Kind words from Mike Haley about John Gee

John Gee was a great person and a great Jaycee that loved the tournament very much. I would like to tell you something about John as he created a first in tournament golf. In 1971 John was my gallery Chairman. As we traveled the tournaments you saw people holding up posters asking the gallery to be quite. John and I had served as gallery marshals many times . We knew the difficulty of keeping the galleries back and keeping them quite. Why not create something that gave the marshall some instrument of authority and would get the attention of the gallery. John developed the marshal paddle you see at most professional tournament today with the words quite please painted on the paddle. It was a perfect tool and also served as something that the marshal could lean on. And to get the gallery's attention we painted them a florescent orange. We should had gotten a patent as you see the "quite please" paddles at most tournaments today and it all started at the GGO. Nobody was more committed to excellence at the tournament than John Gee. Great guy! We will miss him. Mike Haley 1971 General Chairman