PGA Tour Policy Board members are Ed Herlihy, Jimmy Dunne, Mark Flaherty and Mary Meeker. Ed is the co-chairman of the PGA policy board.
Professional Golf Association (PGA) organized professional golf tours in the US and North America. PGA tour championships and multiple states opens are managed by this entity.
It serves as the circuit for professional golfers to grow and compete at both local and international levels. However, the desire for golfers to have larger purses in the competition gave birth to APG.
American Professional Golfers (APG) was an independent body from PGA but it was later dissolved after PGA and golfers came to a compromise.
PGA board members are responsible for deciding on various national, international, state, and local level competitions. They also conduct anti-doping tests and maintain the integrity of the game.
PGA Board Of Directors List
PGA Tour board members include independent directors like Ed Herlihy, Jimmy Dunne, Mark Flaherty, and Mary Meeker. Ed has assumed the post of former chairman Randall Stephenson.
There are 10 members in the PGA Tour boards which includes five independent directors and five players. Directors are responsible for purse prizes, schedule development, marketing, promotion, rules officiating, and hole sheets.
The prominent independent directors of PGA are listed below.
Ed Herlihy
Ed Herlihy is the PGA tour independent director. He is also an alumnus of Hobart College and George Washington University Law School.
Herlihy took over the role after Randall resigned on July 10, 2023. Ed is in the position to whether to accept the proposition of PGA to have a deal with Liv Golf or not.
On the other hand, the BOD of PGA has revealed that they shall be ruined without the deal with the Saudi-backed company Liv Golf. However, players like Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy were against the deal of PGA and Liv.
Moreover, Ed Herlihy is one of the reputed business lawyers who is known for mergers and acquisitions of top firms in New York.
Jimmy Dunne
Jimmy Dunne is an independent member of the PGA board. He is also an avid golfer and he asked the organization to be part of the PGA tour.
Dunne is also vice chairman and co-founder of Sandler O'Neill and Partners. He has been with Sandler for nearly 5 years having joined in 2018.
Dunne helped PGA make a deal with Liv (Saudi-backed) despite finding out that they are the same organization that bankrolled 9/11.
However, Jimmy argues that he sympathizes with the victims of 9/11 as he himself was saved after he went golfing instead of going to his office in the World Trade Center.
Mark Flaherty
Independent PGA Tour director Mark Flaherty is also known as a stock market and trading guru. Flaherty is on the BoD of Goldman and Sachs.
Mark was also in the dilemma of merging with LIV. The professional golf tour was founded in 2021, it has many elite golfers within its ranks.
For the survival of PGA to grow local players and propel the game throughout the country, it is essential for the company to seek more capital. Thus, the PGA board is merging with Liv in order to have better financial standing.
Marry Meeker
Mary Meeker is the only female on the PGA board. Meeker is also the general partner at BOND and focuses on high-growth technological companies.
Meeker alongside the three other members is in charge of seeking the source of capital to sustain PGA. According to New York Times, Meeker and peers have already agreed to merge their assets with LIV Golf.
The board's main goal was to assure the stay of top professional players on the PGA tour. The flux of capital shall bring such assurance as PGA shall have the biggest purses in the opens.
However, they have compromised their integrity by joining hands with LIV, many 9/11 victims, and elite professional golfers criticizing the decision of BODs.
Who Is On The PGA Tour Policy Board?
PGA Tour Policy Board 2023 players directors include Patrick Cantlay, Charley Hoffman, Peter Malnati, Rory Mcilroy, and Webb Simpson.
They are the remaining five board members that have influence over rules officiating, Open tour schedule management, and commissions. That said, they have power over voting and taking action meetings.
| PGA 2023 Player Directors | Duration |
| Patrick Cantlay | 2023 (One Year Term) |
| Charley Hoffman | 2017-23 |
| Peter Malnati | 2023-25 |
| Rory McIlroy | 2022-24 |
| Webb Simpson | 2023-25 |
Patrick Cantlay
Patrick Cantlay joined in 2023, he shall only serve for a year. Cantaly was involved in making the merger decision with LIV Golf.
Cantlay was the number one golfer in World Amateur Golf Ranking for 55 weeks among top amateur golfers. He has also won eight PGA Tours and is inducted into the UCLA Athletics Hall of Fame.
Charley Hoffman
Charley Hoffman in his last term for the position of player director. Hoffman is a professional golfer who has six career wins including the PGA Championship, US Open, and the Masters tournament.
This 46-year-old athlete has stated in a 2022 social media post, that he does not have any interest in playing at the PGA tour but he has not made any official statement about the matter.
Peter Malnati
Peter Malnati has recently joined the PGA tour policy board as a player director in 2023. His contract shall last till 2025.
Malnati has seven career wins including one PGA championship. He has 2 wins on the Korn Ferry tour and the other two on Web.com and eGolf.
Rory McIlroy
Rory McIlroy is with the PGA board of directors for two years. Wee-Mac is one of the most decorated golfers with 23 wins in his career to date.
McIlroy has also been named RTE Sports Person of the Year in 2011 and 2014. He ranked number one in the official world golf ranking for 100 weeks.
PGA Tour Champions Division Board
The other members of the PGA BoD are:
- Steve Flesch (Chairman): He is a four-time winner of the PGA tour and briefly worked as a golf analyst for Fox Sports at Golf Channel.
- Jeff Maggert: Maggert is a former player who has triple wins in the PGA tour and one in a European tour.
- Scott Parel: Scott has recorded 4 wins in the PGA arena and four other wins in various tournaments.
- David Toms: Toms was a top ten player in the world golf ranking for 175 weeks. He has 13 career wins on the PGA Tour.
PGA of America Director
- John Lindert
PGA Tour Pac Chairman
- Adam Scott
Korn Ferry Tour Pac Chairman
- Vince India
PGA Tour Commissioner
Jay Monahan is the tour commissioner of the PGA tour. Monahan played a crucial role to push the deal of the PGA and Liv golf merger.
Jay also suffered from health issues but has regained his vitality after the medical support and care from his family.
The commissioner has stated that he is seeking a stable path forward with PGA. As such, Monahan has completed his agreement with the DP World Tour and PIF to ensure his mission.
Who Is Randall Stephenson?
Randall Stephenson was the independent director of the PGA Tour Policy Board for more than a decade. Randall resigned after discovering PGA's partnership with Saudi Arabian PIF (Public Investment Fund) on June 10, 2023.
Saudi PIF is assumed to be responsible for the backing of 9/11 in America. Several golfers have criticized the deal openly where PGA board themselves apologized to the media.
Stephenson was also CEO of AT&T Inc till 2020, he served in the position for 13 years. He was also president of Boy Scouts of America from 2016-2018.
Randall Stephenson Net Worth
Randall Stephenson PGA net worth is estimated to be $140 million according to Celebrity Net Worth. His salary was assumed as $28 million.
Currently, he is retired from the job, but Randall had a massive undertaking in his career. He is acknowledged for the acquisition of DirectTV for $49 billion and TimeWarner for $85 billion.
Stephenson made AT&T one of the largest entertainment companies from a phone company. However, after the retirement of Randall, it was discovered that the company was going through $200 billion in debt due to acquisition and fewer profits.
Randall Stephenson House
The house of Randall Stephenson is a 12,000-square-foot residence in Dallas, Texas on Walnut Hill Lane. He also bought two 5,000-square-foot houses that were on either side of his home.
It was done in order to muffle the noise coming in Walnut Hill thus it was for kids to have a safe space for kids and dogs to play. Stephenson's house's price was estimated to be $9.6 million by Forbes in 2017.
