Rory McIlroy resigned from his position on the PGA Tour Policy Board on Tuesday ahead of the Tour’s final event of 2023, the PGA Tour has confirmed to Golfweek. The news was first reported by the New York Times.
McIlroy, 34, has been the Tour’s most vocal advocate in the two years since Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund and LIV Golf joined the scene and has also spent considerable time in leadership positions with the Tour. The four-time major champion was a member of the Player Advisory Council from 2019-21 and served as the PAC Chairman in 2021. For the last two years, he has been a Player Director on the Policy Board.
“Given the extraordinary time and effort that Rory – and all of his fellow Player Directors – have invested in the Tour during this unprecedented, transformational period in our history, we certainly understand and respect his decision to step down in order to focus on his game and his family,” said PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan and Policy Board Chairman Ed Herlihy via a statement.
“Rory’s resignation letter, which he sent to the full Board late this afternoon, clearly stated that the difficult decision was made due to professional and personal commitments,” commissioner Monahan wrote in an email to players on Tuesday obtained and shared by Ryan French.
The remaining Player Directors – Patrick Cantlay, Charley Hoffman, Peter Malnati, Webb Simpson and Tiger Woods – must now elect a successor to serve out McIlroy’s term, which expires at the end of 2024.
