PGA Tour Enterprises eye NFL Executive Brian Rolapp for lead role: Report

As per the reports, the PGA Tour is looking to hire Brian Rolapp, the chief media and business officer of the NFL, to head PGA Tour Enterprises. PGA Tour Enterprise is the tentative name of the new organization to be formed if the Tour's agreement with the PIF and Strategic Sports Group gets finalized.

On Thursday, January 11, Ben Fischer of the Sports Business Journal reported that Rolapp could become the first-ever chief of the PGA Tour Enterprise. Rolapp has 20 years of experience with the NFL and has done a lot of work to take the league to new heights.

The SBJ's report further states that Rolapp was long seen as the successor to NFL media revenue commissioner Roger Goodell. However, Goodell has extended his contract until 2027, and there have been three commissioners since 1960. This makes it highly unlikely that Colapp will replace him after turning 60. Hence, this could be one of the reasons for the 51-year-old calculating his plans.

However, all this will only come to fruition if and only if the PGA Tour and PIF deals get finalized. For the uninitiated, the deadline for the framer agreement for the deal was the end of last year. However, it was extended to April this year. The Strategic Sports Group has also entered as the third partner in the framework.

With the new deadline being three months away, the next few months will be interesting in the golf world.

What's next on the PGA Tour?

The PGA Tour is currently in Hawaii for the Sony Open, which will conclude on Sunday, January 14, at Waialae Golf Club. The Tour will then move to La Quinta, California, for the American Express, taking place from Thursday, January 18, to Sunday, January 21. Defending champion Jon Rahm will not be competing at the event after his move to LIV Golf.

Here are the current names finalized fo next week's event:

Tyson Alexander
Aaron Baddeley
Paul Barjon
Erik Barnes
Christiaan Bezuidenhout
Alexander Björk
Zac Blair
Michael Block #
Joseph Bramlett
Ryan Brehm
Jacob Bridgeman
Hayden Buckley
Bronson Burgoon
Sam Burns
Rafael Campos
Patrick Cantlay
Cameron Champ
Wyndham Clark
Eric Cole
Parker Coody
Pierceson Coody
Trace Crowe
Joel Dahmen
Cam Davis
Jason Day
Thomas Detry
Kevin Dougherty
Jason Dufner
Adrien Dumont de Chassart
Tyler Duncan
Nico Echavarria
Austin Eckroat
Harrison Endycott
Tony Finau
Patrick Fishburn
Rickie Fowler
Wilson Furr
Brian Gay
Doug Ghim
Will Gordon
Chris Gotterup
Max Greyserman
Ben Griffin
Lanto Griffin
Scott Gutschewski
Bill Haas
Chesson Hadley
Adam Hadwin
James Hahn
Blaine Hale, Jr.
Harry Hall
Garrick Higgo
Joe Highsmith
Ryo Hisatsune
Rico Hoey
Charley Hoffman
Tom Hoge
J.B. Holmes
Billy Horschel
Mark Hubbard
Sungjae Im
Stephan Jaeger
Zach Johnson
Chan Kim
Michael Kim
S.H. Kim
Si Woo Kim
Tom Kim
Chris Kirk
Kevin Kisner
Jake Knapp
Ben Kohles
Matt Kuchar
Martin Laird
Andrew Landry
Nate Lashley
K.H. Lee
Min Woo Lee
Nicholas Lindheim
David Lingmerth
David Lipsky
Adam Long
Justin Lower
Shane Lowry
Robert MacIntyre
Peter Malnati
Ben Martin
Ryan McCormick
Tyler McCumber
Maverick McNealy
Mac Meissner
Troy Merritt
Keith Mitchell
Taylor Montgomery
Ryan Moore
Grayson Murray
Matt NeSmith
Andrew Novak
Matthieu Pavon
Taylor Pendrith
Raul Pereda
Victor Perez
Chandler Phillips
J.T. Poston
Seamus Power
Andrew Putnam
Aaron Rai
Chad Ramey
Chez Reavie
Sam Ryder
Xander Schauffele
Scottie Scheffler
Adam Schenk
Matti Schmid
Robby Shelton
Greyson Sigg
Ben Silverman
David Skinns
Roger Sloan
Alex Smalley
Brandt Snedeker
Hayden Springer
Scott Stallings
Jimmy Stanger
Sam Stevens
Kevin Streelman
Justin Suh
Callum Tarren
Ben Taylor
Nick Taylor
Josh Teater
Justin Thomas
Davis Thompson
Alejandro Tosti
Sami Valimaki
Erik van Rooyen
Jhonattan Vegas
Camilo Villegas
Matt Wallace
Vince Whaley
Tom Whitney
Brandon Wu
Dylan Wu
Norman Xiong
Carson Young
Kevin Yu
Carl Yuan