![]() ![]() The 49-year-old will report to Monahan in his role. Gore’s post is being presented to the players as further player outreach amid major hostilities within the ranks. He was also reportedly invited to last summer’s seismic player-only meeting in Delaware and in direct communication with Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy.Īccording to the memo, Neville is being asked to “ensure a transparent, efficient, and collaborative process.”Īdditionally, the former tour player Gore will assume leadership over all player relations and player partnerships. Neville was the key figure in the proposed Premier Golf League that preceded LIV Golf. Neville, a partner at Raine Group - a New York-based sports, media and entertainment investment firm - has been retained as a third-party adviser to players on the tour’s Policy Board, the Player Advisory Council and the full membership. The memo adds that the tour has notified the USGA and The R&A that it “is committed to collaborating with them - and all industry partners - to arrive at a solution that will best serve our players, our fans and the game at all levels, we are not able to support the MLR as proposed.” A new third-party adviser to players The memo states that while “there has been some level of support for limiting future increases, there is widespread and significant belief the proposed Modified Local Rule is not warranted and is not in the best interest of the game.” The determination is based on a discussion at a recently held PAC meeting. The MLR, announced in March, proposed balls used in elite competition that would reduce hitting distance by 14-15 yards on average for the longest hitters with the highest clubhead speeds. Included in the memo is the tour’s stance that it will not support the proposed MLR. PGA Tour will push back on rolling back the ball The memo states the board seat will not be filled without unanimous board support. This time, according to Monahan’s memo, Cantlay and Simpson will be part of a search committee with the independent board members Flaherty and Meeker to suggest a nominee for Stephenson’s vacant seat.īoth Cantlay and Simpson are player directors on the policy board. ![]() In the past, when an independent board seat would come open, the board’s other independent directors would typically put forward a suggested nominee to fill the fifth seat. Stephenson had served on the tour’s board since 2012. On July 9, that board had a seat open when the former AT&T executive Stephenson resigned his position, saying he could not “objectively evaluate or in good conscience support” the deal. The tour’s controversial deal with the Saudi PIF will need to be approved by a 10-member policy board made up of five PGA Tour players and five independent board directors from the corporate world. Former tour player Jason Gore is being promoted to executive vice president and chief player officer.įilling Randall Stephenson’s open board seat.Colin Neville from Raine Group has been retained as a third-party adviser to the five player directors who serve on the tour’s Policy Board and the 16 players on the Player Advisory Council.A task force has been created to develop potential pathways back to the PGA Tour for LIV players who wish to reapply in the future.Player compensation tied to the creation of the tour’s new commercial business with the Saudi PIF will be “financially significant in total and incremental to our planned compensation package.”.The tour will not support the proposed Model Local Rule (MLR) presented by the USGA and R&A that would give tournament organizers the option to require use of golf balls tested under modified launch conditions to dial back the distance of the golf ball.Tour players Patrick Cantlay and Webb Simpson will team with PGA Tour Policy Board members Mark Flaherty and Mary Meeker to form a search committee to fill the vacant board seat left by Randall Stephenson, who recently resigned over concerns with the tour’s deal with the Saudis.Monahan says negotiations toward potential finalization (he uses the term “Definitive Agreement” in the memo) with the PIF and DP World Tour are “complicated and time intensive.”.Monahan is expected to sit with players in-person in two weeks in Memphis in what will be a crucial meeting in getting the membership on board with the deal. The memo, obtained by The Athletic, covered a variety of issues facing the tour, though reams of details regarding the tour’s deal with the PIF still need clarity. ![]()
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