The PGA Tour is the organizer of the main professional golf tours played by men in the United States and North America. Originally established by the Professional Golfers’ Association of America, it was spun off in December 1968 into a separate organization for tour players, as opposed to club professionals. The tour began 92 years ago in late 1929 and at various times the tournament players had attempted to operate independently from the club pros. The PGA of America runs the PGA Championship, and co-organizes the Ryder Cup with Ryder, a company controlled by Europe. The remaining events on the Pga Tour are run by different organizations, as are the U.S. -based LPGA Tour for women and other men’s and women’s professional tours
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The PGA Tour is the organizer of the main professional golf tours played by men in the United States and North America. Originally established by the Professional Golfers’ Association of America, it was spun off in December 1968 into a separate organization for tour players, as opposed to club professionals. The tour began 92 years ago in late 1929 and at various times the tournament players had attempted to operate independently from the club pros. The PGA of America runs the PGA Championship, and co-organizes the Ryder Cup with Ryder, a company controlled by Europe. The remaining events on the Pga Tour are run by different organizations, as are the U.S. -based LPGA Tour for women and other men’s and women’s professional tours around the world. It does not run any of the four major championships, or the Ryder Cups, or the Senior P-organized Ryder Cup. It also organizes the 43 week-to-week events, including The Players Championship, hosted at TPC Sawgrass; the FedEx Cup, with its finale at The Tour Championship at East Lake Golf Club; and the biennial Presidents Cup. The Tour is not the governing body for the game of golf in theUnited States, instead, is the role of the United. States Golf Association, which organizes U. S. Open S. and Senior Open Championship and Ryder Cup, and the Senior and Senior Players Championship with Ryder Cup co-hosted at Medinah Golf Club. It is also not involved with the European Tour, which is mostly controlled by the European Golf Association, and is run by Europe’s governing body, the Golf Association of Europe.
It was founded in 1929 and is based in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, a suburb southeast of Jacksonville. It has been led by Tim Finchem since June 1994 and continued for over 22 years; on January 1, 2017, he was succeeded by Jay Monahan. It runs most of the week- to-week professional golf events on its flagship annual series of tournaments, also known as the P GA Tour, as well as PGA tour Champions and the Korn Ferry Tour. In 1975, it adopted the name ‘PGa Tour’ and the name officially changed to the ‘PGA’ in 1975. In late August 1981, it officially changed its name to the TPA Tour, for the ‘Tournament Players Association’ In March 1982, the name was changed back to the\’PGA Tour’ and it was officially changed again in March 1982. The name was adopted again in September 1982, and it is now known as ‘ThePGA. Tour’ It was established in 1929, and was led by Joe Dey, the recently retired USGA executive director, who served as the tour’s first commissioner in January 1969 and agreed to a five-year contract. It became very competitive and evolved into the premier international team event, lately dominated by Europe, with the addition of players from continental Europe in 1979 and expanded television coverage.
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