The PGA Tour has a new CEO, who will bring the NFL model to professional golf. Who is it?
In a transformative leadership shift, the PGA Tour is set to appoint NFL media veteran Brian Rolapp as the CEO of the PGA Tour's commercial division. Rolapp's departure from the NFL will mark a career shift from teambased sports to the structured world of professional golf.Rolapp has spent more than two decades at the NFL, joining in 2003 and rising to executive vicepresident and chief media and business officer by 2017. He has been a close advisor to NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, steering monumental media rights deals with networks and streaming platforms, and is widely considered a likely successor to Goodell.A strategic hire amid a shifting golf ecosystemThe role of CEO for the PGA Tour Enterprises, the new commercial division, was created in December 2024 by Commissioner Jay Monahan to strengthen the Tour's business infrastructure. The new CEO will oversee […]