Flash: USGA Nominates Well-Liked Chap Who Knows Golf

Say it ain't so, I know! Such dangerous precedent. Yet, I must report the emails and calls have been pouring in. They are praising the USGA's uncharacteristic decision to nominate a likeable, knowledgeable fellow to the Executive Committee on the heels of uncharacteristically nominating a likeable, knowledgable fellow to the presidency.

This new fellow is a lawyer, but in spite of that, Gene McClure is getting rave reviews as someone who has the game's best interests at heart. There is no end to the madness these days.

In other nominating news, Minnesota fared remarkably well with Irving Fish nominated as Treasurer and Joseph Anthony was named associate counsel, despite ex-President and Minnesotan Reed Mackenzie chairing the nominating committee.