Behind the Scenes

* NAME: Mary Boyle

* HOME: Oxnard

* JOB TITLE: Transportation chairwoman

* SHE IS: In charge of getting players into, around and out of town

* DAILY DUTIES: Boyle and her team work from 5:30 a.m. to 11:30 p.m.

to ensure the tournament’s most important people get where they need to

be. Sometimes that can also involve a little waiting. That happened

Sunday, when about 50 driver volunteers hung out for more than four hours

at LAX. Because of plane delays, the first passenger didn’t get in until

10:30 p.m.

“We’re the first impression of the tournament and the last,” Boyle

said.

But Boyle’s people know what they’re getting into.

“In transportation, you start in the morning and you go home when you

say, ‘Are we done, Mary?”’ she said and laughed.

No transportation request is too extravagant for Boyle and the folks

assisting her.

One year, a player’s daughter was going to play in a basketball

championship game in Utah and the father had told Boyle that he felt bad

that he couldn’t watch the game because he’d be playing in the tournament

the same day.

He hadn’t figured Boyle in the equation.

“We’ll meet you at the 18th hole,” she told him. “The car will be

running.”

The man made it to Utah and his daughter’s basketball game and was

back in California by midnight, Boyle said.

* DID YOU KNOW: In addition to the services Boyle provides, each

player also gets a courtesy car for the duration of the tournament.

Altogether, Boyle oversees about 110 cars.

--Compiled by Mathis Winkler, photo by xx