Massive Changes Ahead for PGA Tour

Nothing off the table, says Woods, chairman of 9-man committee tasked to overhaul golf

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MIAMI - Tiger Woods will head a new player-led committee aimed at overseeing a radical shake-up of professional golf in North America, PGA Tour chief executive Brian Rolapp announced on Aug 20.

Speaking on the eve of the season-ending Tour Championship, Rolapp said Woods would act as chairman for a nine-member Future Competition Committee aimed at designing the "optimal competitive model" for golf.

Rolapp, who only recently took up his post with the PGA Tour after over two decades with the National Football League, said the committee had been charged with leading "significant change" to the sport's existing model.

"The purpose of this committee is pretty simple," Rolapp told a press conference.

"We're going to design the best professional golf competitive model in the world for the benefit of PGA Tour fans, players and their partners.

"The goal is not incremental change. The goal is significant change."

Woods will be one of six players serving on the committee, alongside Patrick Cantlay, Adam Scott, Camilo Villegas, Maverick McNealy and Keith Mitchell.