Okay, so I was digging around trying to get in touch with Harold Varner III, you know, the golfer. I wanted to see if he’d be up for doing a speaking gig at this charity event I’m helping organize. I thought, “Hey, he’s a big name on the PGA Tour, having him there would be huge!”
First thing I did was hit up Google, naturally. I just typed in “Harold Varner III agent” and hoped for the best. Man, there’s a bunch of these “speaker bureau” websites that popped up.
- I started clicking through them, one by one. Most of them were pretty similar – they had these forms you fill out to “check availability.” I must’ve filled out at least five of those things.
- Then, I stumbled across a site that actually listed a phone number – 888-550-6672. Figured it was worth a shot, so I gave them a ring. The person on the other end was nice enough, but they were really just gathering information. They asked me about the event, the date, the budget, all that jazz.
- I also tried looking for any info on who his agent might be. Some site mentioned his management team, I jotted that info down just in case.
- While I was at it, I did a bit of reading about Harold Varner III himself. Turns out, he’s known for being one of the longest drivers on the tour. And the caddie for him is Chris Rice, who also caddied for some other famous players. Cool stuff!
So, after a few hours of digging and making calls, I felt like I was getting somewhere, but I didn’t have a direct line to Varner yet. The speaker bureaus said they’d get back to me after they reached out to his “people.”
Finally, I got an email back from one of the agencies. They gave me a quote for his speaking fee, but honestly, it was way out of our budget for this little charity event. It was a bit of a bummer, but hey, you don’t know until you try, right?
At the end of the day, I didn’t land Harold Varner III for the event, but I learned a lot about how these speaker booking things work. It’s definitely a whole process! Maybe next time I’ll have better luck, or a bigger budget.
