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Pasadena's Jim Vernon nominated for second term as USGA president; San Diego's Jay Rains re-nominated as vice president
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Oct 27, 2008


Far Hills, NJ (Oct. 27) - Former SCGA President James F. Vernon of Pasadena has been nominated to serve a second one-year term as president of the United States Golf Association. The election of officers and the full 15-member USGA Executive Committee will take place Feb. 7, 2009, at the USGA's Annual Meeting in Newport Beach, Calif.


Former SCGA President James F. Vernon has been nominated for a second term as president of the United States Golf Association.


Cameron Jay Rains of San Diego was nominated to serve a second term as vice president.

As president, Vernon, 58 and a member at Lakeside Golf Club, will lead the association's professional staff and nearly 1,400 volunteers who serve on more than 30 committees. He will begin his seventh year as a member of the Executive Committee, a term that has included two years as vice-president of the USGA and four years as chairman of the Equipment Standards Committee.

Vernon was SCGA president in 1997 and president of the California Golf Association (which administers the California Amateur, CGA Senior Amateur and Seaver Cup matches) the following year. He continues to serve as a board member of the SCGA Foundation.

Vernon is the owner of Frank Vernon Diamond Brokers and Wholesale Jewelers, a family business that started under his father's name more than 50 years ago. Outside of his golf interests, Vernon serves as secretary for the Diamond Club West Coast Inc., a member of the World Federation of Diamond Bourses. He received his undergraduate degree in mechanical engineering and his law degree from Stanford University in 1972 and 1975, respectively. He practiced law for nine years before taking over the family diamond business.

In addition to Vernon and Rains, the other nominated officers of the Executive Committee are: James B. Hyler Jr. of Raleigh, N.C., vice president; James T. Bunch of Denver, Colo., as secretary; and Irving Fish of Wayzata, Minn., as treasurer. MORE.


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