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Europe pick new Tour boss
The European PGA Tour has announced that George O`Grady will replace Ken Schofield as executive director.
The European PGA Tour has announced that George O'Grady will replace Ken Schofield as executive director.
The tour's committee voted for the 54-year-old unanimously.
O'Grady, chief referee at the 1977 Ryder Cup and staging manager for the 1981 event, helped set up Tour Enterprises and has been a deputy director since 1989.
Schofield, who has been at the helm since 1975, will retire at the end of 2004.
Schofield has presided over a massive growth in the European Tour, whose prize money has increased from £427,917 in 1974 to £77,866,391 in 2003.