“We were just kind of put in a funky or tough position with how stuff was handled in the past. “I think it’s very obvious last year that a pretty good amount of us were frustrated and taken back with how some things took place,” Justin Thomas said. The 41 players include every PGA Tour member from the top 20 in the world ranking, along with all 16 members of the Player Advisory Council. The tour listed 41 players who supported the changes, including Woods, McIlroy, Cantlay, Scottie Scheffler, Jon Rahm and Jordan Spieth. Monahan had told The Associated Press in June that Al-Rumayyan would not be an additional board member but would replace someone whose term expires. The framework agreement would allow Yasir Al-Rumayyan, governor of the PIF, to join the board as an independent director. Players are involved in the search to replace him. Former AT&T Chairman Randall Stephenson recently resigned, saying he could not support the Saudi agreement. The independent directors are Chairman Ed Herlihy and Jimmy Dunne, who worked privately with Monahan on the Saudi agreement, along with Mary Meeker and Mark Flaherty. “This is a critical point for the tour, and the players will do their best to make certain that any changes that are made in tour operations are in the best interest of all tour stakeholders.” “I am honored to represent the players of the PGA Tour,” Woods said in a statement, his first public comments since the Saudi deal was announced. Monahan is seeing players this week at the Wyndham Championship in Greensboro, North Carolina, for the first time since he took a monthlong leave because of a medical situation. The 12th board member is the PGA of America president, John Lindert.Įqually critical to Monahan was the support from Woods. Woods, as the sixth player director, marks the first time players have outnumbered the five independent directors on the board. The announcement Tuesday is a response to the PGA Tour having secret talks with the head of Saudi Arabia’s national wealth fund that led to a proposed partnership that was announced in June and stunned players who had lined up behind the tour to fend off the Saudi threat. Woods will become a sixth player director - a year ago, the PGA Tour had only four players on its board - as part of a broad agreement that gives the players a greater voice and awareness of any major deals going forward. Tiger Woods has joined the PGA Tour policy board for the first time in his 27 years on tour, giving Commissioner Jay Monahan key support as he rebuilds trust while forging ahead with details of a business partnership with Saudi backers of LIV Golf.

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