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Tiger Woods to Lead PGA Tour Panel Tasked With Overhauling Competition

New CEO Brian Rolapp orders a clean‑sheet review guided by parity, scarcity and 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

  • Rolapp unveiled a nine-member Future Competition Committee chaired by Woods, with players Patrick Cantlay, Adam Scott, Camilo Villegas, Maverick McNealy and Keith Mitchell, plus business advisors Joe Gorder, John Henry and Theo Epstein.
  • The CEO said the goal is not incremental tweaks but significant change through a holistic relook at the regular season, postseason and offseason, alongside media and sponsorship strategy.
  • Woods signaled that no option is off the table, and the Wall Street Journal reported the group could evaluate fewer events, smaller fields and higher-stakes formats.
  • Rolapp said he has not spoken with Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund and indicated his priority is strengthening the PGA Tour as unification talks remain inactive.
  • No timeline was provided for proposals, though the Tour has already published its 2026 schedule, and Rolapp—three weeks into the job after two decades at the NFL—stressed a clean-sheet approach.