The new PGA Tour CEO, Brian Rolapp, with his new initiatives, has already brought in many top names in golf. Yes, Tiger Woods is one of them who has taken charge of a new committee created by Rolapp. Interestingly, at the recent all-staff meeting, Rolapp announced a new initiative inspired by the NFL. The CEO shared about the voluntary retirement program during an all-staff meeting, but what caught the attention was Tiger Woods’s presence.

The Big Cat, with his off-course trouble, has been on a long break from golf. But now, as Rolapp addressed the staff about the new policy, Woods also came in with his part. The golfer, who is leading the Future Competitions Committee, talked about his role. Additionally, as per sources, the golfer even backed the CEO’s long-term plan.

The new initiative aims to create a “holistic relook” for the PGA Tour’s competitive framework. With nine members, including six players and three officials will led by Woods. The announcement of the new committee was made on August 20th, 2025. For the fact, Woods in 2023 was part of the PGA Tour policy board. It was his first role in his 27 years on the tour, giving commissioner Jay Monahan key support. Now, two years after that, he did the same for the new CEO program. However, the new announcement brought worry for 1300 employees.

As Rolapp completes a month in his tenure, he announced a voluntary retirement program available for some employees. As per the sources, Rolapp’s new program will offer 5-10% employees out of the total 1300 with retirement packages. Earlier, this program was introduced in the NFL last year, where 200 employees were offered the same. Out of the total 60 NFL employees who took the voluntary buyout, they were offered three weeks’ salary for each year served. Now, it is speculated that the same will be added to the PGA Tour.

Sharing his learning from the NFL, Rolapp said, “I think a lot of what I learned at the NFL can be applied here, and part of it — look, the sports business is not that complicated. You get the product right, you get the right partners, your fans will reward you with their time because they’re telling you it’s good and they want more of it, and then the commercial and the business part will take care of itself.” 

Well, his initiative, including some harsh ones, was already hinted at by the journalist as soon as he took the job.

Journalists talked about Brian Rolapp’s upcoming initiatives

Since becoming the CEO, there have been many talks about Brian Rolapp and how he is planning to shape the PGA Tour. His address on August 20th brought in views from journalists. At first, Todd Lewis said, “He seemed very firm, very comfortable, ready to make action happen now. He’s not going to just kind of feel his way into the pool; he’s diving off a 10-foot board.” Since joining, Rolapp has shared his focus on injecting the capital of $1.5 billion from Strategic Sports Group. In fact, the new Future Competition Committee is also a move that would shape the current structure of the tour for more exciting events involving top players.

Well, following Lewis, Golf Channel’s Rex Hoggard also shared his thoughts after an interaction with a player. He said, “I spoke to one player this morning and asked about his conversation with Brian, and his take was, ‘He’s going to crack some eggs. He’s going to come in, he’s going to make some changes.’ And this player was clear that not all of these changes are going to be popular with the players. Some of them might not be popular with the fans. He’s going to do what he feels is right.” The biggest change yet, the first came in as the Voluntary Retirement plan for the employees. Though there is more information awaited, but still the decision has already invited backlash.

When the post was shared by Josh Carpenter about the update, Tee Times reposted it with the historic data. The post read, “The PGA Tour enacts a second round of layoffs this year. These one’s are disguised as a voluntary retirement program, which is a common precursor to involuntary layoffs. Rolapp did the same thing at the NFL, offered voluntary retirement, then laid off when not enough accepted.” Well, back in 2023  PGA of America laid off 20 employees. Even in 2025, there has been a similar scenario.

Now, with Tiger Woods with his involvement and support for the new policy, is it going to be a horror move for the employees? What do you think about it? Share with us in the comments below.