Me thinkith thath Juan doth proteth thtoo muth.
Really John, who and how do many profit on this site. Do you mean by access for free. Last I checked, no one gets freebies as a GCA poster. Oh, you mean raters... they profit by getting some free golf. Well, all posters (most) are not raters.
I've faced any number of pros across the counter. Oh, it isn't all that intimidating. I just give them my Visa and smile. Do you think they'd be quaking in there ECCOs if they saw I have a GCA logo bag and my Visa says Da Mare? What do they fear more; the GCA logo and a nameless face or the Golf Digest Panelist tag?
Most pros I know don't have time to take a crap. Most of them don't sit there in their PJs or smoking jacket and scrutinize every poster and if they are negative or positive.
Oh, the Pat Ruddy posts do indicate that himself was lurking for a long time, I'll give you that. But, he got Tiger's name and called him out on it. It was an interesting if not informative exchange in the end. So why do you have to set yourself up to somehow look out for the poor pro, committee man at a club, DOG, etc, incase a nome d'plume somehow goes off on their course. Can these folks not fend for themselves? (quite ably as Pat Ruddy proves)
I seemed to prove today that if something goes to heck, a lot of info can be obtained in a short time about certain posters. Why the crusade about some colorful monikers, when none of the long time ones have been outrageously out of line?