BETHLEHEM, Pa. — LPGA commissioner Carolyn Bivens reportedly is on the way out as leader of the tour after calls for her resignation by key players.

Golf Digest and GolfWeek Magazine reported on their Web sites yesterday that the embattled commissioner will be replaced.

Golf Digest cites multiple sources saying Bivens' four-year tenure could end as soon as next week.

Bivens has 18 months left on a three-year contract extension signed in early 2008. Citing a source in tournament management, Golf Digest reported that a general agreement on financial terms was reached with Bivens late Wednesday.

A faction of tour players had sent a letter to the LPGA Tour board seeking Bivens' ouster. In the letter, the group said the tour's problems can't be blamed on a poor economy and a new leader is needed.

All that remains to be determined now, according to Golf Digest, is when Bivens leaves.

"She's gone. It's just a question of whether it's a firing or a resignation," one veteran player, described as a Bivens supporter, told Golf Digest. "And she doesn't deserve any of it."

The LPGA Tour has lost seven tournaments since 2007, and there have been a number of controversies under Bivens' tenure.

In 2008, she proposed an English-only policy for tour players, but it was never instituted. The LPGA includes 121 international players, including 45 from South Korea.

In October 2006, she was accused by officials of the now-defunct tour event near Atlantic City, N.J., of backing out on a promise to maintain a longtime event.

At the 2006 Fields Open in Hawai'i, Bivens wanted media members to turn over rights to their stories and photos to the LPGA in order to be credentialed. That led to a boycott by both Honolulu dailies and The Associated Press.