Canada's Keith Pelley elected as Chairman of the International Golf Federation

 Keith Pelley, the Chief Executive of the European Tour group, has been elected as the new Chairman of the International Golf Federation (IGF).

Pelley will serve as Chairman of the IGF from 2023-2027, while World Golf Hall of Fame Member Annika Sörenstam, the ten-time Major Champion and host of the Volvo Cars Scandinavian Mixed, was also re-elected as IGF President.

Prior to joining the European Tour group, Pelley was President of Rogers Media in Toronto where he was responsible for leading the overall operations of the company’s diverse portfolio. Before that, he was Executive Vice President of Strategic Planning at CTVglobemedia, President of Canada’s Olympic Broadcast Media Consortium, President and CEO of the Toronto Argonauts Football Club and President of The Sports Network in Canada.

In August 2015, Pelley became the fourth Chief Executive in the 50 year history of the European Tour group, which incorporates the DP World Tour, the European Challenge Tour, the Legends Tour and the G4D Tour, and is the Managing Partner of the Ryder Cup in Europe.

The IGF was founded in 1958 and is the recognised International Federation within the Olympic and Paralympic Movement.

Pelley said: “I am very honoured to accept this important and prestigious role and I look forward to working with Annika and Antony Scanlon, the IGF’s Executive Director, as well as the individual member Federations and Tours, to continue to develop our sport globally. 

While this press release is not clear I believe Pelley will continue his role as Chief Executive of the DP World Tour, as Jay Monahan continued his role with the PGA Tour during his recent tenure as Chairman of the IGF. 

Bryan Angus (edit)

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