PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan is at present recovering from an unspecified “medical scenario,” the Tour introduced Tuesday night time.
The Tour didn’t present any particulars in regards to the process or Monahan’s standing.
Chief working officer Ron Worth and Tyler Dennis, the Tour’s govt vice chairman and president, will lead the day-to-day operations throughout Monahan’s absence.
It’s been a tumultuous week for the Tour, which final Tuesday introduced that it had entered right into a partnership with the controversial Public Funding Fund of Saudi Arabia and the DP World Tour. Monahan mentioned solely that that they had reached a “framework” settlement to create a brand new for-profit firm, however that most of the particulars could be ironed out over the approaching weeks and months.
Monahan was anticipated to be on the Tour’s subsequent cease, the Vacationers Championship, subsequent week in Connecticut.
Monahan, 53, has been the Tour commissioner since 2017.
“Our ideas are with Jay and his household throughout his absence, and we want him a speedy restoration,” Worth and Dennis mentioned in an announcement. “We’ve a robust and skilled management staff in place, and our precedence is to assist our gamers and proceed the work underway to additional lead the PGA Tour and golf’s future.”
