ATLANTA — Tiger Woods is a major player in golf again, this time without clubs. He was appointed Wednesday to chair a new committee charged with taking a fresh look at the competitive model for how the PGA Tour runs its tournaments.
Brian Rolapp, three weeks into his role as the tour’s first CEO, announced the nine-member “Future Competition Committee” and said it would have a clean sheet to consider changes that uphold traditions without being tied to them.
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