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Report: PGA Commissioner Jay Monahan Forgoing Salary During Coronavirus Hiatus

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PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan will be forgoing his salary indefinitely as men's professional golf pauses during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, per Eamon Lynch of Golfweek.

Monahan earned $3.9 million in bonuses and incentive payments during 2017, which Lynch noted was the last year in which the organization's tax filing was publicly available.

In addition, Monahan's senior management team will take 25 percent pay cuts, and the rest of the PGA Tour staff will have their salaries frozen.

The PGA Tour has been forced to cancel numerous tournament and postpone others, as noted by Lynch:

"The Tour has been forced to pull the plug on eight scheduled tournaments and postpone another three.