The PGA Tour Policy Board has approved a new Lifetime Achievement exemption category for Tiger Woods, allowing him to access all eight signature events for the rest of his career. This decision, announced on June 19, 2024, was made to honor Woods' exceptional lifetime achievements in golf. Additionally, the board approved a 72-player minimum for these events, with an alternate list to maintain that number in case of withdrawals. Commissioner Jay Monahan explained that the exemption was important to the membership, player directors, and the board. The exemption will enable Woods to participate in these prestigious tournaments starting next year.
🚨🗣️🐅 #NEW: Jay Monahan explains the reasoning behind Tiger’s lifetime exemption to signature events: “Well, listen, I think it was important to our membership, it's something we talked about with the PAC, it was important to our player directors, it was important to our board,… https://t.co/leVYFTwc66
Tiger Woods is now getting a special “lifetime achievement” exemption to get into the Tour’s 8 signature events while everybody else has to earn their way in? What next – the Lakers get a free pass into the playoffs due to exemplary past contributions to the NBA’s TV ratings?
🚨👀🎙️ #MEETING THE MEDIA — Commissioner Jay Monahan took questions this morning from the Travelers but had little to share with regards to ongoing negotiations. (📸: @Golfweek_Dusek) https://t.co/pZNmXbarii
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Tiger Woods will receive exemptions into the Tour’s eight signature events based on his “exceptional lifetime achievement.” Full story: https://t.co/lJVNRD5MIe https://t.co/6ouKBiU7NN
Tigers Woods will receive exemptions into the Tour’s eight signature events based on his “exceptional lifetime achievement.” Full story: https://t.co/mSHsnrL1Tf https://t.co/XVwcNiDJ0Y
Tiger Woods has been given a lifetime exemption into PGA Tour Signature Events starting next year ⛳ The exemption, voted through by the PGA Tour policy board, enables Woods to participate in all eight signature tournaments of the tour for the rest of his career ⏩ https://t.co/bfDkoOiDPD
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The PGA Tour has created a new exemption category just for Tiger Woods giving him a spot in all signature events moving forward. READ: https://t.co/QsPQW89L4k https://t.co/35JT3VbonF
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During today's meeting, PGA Tour Policy Board APPROVED a new Lifetime Achievement exemption category for Tiger Woods to access Signature Events. It also approved a 72-player minimum for Signature Events, with an alternate list to maintain that number in the event of a WD. Both… https://t.co/qYGxCAeEMl