PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan announces he is returning to his role on July 17th
PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan announced on Friday in a press release that he will be returning to his role as “PGA Tour Commissioner” effective on July 17th, 2023. He recently took some time to step away from his post after he was recovering from what has been classified as a “medical situation.”
Check out his letter to the PGA TOUR Policy Board Members below. You can read the tweet or the typed-out version below the tweet.
He wrote: “PGA TOUR Policy Board Members,”
“Thank you for your support and leadership these past few weeks. I am happy to report that I am returning to my role as PGA Tour Commissioner effective July 17th, 2023.”
“I am deeply sorry that I haven’t been able to be with you during this time. The last two years have been grueling for us all. I experienced that toll personally in the days following the announcement of our framework agreement and encountered adverse impacts on my health. With the support of my family and thanks to world class medical care, my health has improved dramatically.”
“Over the last several years, as we’ve confronted challenges that called the PGA Tour’s future into question, we have devoted every ounce of energy to securing a stable path forward for our organization. With the framework agreement with DP World Tour and PIF, we are on a path to accomplish this goal. Should we be able to reach a definitive agreement, we can rest assured that the PGA TOUR will continue to lead and shape the game for the future. Beyond that, we will have the ability to invest in our players and communities like never before.”
“I am eager to engage with each of you–as well as our players, partners, fans, and our PGA TOUR family— to address any questions and protect the game we treasure.”
PGA Tour and LIV still have plenty to sort out in the future
Monahan’s statement is nice and all. But there are still plenty of fractured relationships between the PGA Tour and LIV golfers that need to be repaired. It’s a fair question to ask whether or not the members of the PGA Tour will keep Monahan as their commissioner. Time will tell if he sticks around.
Not only that, but there’s also still a near endless amount of litigation to sort out. The Justice Department and the U.S. government are looking into the framework agreement. That’s going to take an extremely long time to sort out whether or not they will actually allow this type of agreement to happen. If not, then what next? There are plenty of anti-trust issues that they’re investigating.
Plenty of people like Golf Channel’s Brandel Chamblee think that the Justice Department will not allow the agreement between the PGA and LIV to go through. We’ll have to see how it all shakes out. There’s plenty of complicated legal things that need to be settled.
It’ll be refreshing when golf fans can finally get back to just enjoying the game of golf. Because golf fans don’t want to be bombarded with legal jargon all day. Not only that, but they also don’t want to hear a bunch of millionaires fighting with other millionaires about money.
And who can blame them? The longer this all drags out, the worse it is for the game of golf. The PGA Tour and LIV would be wise to figure out a solution for all parties involved and put the past behind them. At some point, it’s going to be time to quit fighting and focus on golf.