Kitted out in pink polo shirts and navy blue shorts 150 marshalls took to Mid Ocean golf course for the PGA Grand Slam.

And they wore a smile all three days, despite dealing with more than 6,000 spectators on the 6,666-yards course.

Some were retired, others worked at exempt companies and some were ladies who lunch, but no matter what they did in their regular lives they took their PGA roles seriously.

They were in charge of keeping law and order in place, providing silence when necessary to ensure the players could concentrate and keeping high heels of pristine greens.

A quick raise of an arm and stern look from a lady in pink quietened excited crowds while winner Angel Cabrera teed off on the ninth hole.

A sharp tug of the rope from a man with a badge kept the crowd at bay when the thousands of spectators clamoured to get close to Cabrera and Padraig Harrington as the two went back and forth, and back and forth, and back and forth across the 18th hole for a playoff scenario only seen twice before in the 25-year Grand Slam history.

And as the crowds clamoured around the greens in the mid-day sun they were happy to tell you the quickest way to get back to the Club house or to one of the 'good holes'.

Their faithful leader was David Smith, who was tasked with finding 150 willing and able bodies just a few months back.

"It's quite a physically and mentally taxing job," he said. "We have to be out there all day and stay alert at all times. We stayed just inside the ropes to ensure everything was fine for the players.

"The crowds were very orderly. On the odd occasion a golf enthusiast would try and sneak past the ropes which kept people away from the area the players were on, but when we asked them to return behind the ropes they did so."

He explained that the marshalls were split into four teams and assigned four holes to guard with their life, leapfrogging ahead to ensure no green was left unattended.

The marshalls had things so well under control that Mr. Smith said his biggest headache was finding a suitable parking spot for one marshal who showed up on a Harley Davison, which kept falling over on the grassy hill being used as the bike parking bay.

"It's been a great experience for everyone," he said. "Already I have had people asking me to put them on the list for next year. They want to do it all over again."