{"id":14130,"date":"2020-04-21T08:08:50","date_gmt":"2020-04-21T12:08:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=14130"},"modified":"2020-04-21T09:09:43","modified_gmt":"2020-04-21T13:09:43","slug":"thomas-bjorn-appointed-to-european-tour-board","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=14130","title":{"rendered":"Thomas Bjorn Appointed to European Tour Board"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/2.39061060.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"301\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-14131\" srcset=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/2.39061060.jpg 600w, https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/2.39061060-300x151.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>Former Ryder Cup captain Thomas Bjorn has been appointed to the European Tour board as a non-executive director.<\/p>\n<p>The 49-year-old, currently playing his 25th season on on the European Tour, was nominated to the position by the tour\u2019s Tournament Committee.<\/p>\n<p>Bjorn has 15 European Tour titles to his name and led Europe to victory in the Ryder Cup at Le Golf National in 2018.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am delighted and honored to be invited to join the Board of the European Tour,\u201d Bjorn said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have lived and breathed the European Tour for the past 25 years and, in that time, I have always strived to do the best I could to progress both the Tour itself and its membership.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe same will be the case on the Board and I am looking forward to getting to work as soon as possible.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-14130\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=14130&amp;share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-14130\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=14130&amp;share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-google-plus-1\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-google-14130\" class=\"share-google-plus-1 sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=14130&amp;share=google-plus-1\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Google+\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Google+ (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-print\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-print sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=14130\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to print\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to print (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Ryder Cup captain Thomas Bjorn has been appointed to the European Tour board as a non-executive director. 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