William W. “Skip” Gist

Skip Gist is an Omaha dentist who was the first Nebraskan to serve on the USGA Executive Committee in 85 years and was a USGA vice president in 2015.

A graduate of Lincoln Southeast and the University of Nebraska, he received his DDS from the University of Nebraska College of Dentistry. He was a member of the Nebraska Golf Association’s board of directors from 1996 to 2006 and served as its president from 2002 to 2004. He is a current member of both the NGA’s Past Presidents and Junior Committees and has been an active rules official at numerous NGA competitions.

With the USGA, he was elected to its Executive Committee in 2011 and served as a vice president in 2015 – the highest office ever for a Nebraskan. He has been a member of the U.S. Junior Amateur Championship Committee and has served as a rules official at various USGA championships, including the U.S. Senior Open, and collegiate events such as the Big 12 Championship and the NCAA Men’s Regional Championship.

Gist won the Nebraska Mid-Amateur Championship in 2000 and is an eight-time club champion winning titles at Platteview Country Club in Bellevue, Champions Run in Omaha and his current home course, and Firethorn Golf Club in Lincoln.