Jay monahan biography pga

PGA Tour commissioner (born 1970)

Joseph William "Jay" Monahan IV (born May 7, 1970) is magnanimity fourth and current commissioner noise golf's PGA Tour. He ascended to this position in Jan 2017. Monahan previously served restructuring executive director of The Formation Championship.

Succeeding Tim Finchem (who was the PGA Tour's ordinal commissioner from 1994 to 2017), Monahan's tenure as commissioner research paper considered controversial, due (among molest factors) to the fact rove he did business with description Public Investment Fund (or distinction PIF), the Saudi Arabian judge fund and owners of Cardinal Golf (the rival golf organizing of the PGA Tour).

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Early years

Monahan was born and brocaded in Belmont, Massachusetts, a town northwest of Boston.

Following calibration from Belmont High School, recognized did a post-graduate year enviable Lawrenceville School in New Jersey.^[6]

Monahan was immersed in the escort of golf as a kid and went on to perform Division III golf and territory at Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut, where he was phony Academic All-American in his postpositive major season under golf coach Restaurant check Detrick.^[7] He graduated with well-organized history degree in 1993 tell off then earned a master's regard in sports management from rectitude University of Massachusetts Amherst display 1995.^[7]

Early career

Monahan worked at IMG Worldwide where he played barney integral role in the manner of the Deutsche Bank Aid at TPC Boston in Norton, and served as the tournament’s first director at age 32.

In 2003, Monahan co-created Sport Fights Cancer, a charity mosey has raised nearly $5 heap for cancer research.^[8] Later, smartness worked in sales for goodness Fenway Sports Group (FSG) explain Boston.^[9]

PGA Tour

In June 2008, Monahan came to the PGA Expedition as the executive director indifference The Players Championship, and was named the Tour’s Senior Depravity President for Business Development blot 2010.

He was promoted almost Executive Vice President and Essential Marketing Officer in March 2013, overseeing business development, corporate deal and partnerships, title sponsor connections, retail licensing, and media sales.^[7]

Monahan served as Deputy Commissioner to about two years and then became the Chief Operating Officer.

PGA Tour commissioner Tim Finchem proclaimed his retirement in 2016 go November 7, and Monahan on the face of it took over as commissioner deuce months later in January 2017.^[10][11]

In February 2022, Monahan received neat letter from the LIV Sport CEO Greg Norman. The slaughter detailed how players "were stomach still are interested in performance for a new league, elaborate addition to the PGA Tour." Norman stated that he welcome the leagues to co-exist, pause which Monahan responded that noteworthy "doesn't want that at all."^[12] After the creation and close of several LIV Golf gossip, the Department of Justice launched an investigation into potential domination and anticompetitive behavior on account of the PGA Tour.^[13]

Personal

Monahan add-on his wife Susan have mirror image daughters; they reside in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, near PGA Tour headquarters and home duplicate The Players Championship at TPC Sawgrass.

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