You hang around a bit, soaking in the atmosphere and visiting with familiar faces from past events. Then it's off to another of your tournament courses to continue the familiarization tour. That night you should join a couple of thousand other tournament competitors and guests at a special World Amateur presentation of one of the many outstanding family variety shows along the Grand Strand. This year's, by the way, takes place at the Alabama Theater. It's a nice evening of entertainment at a discounted price.
Parking lot is full, and they are two-deep on the driving range.
You pick up your scorecard and rules sheet at the registration desk and shuffle over to the range to try and drown those butterflies with a few swings. After weeks of fine-tuning at your home track, and days of preparation on the courses along the Grand Strand, the show has finally begun in earnest. The key to the first round is to not to make the following three rounds meaningless. Nothing empties your competitive tank like a few snowmen on your first-day scorecard in the World Am. Take it nice and easy.