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Official website. www .pga .com. The Professional Golfers' Association of America ( PGA of America) is an American organization of golf professionals that was founded in 1916. Consisting of nearly 29,000 members, the PGA of America's undertaking is to establish and elevate the standards of the profession and to grow interest and participation ...
May 17, 2024 · Professional Golfers’ Association of America (PGA of America), organization formed in the United States in 1916 at the instigation of Rodman Wanamaker, a Philadelphia businessman, with the stated purpose of promoting interest in professional golf, elevating the standards of the game, and advancing the welfare of its members.
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Originally established by the Professional Golfers' Association of America (PGA of America), it was spun off in December 1968 into a separate organization for tour players, as opposed to club professionals, the focal members of today's PGA of America.
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Apr 10, 2023 · The Professional Golfer's Association of America was originally conceived in January 1916 in New York City.
Jan 17, 2017 · On this date 101 years ago, a lunch invitation in New York evolved into what's now known as the Professional Golfers Association of America. Based on the PGA's own historical records,...
PGA HISTORY HALL OF FAME PAST PRESIDENTS PGA ANNUAL AWARDS. 1910. On Jan. 17, Rodman Wanamaker hosts a luncheon at the invitation of his business group, the Taplow Club, in Wanamaker’s Store in New York City. The agenda: to discuss forming a national association of golfers similar to the British PGA.
