Keith Waters, the European Tour Group’s longest serving executive (pictured above), is to retire in July. Waters, who is 67 years old, will step down following the Open Championship at Royal Portrush, after nearly 47 years as a player and administrator.
His distinguished career has encompassed several areas of the Tour’s business including commercial relationships with promoters, federations, venues, regions and sponsors; player relations and helping to shape the Tour’s rules and regulations.
He joined the European Tour Group in December 1995, having competed as a player for nearly 17 seasons prior to that.
His initial role was as Director of International Policy before becoming the Tour’s Chief Operating Officer in 2007.
Last July, he moved to a part time role as Chief Regulatory Officer & Official World Golf Ranking (OWGR) Technical Committee…
