NEW SGU PRESIDENT DAVID
MOIR PUTS THE
RECORD STRAIGHT:
NEVER ANY SUGGESTION
OF "A MUTINY"
By COLIN FARQUHARSON
David Moir has made his first public statement as the new president of the Scottish Golf Union.
“Mention has been made in the media of ‘a mutiny being averted’ at Sunday’s SGU agm. The record should be put straight - there was never any suggestion of a “mutiny,” said the Edinburgh-born R&A staff man who lives at Lundin Links, Fife.
“An overwhelming majority of golf clubs and areas of Scotland want to retain the existing two-tier system of governance but have instructed their representatives on the Scottish Golf Union Executive Council to investigate how the system can be improved in respect of accountability, communication and consultation.
“The SGU Executive Council, acting on behalf of the shareholders, is presently carrying out these instructions.”
David worked as an architect from 1962 to 1995 before he went to St Andrews University for two years (1996-97) at the age of 52 to gain a diploma in information technology.
That set him off in a new career and he became Entries manager with R&A Championships Limited in 1997.
IN GOLF ADMIN FOR 36 YEARS
Now 62, David has an impressive CV in golf administration stretching back over more than 30 years with the Fife Golfing Association, Lundin Golf Club, the Scottish Golf Union and the R&A.
“It is 36 years since I was elected to serve on the council of my club, Lundin Golf Club, which I joined as a junior Member in 1957, and, in 1972, I was elected to represent Lundie on the Executive Council of Fife Golfing Association of I am now Honorary Life President,” said David, an ardent Hibs supporter and also an international rugby fan.
“I have missed fewer than half a dozen Five or Six Nations matches at Murrayfield sincd 1956 and am a member of Glenrothes RFC.
“Being installed as President of the Scottish Golf Union is a great honour for me especially as I am the first President from the Kingdom of Fife since the late Alex Gardner some 25 years ago.
“I take it as recognition of 35 years of very enjoyable work in Scottish golf administration at all levels.”
“I take it as a great compliment that it is made by my peers, the representatives of the areas and golf clubs of Scotland on the SGU Executive Council.”

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