For Tim Finchem, it was time.
After 22 years at the helm of the PGA Tour, the commissioner and chief announced last week he would be stepping down, although the exact exit moment remains to be seen.
For Finchem, who signed a one-year extension to his current contract that runs through June 1, 2017, the mind and body are willing but the skillsets required to run the world’s largest professional golf tour have changed dramatically.
To be blunt, he’s an analog executive in a digital world.
“For every organization there’s a time when it needs to morph.