ATLANTA – Brian Rolapp’s first announcement as CEO of the PGA Tour was predictably bold, with the former NFL executive announcing Wednesday at the Tour Championship the creation of a Future Competition Committee.
Rolapp said the committee’s goal is a “holistic relook of how we compete on the Tour,” and will focus on both the regular season, playoffs and off-season.
The nine-member committee will include six players and will be chaired by Tiger Woods, who also serves on the policy board and the PGA Tour Enterprises board. He will be joined by Joe Gorder, the chairman of both boards; John Henry, the manager of Strategic Sports Group; and Theo Epstein, the former MLB executive who is an advisor for Fenway Sports Group.
“We’re going to focus on the evolution of our competitive model and the