The PGA Distinguished Service Award, first bestowed upon Herb Graffis in 1988, commemorates notable golfers who have the integrity, sportsmanship, leadership, humanitarianism and enthusiasm to better the game. Jokingly, Gill said he qualified for the award in four of the five categories making light of his occasional fits of anger on the course. Despite the self-deprecation, Gill has done wonders for the game he started at the age of seven.