One of my more interesting assignments of late was interviewing USGA Executive Director David B. Fay. Next week, Fay will be presented with the Distinguished Service Award by the Metropolitan Golf Association (that’s the New York metro area, more than 500 clubs!), and I was asked to write his profile for the association’s Met Golfer magazine, which you can read here (sorry, for now it’s a pdf; when it becomes a weblink, I’ll let you know). I’ve known David for many years, but this was the first time we sat down, just the two of us, and talked. We’re neighbors on the Upper West Side in Manhattan, so I walked to his apartment and “interviewed” him while watching the first game of the Yankees-Twins playoff series. He’s a true New York sports fan, especially the Yankees, so the transcript is filled with shouts, claps, screams, and comments on the action and the team. His thoughts about golf are pretty good, too.