Wyndham Championship Dedicates Marty Sheets Volunteer Center

The volunteer headquarters at the Wyndham Championship has been renamed the Marty Sheets Volunteer Center. Sheets, now 61, is a decorated Special Olympics athlete with Down Syndrome. During his Special Olympics career, he competed in golf, power lifting, alpine skiing, tennis and aquatics. Sheets represented North Carolina at the first International Special Olympics Games at Soldier Field in Chicago in 1968. He won more than 250 Special Olympics medals at local, state and international competitions. Unfortunately, although he attended today’s dedication ceremony, his dementia has now progressed to the point at which he needs help with daily activities. “We are just absolutely thrilled and amazed at the same time to know that Marty, who had a tough start in life with Down Syndrome, has earned this recognition,” Sheets’ father Dave said. “We are just thrilled and honored that the Wyndham is recognizing Marty in this manner. It’s beyond anything we ever imagined. If Marty could speak for himself, he would say ‘thank you from the bottom of my heart.’ I know he would say that. He loved doing what he was doing, and it is just remarkable that his name will forever be connected with the Wyndham Championship. We are very proud.” For many years, Sheets served as the standard bearer in tournament’s last group; he became interested in being a standard bearer shortly after PGA TOUR professional Kenny Perry visited Sheets at his home during a tournament in the early 1990s. Later that week, he was following Perry’s group and made the comment that he wished he could carry the “score sign.” The gentleman who was serving as the standard bearer in that group heard the comment and invited Sheets inside the ropes to carry the “score sign” for a couple of holes. Sheets was hooked and began volunteering as a standard bearer the next year.