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Newell Pinch was the executive director of the Southern California Golf Association and a founder of the IAGA. He helped to change the way the SCGA did handled memberships, including handicaps for each member. Other changes under his leadership include the creation of FORE Magazine, the building of Golf House West, and creation of the affiliate club program to allow for the creation of clubs that were not necessarily connected to a course.

Warren Rebholz was the longtime Minnesota Golf Association Executive Director (1970-1992) and former “Commish” of the popular MGA Senior Tour. He is inducted into the MGA-PGA Hall of Fame, was a former President of the IAGA, and former club President at Hazeltine

Grant Spaeth played on the NCAA title team at Stanford in 1953 and was the president of the United States Golf Association from 1990 to 1992. Spaeth graduated from Harvard Law School and served in the U.S. Army, followed by the Reserves. His law practice in Palo Alto was the foundation to years of public service. Spaeth was the Deputy Secretary for the Department of Health, Education and Welfare from 1978 to 1980 and also served as a Palo Alto city councilman. Then came years of work on various USGA committees, leading to his USGA presidency and list of accomplishments to remember. Spaeth was instrumental in bringing the British Open back to Carnoustie, Scotland. He founded the U.S. Men’s Mid-Amateur and Women’s Mid-Amateur Championships. He created the USGA’s regional affairs departments.