PGA Tour: With FedEx Cup Playoffs looming, another top executive resigns

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Based on Rex Hoggard of the Golf Channel, Andy Pazder, the Chief Tournaments and Competitions Officer for the PGA Tour, introduced his resignation in an e-mail despatched to gamers Tuesday.

PGA Tour members acquired this discover earlier than a participant’s assembly at 4:00 p.m. ET Tuesday in Memphis.

Tyler Dennis, the Government Vice President of the PGA Tour, will assume Pazder’s tasks and oversee tournaments going ahead.

Pazder was a notable presence on the driving vary each week on tour, per Hoggard. Gamers may simply strategy him with questions on course setup, guidelines, and different matters.

He had spent greater than 30 years with the tour, overseeing every event on the PGA and Korn Ferry excursions, establishing the course, and making certain honest competitors at each venue every week.

Andy Pazder, PGA Tour

PHOENIX, Ariz. — Champions president Miller Brady and govt Andy Pazder previous to the PGA Tour Champions Charles Schwab Cup Championship at Phoenix Nation Membership on November 9, 2022.
Picture by Tracy Wilcox/PGA TOUR by way of Getty Photos

Tuesday’s announcement comes in the future after the PGA Tour launched its 2024 schedule, which options eight new “Signature Occasions” and elevated purses for prime gamers.

The information additionally comes roughly one month after PGA Tour board member Randall Stephenson resigned.

Based on the Washington Put up, Stephenson had “critical issues” about the way forward for the PGA Tour following its cope with the Saudi Arabian Public Funding Fund.

Why Pazder abruptly resigned stays to be seen, however the announcement is seen as a surprising improvement in what has been a tumultuous yr for the PGA Tour.

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