The LPGA’s Board of Administrators elected Craig Kessler because the group’s tenth commissioner on Thursday.

Kessler, 39, most just lately served because the chief working supply for the PGA of America.

His tenure begins on July 15 as he replaces Mollie Marcoux Samaan, who stepped down in January.

“This is not nearly main a sports activities group — it is about redefining what’s potential,” Kessler stated. “This position is deeply private to me — not simply as knowledgeable alternative, however as an opportunity to make a distinction on this planet and create new alternatives for others. Golf modifications lives. I imagine within the LPGA’s mission, its members and its momentum. I am unable to wait to get began.”

Kessler’s appointment comes in the course of the LPGA’s landmark seventy fifth anniversary season.

LPGA Board of Administrators Elects Craig Kessler as Commissioner

Kessler would be the tenth LPGA Commissioner and has been chosen to guide the LPGA’s subsequent period of worldwide development

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“We got down to discover a transformational chief with a deep appreciation for the LPGA’s legacy and a transparent imaginative and prescient of what is potential for our future,” board chairman John B. Veihmeyer stated. “Craig is an inspiring and interesting chief, who brings a novel mixture of government management expertise, deep relationships within the golf business, and a real dedication to elevating girls and women via golf. The LPGA has by no means been extra dynamic — and Craig is strictly the fitting chief to drive its subsequent period of development and affect.”

Earlier than working for PGA of America, Kessler was the CEO of the Dallas-based retail firm Buff Metropolis Cleaning soap. He serves on the boards of the Nationwide Golf Basis and the UT Southwestern hospital system.

Liz Moore will proceed as interim commissioner till Kessler’s time period begins.

–Subject Stage Media