Tom Morgan Receives IAGA Distinguished Service Award

Morgan retired in 2006 after 13 years as the SCGA executive director, concluding a 33-year career in the golf industry. A graduate of UC Santa Barbara, Morgan was assistant athletic director and business manager there and assistant commissioner of athletics for the California Interscholastic Federation prior to joining the SCGA. Morgan began as an assistant executive director at the SCGA in 1972. He then spent 10 years as the executive director of the Century Club of San Diego, which presents the PGA Tour event now known as the Buick Invitational, before returning to the SCGA to assume the executive director position in 1993. Morgan extended his impact on the golf community serving as IAGA president in 2006 and has been actively involved in national and regional organizations including the United States Golf Association’s Regional Associations and Joe Dey Award Committees, golf advisory committees for the City and County of Los Angeles, the Southern California Section of the PGA and the Los Angeles Sports & Entertainment Commission.