The PGA Tour announced Tuesday the addition of three executives to its senior leadership team.
Tyler Rutstein joins the Tour as chief marketing officer, Mike Mahar as chief technology officer and John Fizer as senior vice president, investor relations.
The new executives bring experience spanning sports, entertainment, hospitality, technology, finance and consumer brands, the Tour said in a release.
Rutstein joins the Tour having recently overseen global brand management and creative for Under Armour as a senior vice president of global brand and Americas marketing. He also spent nearly a decade at Adidas, where he led global and U.S. marketing and merchandising. Rutstein will begin with the Tour on Oct. 5.
Maher brings more than two decades in information
technology leadership, most recently at Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, “to help shape the PGA Tour’s next chapter of digital, data and AI-driven fan engagement,” a release said. Maher will begin with the Tour on Oct. 5, too.
Fizer earned a J.D. from Rutgers Law School and graduated from the University of Virginia, where he captained the men’s golf team. A former professional golfer, he competed on developmental tours and later worked on nationwide marketing initiatives for Acushnet. He most recently served as chief investment officer of Mill Hill, an independent advisory practice he built from the ground up, according to a release. Fizer has previous stints at JPMorgan Private Bank and as a private wealth advisor at Goldman Sachs. Fizer joined the Tour on Sept. 14.
Rutstein, Mahar and Fizer will report to Andy Weitz, president of Enterprise operations, who oversees marketing, PGA Tour Studios, technology, investor relations and board administration.
As part of the announcement on new leadership, the Tour also noted that it continues to recruit for several additional senior leadership positions, including a chief financial officer, executive vice president of talent and culture, head of government relations, executive producer and head of live content and senior vice president of corporate development. The Tour said that additional details will be shared as those appointments are announced.
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