Ratings are very broken especially on heavily wooded courses. 4 points a stroke compresses them so it's impossible to shoot high rated rounds and also very hard to shoot low rated rounds. -7 is 1058 and +16 is 953. Lol.
This is incorrect. All board members must fill out conflict of interest statements but not all board members statements list conflicts of interest (at least in their current public disclosures). See biscoes link if you need details for each board member.
The answer is yes. Here is the page where all board members disclose their conflicts of interest. http://https://www.pdga.com/board-of-directors/coi
I believe it was last updated last year
If its close, call a provisional? Spotters are human volunteers who sometimes make errors. The players did not 100 percent know they were ob. If that was true then there'd be no need for a provisional.
I played the event this weekend and called provisional each time I went to the drop zone in case it was a close call. It's a really quick and easy thing.