he worked as a managing director in high yield at Deutcshe Bank from 2000 to 2005 and managing director and founding partner of the high yield group at First Union. He began in high yield at Drexel Burnham Lambert in 1989 and was vice president at Dillon, Read & Co. from 1991 to 1993. He was a senior vice president at PaineWebber in high-yield sales from 1993 to 1995.

Sullivan started his career at Chase Manhattan in 1983 and earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Colgate University.

"Sullivan walked the walk," according to a release from Colgate University following Sullivan's death.

He worked as an admissions volunteer and was an alumni council member at Colgate. He became a Presidents' Club chairman, according to the university, enrolling supporters in the leadershipfor 2016-17, playing what relates to little more than an exhibition match in New Jersey.

It is a horrendously imbalanced one at that; with the US having won nine of the 11 stagings and their supposed challengers only one. In 2003, a 17-17 tie transpired with Jack Nicklaus and Gary Player as respective captains. The international side continues to lack anything like strength in depth despite the obvious talents of Jason Day, Louis Oosthuizen, Adam Scott et al.

Here is the rub. The US PGA Tour itself presides over the Presidents Cup - in contrast to the Ryder Cup - and therefore dons public relations belts and braces. How the richest tour in the world would love this clash to earn anything like the status afforded to the Ryder Cup,