Tiger Woods named as sixth player-director on PGA Tour’s policy board

• Appointment made in response to anger at merger with LIV
• Major decisions now dependent on approval of player-directors

Tiger Woods has been named as the sixth player-director on the PGA Tour's policy board, formed in response to the anger caused by the proposed deal between golf's rival factions.

Woods and Rory McIlroy were the highest-profile advocates for the PGA Tour but were, along with the rest of the players, kept in the dark before the shock announcement of its deal with DP World Tour and Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund, which bankrolls LIV Golf.