Patrick Cantlay picked as additional player added to PGA Tour board

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Competition and other membership issues always required a majority approval of the four players serving on the 10-member PGA Tour policy board. Next year it goes back to an even split of player directors and independent directors.

A fifth player is joining the board effective next January, with Patrick Cantlay appointed to a one-year term.

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"It bring additional views and perspectives from a player standpoint," said Andy Pazder, the tour's chief tournament and competitions officer.

What makes this position different is it will be determined by the four players already on the board instead of a vote by the entire membership.

The other player directors — currently Rory McIlroy, Kevin Kisner, James Hahn and Charley Hoffman — previously were elected by their peers to be chairmen of the Player Advisory Council for a year, and then they graduate to the policy board for a three-year term.

Cantlay was on the ballot for PAC chairman this year, finishing third behind Webb Simpson and Peter Malnati. Now he goes straight to the board next year. Whoever is appointed to the fifth seat after Cantlay will serve a three-year term.

For years, the PGA Tour board comprised four players and four independent directors, along with the current of PGA of America president.

Patrick Cantlay watches his tee shot on the 16th hole during the first round of play in the Players Championship golf tournamnet Thursday, March 10, 2022, in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Commissioner Jay Monahan appointed a fifth independent director in 2017 — Mary Meeker, a general partner at the venture capital firm of