PGA Tour Commissioner Steps Back After ‘Medical Situation’
The PGA Tour said Tuesday night that Jay Monahan, its commissioner, was “recuperating from a medical situation” and that two of its other executives would oversee the tour’s day-to-day operations for the time being.
The tour’s four-sentence statement came one week after Monahan, 53, announced that the tour had reached a partnership deal with Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund, which bankrolled the LIV Golf league that has clashed with Monahan’s circuit for more than a year.
Monahan, the tour’s commissioner since 2017, was one of the lead negotiators during the secret talks, which led to an agreement that has caused a furor among players, outrage on Capitol Hill and the prospect that the Justice Department will seek to block the arrangement. Facing a crush of opposition to the deal, he has spent recent days crafting a response, including a session with players he called “heated,” a contentious news conference, a town-hall meeting with tour employees in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla., and a pointed letter to lawmakers in Washington.
The tour did not elaborate on Monahan’s condition but said that its board “fully supports Jay and appreciates everyone respecting his privacy.”
Source: The New York Times
