Ep. 163: Mike Davis, CEO of USGA

The Clubhouse with Shane Bacon

The 8 Side

Golf, Sports

4.8 • 696 Ratings

🗓️ 27 October 2020

⏱️ 52 minutes

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In this episode of the Clubhouse with Shane Bacon, Shane is joined by the CEO of the USGA, Mike Davis! Mike reflects about his time with the USGA and talks about his next challenge to pursue a lifelong passion for golf course design and construction. Mike also weighs in on the controversial issue of distance in golf. Follow Shane on Twitter @ShaneBacon.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Clubhouse with Shane Bacon, a production of IHeart Radio.
0:12.0	Welcome to the Clubhouse with Shane Bacon.
0:13.9	I am your host, Shane Bacon.
0:16.3	And we have a good one this week.
0:20.0	Shocking.
0:21.3	I said it again.
0:23.3	Every time.
0:25.0	But it is a good one.
0:25.9	Mike Davis, the CEO of the USDA and a man that is about to move from in charge of the United States Golf Association to golf course design and having to go out in the dirt.
0:40.0	Push some hills with a dozer,
0:45.2	get dirty. Life's about the change. I'm excited to see what happens with Mike Davis and golf course design once his tenure wraps up at the end of next year with the USGA. Never had
0:50.6	Mike on. Have worked closely with Mike over the years when we had a chance to broadcast all those championships
0:55.5	and have gotten to be pals with him.
0:58.0	He does a great job at the USGA.
0:59.9	And I cannot wait to see what he does with golf course design because I feel like right now,
1:05.5	you can call me crazy if you want, but we are currently, I feel like, in a time where this modern boom of course
1:16.3	design, you know, when you go Corcoranshaw and Gil and Tom and Doak and everybody, I mean,
1:22.8	Ogle V, this crew that's going to come out, Tiger's doing a great job with golf course
1:26.5	design. I feel like right now, when we look back on this era, it's going to be one that I feel like has a
1:34.3	chance to be one B or the second in terms of how great the design was during this time of our lives.
1:43.6	And I mean, you go back to Tillinghast and
1:46.0	Seth and the unbelievable job they did at bringing, you know, the old school architecture to light.
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