PGA Tour Commissioner Recovering From ‘Medical Situation’ at a Tense Moment for Golf

Jay Monahan informed the tour he would be absent from day-to-day duties just a week after announcing the Tour’s blockbuster combination with rival Saudi-backed LIV Golf

The PGA Tour said commissioner Jay Monahan is ‘recuperating from a medical situation.’ Photo: Richard Heathcote/Getty Images

LOS ANGELES—PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan is “recuperating from a medical situation,” and won’t be leading the organization’s day-to-day operations, the Tour said Tuesday, just a week after announcing the stunning merger agreement he brokered with Saudi-backed LIV Golf to call a truce in the battle that divided golf. 

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