Executive privilege
Alan P. Pittman
It pays to be a high-ranking official in golf. PGA Tour Commissioner Tim Finchem tops our list of the highest paid nonprofit executives in golf for 2003 (using the most recent tax filings). Finchem’s $3.8 million salary would’ve been eighth on the PGA Tour’s money list in ’03.
Name Title 2003
Tim Finchem PGA Tour Commissioner $ $3,801,259
Charlie Zink PGA Tour Exec. VP-Co COO $ $1,156,308
Ed Moorhouse PGA Tour Exec. VP-Co COO $ $1,156,291
Donna Orender PGA Tour Sr. VP-Strategic Development $723,043
Ron Price PGA Tour Sr. VP-CFO $708,056
Jim Awtrey PGA of America CEO $662,751
Henry Hughes PGA Tour Sr. VP $571,138
David B. Fay USGA Executive Director $563,348
Bill Calfee PGA Tour Sr. VP $488,164
Jeff Monday PGA Tour Sr. VP $481,579
Joe Louis Barrow First Tee Executive Director $359,023
Joe Beditz National Golf Foundation President $324,835
and CEO
Dick Rugge USGA Sr. Technical Director $317,636
Ty Votaw LPGA Commissioner $300,310
Tom Meeks USGA Sr. Director, Rules & Competition $217,225
Stephen Hamblin American Junior Golf Assoc. Exec. Dir. $200,000
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