December 24, 2020 | BY AAGD STAFF
Tuesday, the PGA of America announced that Chief Operating Officer Darrell Crall would be leaving the organization. The announcement came via an email letter from PGA of America President Jim Richerson, saying “I am writing to inform you that the PGA of America and COO Darrell Crall have mutually agreed to conclude his employment effective immediately.” No further details were included on exactly why Crall was leaving.
According to Golf Digest, Crall’s departure happened less than a week after reports on Crall’s arrest in a Dallas suburb:
Crall was arrested on Nov. 24, according to a report in the Denton (Texas) Record-Chronicle. and accused of assault family violence impeding breath or circulation, a third-degree felony alleging someone purposely prevented someone from breathing or prevented their blood circulation.
Crall posted a $15,000 bond the day after the incident.
On Tuesday, a PGA of America official sent Golfweek a notice that PGA of America and Crall have “mutually agreed to conclude his employment effective immediately.”
Darrell Crall, 53, helped to orchestrate the PGA of America’s move from Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, to Frisco, Texas, a transition that is still expected to be completed in the summer of 2021.
Richerson’s note also said that there would be updates on operations and staffing coming in the near future and added he confirmed that Crall’s departure will not impact the $520 million development that will include two championship courses, a 10-hole short course, a clubhouse, office space; and a 500-room Omni resort with an attached 127,000 square-foot conference center.
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Crall had made his employers aware of the incident and a spokesperson said earlier this month that he “had been placed on administrative leave while the judicial process runs its course,” according to Golf Digest, and further revealed in the affidavit that Frisco police were called to an apartment in the Dallas suburb on Nov. 24 after his girlfriend called 911. She later alleged that Crall threw her down and choked her, according to the affidavit.
When police arrived on the scene they noticed that the victim had a fresh red scratch on her cheek, two scratches on her right hand and two broken nails on her right hand but no redness around her neck.
Crall was promoted to COO in 2012 after having served as a key cog in the PGA of America’s Golf 2.0 program. The Duke University graduate had previously worked as the executive director of the Northern Texas PGA Section.
