Seth Waugh is stepping down as CEO of the PGA of America.
The information comes Wednesday as Waugh introduced that he selected to not renew his contract, which expires on June 30, and can shift right into a senior advisory position with the group.
“I’m pleased with all that we’ve got achieved for our greater than 30,000 members and the sport,” Waugh stated. “I’ve loved each second serving alongside all of my colleagues, all the varied officers and board members and attending to know so a lot of our devoted members who’re on the entrance line of the sport that we love on daily basis of the 12 months. The day-to-day recreation has by no means been stronger, extra beloved or higher positioned for the longer term due to their ardour and the way we’ve got all labored collectively to make hundreds of thousands of lives higher by means of our outstanding sport.
“The aim from the beginning was to depart the room higher than we discovered it and I imagine that collectively we’ve got completed simply that.”
Waugh was named CEO in August 2018 after spending the three earlier years as an impartial director on the PGA’s board of administrators. Waugh’s accomplishments whereas CEO embrace negotiating the PGA’s 11-year media rights offers with CBS and ESPN, facilitating different partnerships with Rolex and T-Cell, shifting PGA headquarters to PGA Frisco, creating the primary deferred compensation retirement plan for PGA members, main the $100 million PGA REACH Basis marketing campaign to impression lives by means of golf, and serving to increase over $35 million for PGA Locations to Play, one of many organizations efforts towards inclusivity within the recreation.
In the course of the pandemic, Waugh additionally helped set up a virtually $8 million emergency aid fund whereas being an integral a part of professional golf’s return to competitors in 2020, which included the PGA Championship being the primary main contested post-shutdown.
“On behalf of the greater than 30,000 PGA of America golf professionals, we’re grateful for Seth’s management and for all that he achieved for our members, our recreation, the enterprise and our individuals,” stated PGA of America President John Lindert. “He skillfully led us by means of extremely difficult instances and was all the time an incredible associate. We’re lucky to have the ability to name on him going ahead for his all the time useful recommendation and counsel.”
Kerry Haigh, the PGA’s chief championships officer, will function interim CEO whereas a nationwide seek for Waugh’s substitute is carried out. The PGA added, nevertheless, that Haigh wouldn’t be thought of as everlasting CEO.
