, focus shifted back to an issue that has consumed golf for the last three years. It took a stunning turn earlier this month whenMonahan has referred to it as a “framework agreement” and he had few answers for players in a meeting two weeks ago at the Canadian Open. A Player Advisory Council meeting is scheduled for Wednesday ahead of the Travelers Championship in Connecticut., is not expected to attend. Two of his top executives are in charge of the tour’s day-to-day operations.
The agreement said the new company’s board would have majority representation appointed by the PGA Tour, the person said. The PGA Tour would still have full authority on how it runs its competition. “There are very, very few details,” Blumenthal said. “But remember, what we have here is essentially a repressive, autocratic foreign government taking control over an iconic, cherished American institution for the clear purpose of cleansing its public image,” he said.