"This is a critical point for the tour, and the players will do their best to make certain that any changes that are made in tour operations are in the best interest of all tour stakeholders." "I am honoured to represent the players of the PGA Tour," Woods said in a statement, his first public comments since the Saudi deal was announced. Monahan is seeing players this week at the Wyndham Championship in Greensboro, N.C., for the first time since he took a month-long leave because of a medical situation. The 12th board member is the PGA of America president, John Lindert.Įqually critical to Monahan was the support from Woods. Woods, as the sixth player director, marks the first time players have outnumbered the five independent directors on the board. The announcement Tuesday is a response to the PGA Tour having secret talks with the head of Saudi Arabia's national wealth fund that led to a proposed partnership that was announced in June and stunned players who had lined up behind the tour to fend off the Saudi threat. Woods will become a sixth player director - a year ago, the PGA Tour had only four players on its board - as part of a broad agreement that gives the players a greater voice and awareness of any major deals going forward. But what about Woods' first PGA Tour tournament after turning pro? That was the 1996 Greater Milwaukee Open, where he tied for 60th place.Tiger Woods has joined the PGA Tour policy board for the first time in his 27 years on tour, giving commissioner Jay Monahan key support as he rebuilds trust while forging ahead with details of a business partnership with Saudi backers of LIV Golf. So the 1992 Los Angeles Open at Riviera was Woods' first-ever PGA Tour appearance.
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Woods had also been named, for the second year in a row, the Southern California Amateur Player of the Year, plus Golf Digest's Junior Amateur Player of the Year. In 1991, he had become the youngest winner of the U.S. He may only have been 16 years old, but Woods was already a star. What made Woods, just a couple months past his 16th birthday, worthy of a sponsor exemption into the 1992 Nissan Los Angeles Open? Woods had been making news since, at age 2, he made his national television debut on the Mike Douglas Show. The Tiger Woods Foundation did, however, eventually take over as the tournament's organizer. Of all the PGA Tour tournaments Woods regularly played throughout his career, there were none he played more often than the tournament at Riviera without ever winning it. Ironically, the Los Angeles Open (later known by such names as the Nissan Open, Northern Trust Open and Genesis Invitational) became a thorn in Woods' side once his superstardom was established. Riviera's director of golf in 1992 was Peter Oosterhuis, former PGA Tour winner who later went on to a career as a golf broadcaster.
As a private course, Riviera required non-members to be accompanied by members, so Woods played that practice round with the club's director of golf. Prior to the tournament week, a practice round for Woods at Riviera was arranged. Friend shot 72-71, his 143 beating Woods by four strokes. Who were his playing partners? He was paired with Dicky Thompson, then a second-year PGA Tour player, and rookie Bob Friend. Who won the first PGA Tour event played by Tiger Woods? Fred Couples defeated Davis Love III in a playoff after both finished at 15-under 269. Riviera was a par-71 course for the week, so Woods' 147 total was five strokes over par. Woods posted scores of 72 and 75, missing the cut. Woods was 16 years old at the time, a sophomore in high school, and was given a sponsor's exemption into the field. The first PGA Tour tournament that Tiger Woods played was the 1992 Nissan Los Angeles Open at Riviera Country Club.
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