Tiger Woods timed posting Players Director memo with Jon Rahm’s LIV Golf announcement

When Jon Rahm joined Fox News to confirm his decision to bolt from the PGA Tour to LIV Golf, Tiger Woods was prepared to make an announcement, too.

The 47-year-old golfer, who played at the Hero World Challenge in his first golf appearance since undergoing ankle surgery after the Masters in April, was referred to the PGA Tour Policy Committee by player directors on Dec. 1. I posted a copy of the memo. Perhaps the antidote to the possibility of the Tour losing another top golfer is an attempt to ensure that one of its most successful members continues to believe in the Tour’s future.

“The Player Directors are united and we are all working together to represent the best interests of the PGA Tour, all of our player members, and the sport,” Woods wrote in the post.

He posted the memo at 6:22p.m, about 20 minutes after Mr. Rahm joined Fox News’ “Special Report” while wearing a black LIV golf jacket.

A memo purportedly sent to all members includes language about “speculation in our games,” and includes Woods, Jordan Spieth, Charlie Hoffman, Patrick Cantlay, Webb Simpson, and Peter Malnati, was referring to Adam Scott’s approach to six current players. The directors and Mr. Scott, who will replace Mr. Hoffman, assured that “no major decisions will be made in the future without the prior involvement and approval of the Player Director.”

“Since Tiger joined the Policy Board on August 1st, the Player Directors have been doing everything we can to ensure the PGA Tour is best positioned to thrive for decades to come,” the memo stated in its first paragraph. “We have learned a lot, and we are encouraged by progress on multiple fronts.”