USGA ED Should Be Ready, Willing And Able To Deal With The President!

The USGA has posted its guidelines for the Executive Director applicants. It's a long list of requirements but this about sums up the document.

The ideal candidate must be ready, willing and able to work with the President/CEO and the Executive Committee to develop and implement a strategic plan that will carry the USGA successfully through the next two decades, keeping the Association well-financed, fiscally sound and relevant in an ever-changing and increasingly international sport. Working together, the USGA’s leadership must maintain the highest standards of excellence in all aspects of the Association’s mission, anticipating and implementing new organizational programs so that the USGA remains competitive and responsive to change. 

Starting Date – Negotiable

Salary – Commensurate with skills and experience.

Reading it would leave most to assume that only two people qualify for the job: rules and competition director Mike Davis and interim executive director Mike Butz. It seems Davis is already ruling himself out, reports Ryan Herrington.

"They'd have to really change [the job responsibilities] before I had any interest," Davis said in a phone interview. "My whole focus for two-plus decades has really been on our core functions. I really haven't gotten involved and, candidly, don't have a big desire to get involved in the support functions and the commercial-type things."