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Article: NBC's Roy isn't green anymore
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- August 31, 2007
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Tommy Roy's father was a club pro, but that didn't mean the
golfing gene carried over.
Roy was majoring in business administration at the University of
Arizona in the late 1970s when he had a chance to work for NBC at the
Tucson Open. Roy thought, "Why not?"
He could either work at one of the portable bars on the course or
be a "runner" and take coffee to the cameramen.
What's a college kid to do? Go for the money, of course.
"I knew a guy that did it the year before, and not only did the
club pay him [to be a runner], but NBC gave him a nice tip," Roy said
yesterday from the Deutsche Bank Championship in Norton. "So I said,
`Well, I'll try that.'
"I had no clue about television ...