HONOLULU (AP) -- PGA Tour members are gearing up for their own election, this one absent of mudslinging, stumping or any other form of campaigning. The new 16-man Players Advisory Council has been selected, and now it's time to pick a chairman, who next year will graduate to the tour's policy board.

The candidates for PAC chairman are Davis Love III, who has previously served on the board, and Paul Goydos.

"I'm running on the platform that anyone whose last name begins with a 'G' gets a lifetime exemption," Goydos said.

Goydos isn't sure how he was picked to be a candidate (they are chosen by the four players on the board), but he agreed to have his name on the ballot.

"It's a quest for knowledge," Goydos said. "I think it's important to know the inner workings of the sport I play."

The other PAC members this year are Stuart Appleby, Steve Flesch, Harrison Frazar, Ryuji Imada, Jerry Kelly, George McNeill, Joe Ogilvie, Tom Pernice Jr., D.A. Points, Ted Purdy, Brett Quigley, Vijay Singh and Mark Wilson.

Along with his reputation for being insightful, Goydos has a dry sense of humor that borders on arid. He was asked if elected as PAC chairman, what he would bring to a board meeting.

"A Coke," he said.

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