The arrival of the new CEO of the PGA Tour, Brian Rollap, is causing a lot of reactions, mostly enthusiastic reactions, considering that fans were previously dissatisfied with the management of the most prestigious tour in the world.
The arrival of LIV Golf changed a lot in the world of golf, including the dynamics of the PGA Tour.
Brian Rollap is seen by many as a visionary figure, and already some of the moves he's made show how ambitious he is and how much he wants to take the PGA Tour in the right direction.
In one of the interviews, Brian Rollap talked about various topics, and one of the main topics was the future of the PGA Tour. The new Future Competition Committee, led by Tiger Woods, wants to make important moves to strengthen the PGA Tour's status and ensure that the world's best golfers play on the tour.
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Brian Rollap revealed what the task will be for Woods and his colleagues, explaining what could be the basis of success.
"How do you make bigger events and stream them together in a season you can understand? Part of professional golf's issue is it has grown up as a series of events that happen to be on television.
How do you actually take those events and cobble them together in a competitive model including a post-season that you would understand whether you're a golf fan or a sports fan.
Nothing's been decided but that's the committee's job."- he said, as quoted by Golf Monthly.
Vision
In the following, Rollap explained in detail how he observes the PGA Tour and what kind of vision he has for the prestigious tour. He emphasizes the sports business model, stressing that things are not as complicated as they seem.
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Rollap believes that finding the right partners is key.
After that, Brian highlightsthe competitiveness of golf, with the desire to make the competition as tight as possible. He compares it to the NFL system, with fans being much more interested if the competition is fierce.
PGA CEO believes that golf already has such a system, but the last step would be to create a model that is easy to understand, in order to create an additional desire of fans to watch this sport.
