Jay Monahan has been all over the news this week due to the announcement of the PGA/LIV Merger, however he made the news yesterday for a different reason.
Monahan allegedly has suffered a medical emergency and announced that he will be stepping away from the day-to-day operations for the foreseeable future.
It’s been a week for the Tour that has been full of PR nightmares and controversy. Last Tuesday, the PGA announced that it had entered into a partnership with the controversial Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia’s LIV Golf and the DP World Tour.
In an article by NBC Sports, Monahan said only that they had reached a “framework” agreement to create a new for-profit company, but that many of the details would be ironed out over the coming weeks.
The exact medical emergency suffered by Monahan is unknown to the public at this time. The 55 year old has been the commissioner of the PGA since 2017.