What was Play the Game at Virginia Country Club?

A two-day PGA of America teaching and coaching presentation hosted by Virginia Country Club in Long Beach, California, on 12 and 13 October 2026, with sessions run across the club’s lawns, ballroom, range and course.

If the PGA brings its own film crew, why does the host club need its own photographer?

The organizer’s crew films for the organizer’s audience. The host club needs its own record: the hospitality, the grounds, the staff and members, and the moments between sessions, delivered fast enough to post while the event is still on.

How do you work alongside another production crew without getting in the way?

Agree the split before the event, then coordinate on the day with the other shooters and production on camera positions, mic placement and sightlines, so neither crew walks through the other’s shot.

How fast can event photos be delivered for social media?

At Virginia Country Club, social-ready selects went to the club the same day, often within hours of being shot. The full edited gallery followed two days after the event.

Coaches in Adirondack chairs around the first tee at Virginia Country Club in late light, the Play the Game board beyond

Their crew. The club’s story.

Virginia Country Club hosted the PGA of America’s Play the Game, 12–13 October 2026. The PGA filmed it for the PGA. We covered it for the club.

Two crews, one event. Each with its own story to tell.

A swing demonstration on the gym lawn, PGA camera operators working either side of the crowd

A presenter on The Hill, a PGA camera operator a step behind

Presenters walking the fairway at the front of the gallery, a PGA camera rig alongside

The PGA’s film team and NMR captured the sessions for the PGA. We worked alongside them, agreed camera positions, mics and sightlines up front, and covered the club’s side: the hospitality, the crowd, the course.

Same day

Photos on the club’s social, often within hours.

2 days

Full edited gallery, drone aerials included.

248

Edited photographs, plus a two-minute highlight film.