the  volunteers.  I met Paul Lawrence, President and CEO for HSBC Bank USA and he was charming and personable.  I learned a bit about the HSBC Premier product and I wish I would have known about it earlier because it’s great if you travel, live or are moving overseas.  It seemed like everybody at the outing had a great time.  Not only did they play in an incredible setting, but everybody played a shot or two with Retief Goosen.   Retief Goosen is European and PGA Tour player, winner of 2 US Opens and the 19th ranked player in the world.  I even got the chance to spend a couple of minutes with him.  I was a bit nervous approaching him, but he was really classy, down to earth, and easy to talk to.  I asked him a couple of questions and you could tell that he really thought about the answer he was about to give.

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