Article updated: 9/11/2012 5:37 AM

Ryder Cup volunteers: A once-in-a-lifetime deal

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Just as volunteers played a key role in the 2006 PGA tournament at Medinah Country Club, shown here, they will be critical to the success of the 2012 Ryder Cup at the club this month.

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Just as volunteers played a key role in the 2006 PGA tournament at Medinah Country Club, shown here, they will be critical to the success of the 2012 Ryder Cup at the club this month.

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Melissa Brady

Jerry Gordon

About 4,500 boxes at Lake Park High School in Roselle are filled with the uniforms volunteers will wear when they work the Ryder Cup later this month.

Bev Horne | Staff Photographer

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Beth Noe of Naperville checks out the pants she will wear when she works as a volunteer during the Ryder Cup at Medinah Country Club.

Bev Horne | Staff Photographer

Volunteer Susan Novak of Mount Prospect gets another size jacket for working as a volunteer at the Ryder Cup.

Bev Horne | Staff Photographer

John Gramlich of Glen Ellyn tries on a Ryder Cup volunteer jacket as Sharon Salamone helps him.

Bev Horne | Staff Photographer

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Thousands of people are coming from thoughtout the suburbs, the state and other countries to volunteer for the 2012 Ryder Cup at Medinah Country Club. They come for myriad reasons, but most agree its a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity despite the $235 uniform tab. “It’s clothes with the Ryder Cup logo that I probably would have bought anyway,” said volunteer Jerry Gordon.

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