Jordan Spieth is set to replace Rory McIlroy on the PGA Tour's Policy Board, after the four-time major champion announced he had resigned from his role as a Player Director last week.
Per a memo from PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan obtained by NBC Sports, Spieth has been voted in by the other five player directors to serve the one-year term left vacant by McIlroy. Monahan's memo read: "With Rory McIlroy resigning from the PGA Tour Policy Board last week, per the PGA Tour Tournament Regulations, the five remaining Player Directors have elected Jordan Spieth to serve the remainder of Rory's term which expires at the end of 2024.
"Jordan has extensive experience with the TOUR's governance process, having served two years on the Player Advisory Council (2017-18) including PAC Chairman in 2018 and three years (2019-21) as a Player Director.
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"Please welcome Jordan as he joins Patrick Cantlay, Charley Hoffman, Peter Malnati, Webb Simpson and Tiger Woods for the remainder of 2023, with current PAC Chairman Adam Scott replacing Charley starting in 2024." McIlroy shocked many at last week's DP World Tour Championship by confirming his departure from the board.
McIlroy has been at the centre of the PGA Tour's recent feud with LIV Golf, but has opted to step away from off-course issues as a deal with the Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia looms. Speaking in Dubai last week, the Northern Irishman admitted "something had to give" after taking on a number of responsibilities, both in golf and his personal life.
McIlroy claimed. "There are only so many hours in a day and only so many days in a week. I’ve got a lot going on in my life right now between trying to be a world-class golfer and trying to be a good husband and a good father. I’ve got a growing investment portfolio that is taking up more of my time.
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'I’m involved with TGL and sort of in the weeds with that. On top of all that, the Policy Board stuff was taking more of my time than ever this year. I just felt something had to give.” During the Tour's lengthy dispute with the LIV setup, which appears to have come to an end amid the impending framework agreement, McIlroy proved to be one of the Saudi-backed league's biggest critics having pledged his loyalties to the PGA Tour.
And it appears the Tour's Saudi u-turn played a part in McIlroy taking a step back from the decision making. “I stepped up and spoke out about something I believed in," he added. The landscape changed on June 6 with the announcement [of a framework agreement between the PGA Tour, Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund and the DP World Tour].
"It was never in my control, but from then on I was playing a lesser part because of the decisions that were made. There has been a lot of time spent on this over the last few weeks with different investment groups and meeting different people who are interested. It just got to the point where, although I like being busy, I like being busy on my own things. And it got to the point where I just couldn’t fit it all in.”