Sprung previously served as special counsel at the law firm of O’Melveny and Myers in Los Angeles and before that she was an associate at Barrett Smith Shapiro Simon and Armstrong in New York.

She specialised in general corporate law, mergers and acquisitions, large bank financings, private placements and public offerings. She also served as corporate counsel to Trizechahn Corporation during the completion of the Hollywood and Highland project.

Sprung chaired the board of the I Have A Dream Foundation-LA for five years and was a member of the board of trustees of University Synagogue.

PGA national executive director Vance Van Petten made the announcement on Monday (Mar 5).