PGA Tour Chief Tournaments and Competitions Officer Resigns

Andy Pazder, an employee for more than 30 years, had recently been named to a committee connected to the June 6 'framework agreement.'

Andy Pazder, a key executive at the PGA Tour and an employee of the organization for more than 30 years, resigned his position Tuesday, effective immediately.

Commissioner Jay Monahan announced the move in a memo he sent to players, which was first reported by Golf Channel.

Pazder was the Tour’s chief tournaments and competitions officer overseeing events on the PGA Tour, Korn Ferry Tour and PGA Tour Champions. Pazder's most recent compensation disclosed in 2021 PGA Tour Form 990 tax filings, from salary, bonuses and benefits, was $2,417,198.

He had been recently been named by Monahan to a committee that would seek to figure out pathways back to the PGA Tour for LIV Golf League participants upon the completion of a "framework agreement" that was announced on June 6.

The Player Benefit Program committee is looking for ways to compensate players who did not leave for LIV Golf as well as developing ways for players to come back.

Monahan said that Tyler Dennis, an executive vice president who shared Monahan’s duties with chief operating officer Ron Price when the commissioner took a leave due to health reasons in June, will take over Pazder’s duties.

Pazder joined the PGA Tour in 1989 and worked under commissioners Deane Beman, Tim Finchem and Monahan.

Monahan made players aware of Pazder’s resignation just hours before the commissioner was to conduct a meeting with players in Memphis, site of this week’s FedEx St. Jude Championship.