PGA Tour Boss Describes What Led to His Medical Leave of Absence

1 00:00:00,000 —> 00:00:01,850 When you don’t sleep at night, 2 00:00:01,850 —> 00:00:05,210 when you’re constantly ruminating, 3 00:00:05,210 —> 00:00:08,540 you can’t do anything other than think about work 4 00:00:08,540 —> 00:00:10,490 for more than 10 minutes, 5 00:00:10,490 —> 00:00:12,740 you’re not eating right — 6 00:00:12,740 —> 00:00:15,830 all because you care 7 00:00:15,830 —> 00:00:19,830 so deeply about the game, 8 00:00:19,830 —> 00:00:24,127 the PGA Tour, our players, our history. 9 00:00:24,127 —> 00:00:26,911 All of that is something I take very personally 10 00:00:26,911 —> 00:00:27,930 and very seriously. 11 00:00:27,930 —> 00:00:30,700 And it had — it took its toll on me. 12 00:00:30,700 —> 00:00:38,890 So what I was thinking, to be 100 percent clear, 13 00:00:38,890 —> 00:00:40,520 was there’s something wrong. 14 00:00:40,520 —> 00:00:45,340 So on the morning of June 11, I went for a long walk. 15 00:00:48,060 —> 00:00:49,200 I prayed. 16 00:00:49,200 —> 00:00:52,068 I came home, and to my wife’s surprise, 17 00:00:52,068 —> 00:00:53,673 I said, “Honey, I need help.” 18 00:00:54,373 —> 00:00:56,430 And she said, “What do you mean?” 19 00:00:56,430 —> 00:00:57,790 I said, “I need help. 20 00:00:57,790 —> 00:01:00,138 I’m in a bad, bad, bad place.”