DALLAS — By day, Fred Perpall is CEO of The Beck Group, the storied Dallas architecture and construction firm with an office that overlooks a city dotted with its projects.
Also by day: Perpall holds one of the most important positions in the game of golf.
No, Perpall is not Batman, living a double life at his 9-to-5, then tending to his duties as president of the United States Golf Association. Instead, his days are intertwined between the two roles: Beck meetings, USGA calls, plus family life and a goal to hit golf balls every day (yes, every day).
"My two eyes," he likes to say, "create one sight."
Take last month, for example, when the U.S. Junior Amateur was staged at Trinity Forest Golf Club in Dallas. The tournament was a proud moment for Perpall -- and a confluence of how he