PGA of America CEO Pete Bevacqua named president of NBC Sports Group

PGA of America CEO Pete Bevacqua announced on Tuesday he is leaving his current position to join NBC Sports. Bevacqua, who has been with the organization since 2012 and whose contract with the PGA of America was extended to 2024, will leave the organization for the newly created role of president of NBC Sports Group. “The opportunity to join NBC Sports Group, and the larger company of Comcast NBCUniversal, which holds media rights to the world’s biggest events and an incredible assortment of assets, was too good to be true,� Bevacqua said in a statement.