After the surprising announcement of the $3 billion merger, the PGA Tour has received much flak from its own players. Golfers have bashed PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan, to the extent that he had to exit the situation for a while. But yesterday the Tour took a very big step to please its golfers by making Tiger Woods, a Player Director.

However, according to the latest reports, the PGA Tour had taken this decision after much pressure from the players.

PGA Tour took Tiger Woods’ decision after immense pressure

The PIF-PGA-DP World Tour merger was committed in utmost secrecy, the announcement of which left the players in utter amazement and shock. Moreover, the continued secrecy on the matter maintained by the authorities irked the players so much that they broke out into rebellion against Jay Monahan.

And it has been weeks since PGA Tour players were demanding more inclusion of players and transparency on the matter without any response. But things finally cooled down this week. On Monday Tiger Woods and the other 41 players sent a letter to Monahan, which demanded their inclusion in the future matters of the Tour.

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The group consisting of Scottie Scheffler, Rory McIlroy, Jon Rahm, and other players asked for Woods’s appointment to the policy board. They also demanded an immediate review of the Tour’s governance structure. The next day the Tour agreed and appointed Woods.

This is the biggest step taken by the players towards the league. In the statement released, the Tour said, “ The Player Directors will have full transparency and the authority to approve or to decline to approve any potential changes to the Tour as part of the Framework Agreement discussions,”

Woods welcomes the PGA Tour’s decision and thanks Jay Monahan for the inclusion

Tiger, on his part, has accepted the position gracefully and released an important statement, “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, including fans, sponsors and players,”

He has also thanked Monahan on behalf of the PGA Tour players for this step. The 15 times major winner has said that Monahan has his confidence and he believes that Monahan will do the right thing moving ahead.

It is highly perceived that the appointment is the result of immense pressure on the players upon its tour. Nevertheless, the players finally got what they have been asking for. How this new change will help them, we will find out in the upcoming days.

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