Tiger Woods Enters PGA Tour Orientation Division

"I am honored to represent member players on the PGA Tour. This is an important moment for the system.... Thank you to Envoy Monahan for recognizing and responding to internal concerns. We can't wait to work with him to make the right decisions, in the best interest and future of the PGA Tour and its stakeholders," Woods said in a statement from the PGA Tour on August 1.

This document comes a day after 41 PGA Tour golfers jointly sent a letter asking the top management to put Woods in the development planning department, and immediately change the way of management.

When Woods is added, the Policy Board, still headed by Monahan, will include six directors representing players, five independent peers and one peer from the American Professional Golfers Association.

In the administrative apparatus of the PGA Tour, the Policy Board is in charge of making internal laws or regulations as well as orienting the development of the arena. This division is being reformed as member golfers demand more transparency and greater control, especially since the "breakup just minutes" before the PGA Tour announced the framework agreement in the joint business plan. with the Saudi Public Investment Fund (PIF), on June 6. That day, many members were angry and loudly when they met Monahan and demanded his resignation.

In the immediate future, the process of renewing the policy committee will begin with a revision of the working regulations, which will be implemented by the group of players who hold the position of director, including Woods, in collaboration with Monahan to ensure the final decision is always unanimous. from them, including the project with PIF Saudi.

The PGA Tour Policy Board is looking to add to the group of independent directors following the resignation of Randall Stephenson last month. According to the Washington Post, Stephenson quit the mission because he was afraid of negative consequences when the PGA Tour shook hands with PIF Saudi. In addition to his volunteer work on the PGA Tour, Stephenson is the chairman of telecommunications group AT&T, which sponsored the title of the Pebble Beach Pro-Am in California with a February 2023 prize fund of $9 million.