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Tiger Woods to Chair PGA Tour Panel to Redesign Competition Model

New CEO Brian Rolapp empowers a nine-member group to pursue sweeping changes guided by parity, scarcity, simplicity.

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Dec 21, 2024; Orlando, Florida, [USA]; Tiger Woods hits out of the bunker on the fourth hole during the PNC Championship at The Ritz-Carlton Golf Club. Mandatory Credit: Nathan Ray Seebeck-Imagn Images/File Photo
Golf - The 152nd Open Championship - Royal Troon Golf Club, Troon, Scotland, Britain - July 19, 2024 Tiger Woods of the U.S. hits his approach from the 18th fairway during the second round REUTERS/Maja Smiejkowska/File Photo
Tiger Woods of the United States during the final round of the PNC Championship at The Ritz-Carlton Golf Club on December 17, 2023 in Orlando, Florida.

Overview

  • Tiger Woods was appointed chairman of the PGA Tour’s new Future Competition Committee tasked with overhauling how the Tour structures competition.
  • The nine-member panel includes six players—Woods, Patrick Cantlay, Adam Scott, Camilo Villegas, Maverick McNealy, Keith Mitchell—and three business advisers Joe Gorder, John Henry and Theo Epstein.
  • Rolapp described the mandate as a clean-sheet, holistic review of the regular season, postseason and offseason with a goal of significant change rather than incremental tweaks.
  • The committee has not yet met, no implementation timeline was provided, and Rolapp said changes would roll out as soon as they are ready.
  • Rolapp said he has not spoken with the Public Investment Fund, signaling a near-term focus on strengthening the PGA Tour itself, while Woods said nothing is off the table, including fewer events, smaller fields and higher stakes.