Walter Driver, chairman of the U.S.G.A. championship committee, defended the setup at Shinnecock.
He wins a championship in 1996 as the setup man for John Wetteland and, soon, leaps into hyperspace as the closer, becoming such a feared adversary that opponents will talk about needing to win games against the Yankees in seven or eight innings before he takes the mound.
After shooting 2-under 69 in the first round of the Open Championship, Phil Mickelson voiced his displeasure on the setup of Muirfield.
Dotel sparkled for the Cardinals during their run to a championship last fall and is one of several Detroit setup men with more strikeouts than innings.
He blossomed into a vital reliever at Oregon State, serving as a setup man on the 2006 national championship team and earning a promotion to closer in 2007, when the Beavers repeated.
Everybody that's played here that I've talked to seems to feel this is the fairest and best setup that we have in major championship golf right now".
Although the two-quarterback system proved effective against Virginia, there were still questions about how well such an unusual setup would work in the ACC Championship Game.
At it's annual meeting on January 30th the U.S.G.A. disclosed drastic changes in the setup of two important national golf championships, the U. S. Amateur & the U.S. Open.
He was the setup man to John Wetteland on the 1996 championship team, but he took over as closer in 1997.
