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{{Short description|American organization of golf professionals}}
{{distinguish|PGA Tour}}
{{For|the [[Men's major golf championships|major championship]] sometimes referred to by this name|PGA Championship}}
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{{Use American English|date=September 2022}}
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| country         = United States
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| headquarters    = [[Frisco, Texas]]
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| ceo             = Derek Sprague
| President       = Don Rea, Jr
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| Founder         = [[Rodman Wanamaker]]
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The '''Professional Golfers' Association of America''' ('''PGA of America''') is an American organization of [[professional golfer|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 in the game of golf.

In 1968, the [[PGA Tour]] was spun off from the PGA of America as a separate organization to administer [[professional golf tours]]. However, the PGA of America still directly conducts several tournaments, including the [[PGA Championship]], the [[Senior PGA Championship]], and the [[Women's PGA Championship]].

On December 4, 2018, the PGA of America announced plans to relocate its headquarters from [[Palm Beach Gardens, Florida]], to a planned 660-acre mixed-use development in [[Frisco, Texas]]. PGA Frisco is a public and private partnership between the PGA of America, [[Omni Hotels & Resorts]], the City of Frisco and the [[Frisco Independent School District]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=FAQ |url=https://pgafrisco.com/faq/ |access-date=2024-10-18 |publisher=PGA Frisco}}</ref> The 660-acre campus was inaugurated in May 2023 and it includes the headquarters of PGA America, Northern Texas PGA, Fields Ranch (two world-class 18-hole championship golf courses and a state-of-the-art clubhouse), [[Omni PGA Frisco Resort & Spa]], and The Monument Realty PGA District (retail and entertainment district).<ref>{{Cite web |title=About PGA Frisco |url=https://pgafrisco.com/about/ |access-date=2024-10-18 |publisher=PGA Frisco}}</ref>

==History==
The Professional Golfers' Association of America was established on April 10, 1916, but the genesis of the first all-professional golf body in the United States was sparked by a luncheon on January 17, 1916, hosted by [[Rodman Wanamaker]] at [[Wanamaker's]] Store on Ninth Street and Broadway in New York City.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://bklyn.newspapers.com/image/55572493 
|title=Lock Horns Over Styles of Golf Play |date=January 23, 1916 |page=2 |newspaper=The Brooklyn Daily Eagle |via=Newspapers.com |access-date=August 13, 2018}}</ref> Sixty attendees were invited by the Taplow Club, which was a business group within Wanamaker's Store and led by professional [[Tom McNamara (golfer)|Tom McNamara]] of [[Brookline, Massachusetts]], an outstanding player and talented salesman who was keenly aware of the welfare of the club professional.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pgamagazinedigital.com/i/655299-apr-2016/150 |title=The PGA of America: How it All Began |first=Bob |last=Denney |magazine=PGA Magazine |date=April 2016 |pages=146–151 |access-date=August 13, 2018}}</ref> McNamara pressed upon Wanamaker that it was prime time to bring U.S. professionals together, and that the publicity generated would be advantageous. Locked into a retail battle with rival A.G. Spalding & Bros. for the sale of golf balls, Wanamaker enthusiastically approved the initiative. He asked McNamara to arrange the luncheon inviting prominent amateur and professional golf leaders from throughout the country.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1916/04/11/archives/many-pro-golfers-join-association-seventyfive-class-a-men-admitted.html |title=Many Pro Golfers Join Association; Seventy-five Class A Men Admitted – Tournament Plans Discussed |newspaper=The New York Times |date=April 11, 1916 |access-date=August 13, 2018}}</ref>

Wanamaker's ninth floor restaurant was chosen as the site for the Monday luncheon, which attracted amateur great Francis Ouimet; noted writer, player and budding architect A.W. Tillinghast; and P.C. Pulver, the New York Evening Sun reporter and one of the first newspaper golf "beat" writers who later served as the first editor of The Professional Golfer, today's PGA Magazine. The guest list also included some of America's top professionals: Alex Smith, James Maiden, Robert White, Jack Mackie and Alex Pirie, as well as others who derived their livelihoods from their jobs at private and public golf facilities.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1916/01/18/archives/association-for-golf-professionals-want-voice-in-conduct-of.html |title=Association For Golf Professionals; Want Voice in Conduct of Championships – To Uplift Its Members |newspaper=The New York Times |date=January 18, 1916 |access-date=August 13, 2018}}</ref>

The Taplow Club was not an eatery or dining establishment. Instead, it was Wanamaker's nickname for his in-store business group. He had taken the name from a palatial estate he leased on [[Taplow Court]] some 25 miles outside London. He would later stamp "Taplow" on his store's lower-end, private-label golf balls. Wanamaker, who was not a golfer, was never reported to have attended the luncheon. He delegated the details to McNamara. With golf becoming more and more popular in the U.S., McNamara believed that his fellow professionals could benefit by working together. Wanamaker also believed consolidating professionals would also improve their social standing, having long been treated by club members as second-class citizens.

Toastmaster Joseph H. Appel, vice president of Wanamaker's foundation, presented Wanamaker's offer to conduct a match play championship for professionals, similar to Great Britain's News of the World Tournament. Appel also broached the subject of a national association of professionals.

In addition, Wanamaker would donate a cup and $2,580 in prize money, and would ultimately pay the travel expenses of the competitors. That "cup" became the Rodman Wanamaker Trophy, and the tournament the [[PGA Championship]]. The [[1916 PGA Championship|inaugural PGA Championship]] was held October 10–14, 1916, at [[Siwanoy Country Club]] in [[Bronxville, New York]], and won by English-born [[Jim Barnes (golfer)|Jim Barnes]].

Former British PGA Secretary James Hepburn suggested that the 32 lowest finishers in the U.S. Open would be paired for match play, following Robert White's contention that the U.S. was too large for section qualifiers. The all-professional match play concept was in direct contrast to the United States Golf Association's medal (stroke) play format. Wanamaker requested that the proposal for the Championship be contingent upon approval by the USGA or other governing bodies.

Tillinghast spoke up and declared that the professionals should be independent of the USGA in handling their own affairs and competitions. Tillinghast's argument held, as a follow-up organizational meeting was planned the following day in Wanamaker's store.

Organizers then formed a seven-person group whose primary task was to define tentative bylaws for the new association. They named Hepburn to chair an organizational committee of professionals that included Maiden, White and Mackie, as well as Gilbert Nicholls, John "Jack" Hobens, and Herbert Strong{{Emdash}}none of the group was American-born. This group drafted a constitution, turning to the British PGA for assistance.

The luncheon agenda addressed giving golf professionals say when it came to the organization and staging of tournaments, among other employment issues.

The response to creating such a body was positive, and additional meetings followed. On April 10, 1916, in the second-floor boardroom of the Hotel Martinique on 32nd and Broadway, the Professional Golfers' Association of America was born. There were 78 members elected that day, including 35 PGA Charter Members, of which 28 were born outside the U.S.

The Association began with seven PGA Sections: Metropolitan, Middle States, New England, Southeastern, Central, Northwestern and Pacific. Today, there are 41 PGA Sections nationwide.

From 1934 through November 1961, the PGA of America maintained a "Caucasian-only" membership clause in its bylaws.  The clause was removed by amending its constitution.<ref name=podfldrs>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=B94jAAAAIBAJ&pg=1707%2C6202279 |newspaper=Milwaukee Journal |agency=Associated Press |title=Race, religion, nationality no longer barrier to PGA |date=November 10, 1961 |page=18, part 2 |via=Google New Archive}}</ref><ref name=pgashtr>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=qbcqAAAAIBAJ&pg=7100%2C1775561 |newspaper=Sarasota Herald-Tribune |location=Florida |agency=Associated Press |title=PGA group abolishes 'Caucasian' |date=November 10, 1961 |page=22 |via=Google New Archive}}</ref> The previous year, it had voted to retain the clause, and had gained the ire of California Attorney General [[Stanley Mosk]], who threatened to shut down the PGA in the state until the clause was removed. The [[1962 PGA Championship]] was scheduled for Brentwood Country Club in Los Angeles, but the PGA moved it to [[Philadelphia]] at [[Aronimink Golf Club|Aronimink]].<ref name=podfldrs/>

With an increase of revenue in the late 1960s due to expanded television coverage, a dispute arose between the touring professionals and the PGA of America on how to distribute the windfall. The tour players wanted larger purses, where the PGA desired the money to go to the general fund to help grow the game at the local level.<ref name=awtrey>{{cite web |url=http://www.pgatour.com/news/2009/02/11/awtrey_column.html |publisher=PGA Tour |last=Awtrey |first=Stan |title=Professionals' split was a good thing for the game |date=February 11, 2009 |access-date=August 30, 2013}}</ref> Following the final [[Men's major golf championships|major]] in July 1968 at the [[1968 PGA Championship|PGA Championship]], several leading tour pros voiced their dissatisfaction with the venue and the abundance of club pros in the field.<ref name=studybrk>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=XLdWAAAAIBAJ&pg=7340%2C2276885 |newspaper=Spokesman-Review |agency=Associated Press |title=Touring pros studying break |date=July 23, 1968 |page=12}}</ref> The increased friction resulted in a new entity in August, what would eventually become the [[PGA Tour]].<ref name=gtpbwp>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=4D9RAAAAIBAJ&pg=1383%2C4380355 |newspaper=The Palm Beach Post |last=McCarthy |first=Denis |title=Golf tour pros break with PGA |date=August 14, 1968 |page=19 |via=Google New Archive}}</ref><ref name=apgaug68>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Y6hVAAAAIBAJ&pg=5464%2C4294626 |newspaper=Eugene Register-Guard |agency=Associated Press |last=Green |first=Bob |title=Rebel golfers number 205: pros form APG |date=August 20, 1968 |page=3B |via=Google New Archive}}</ref><ref name=mjapg>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=mmIaAAAAIBAJ&pg=2199%2C6594244 |newspaper=Milwaukee Journal |title=Touring golf pros set up own shop |date=August 20, 1968 |page=11 |via=Google New Archive}}</ref><ref name=rtpotb>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=5j9RAAAAIBAJ&pg=1629%2C6490577 |newspaper=The Palm Beach Post |agency=Associated Press |title=Rebel touring pros organize to battle for tournament, television jackpot |date=August 20, 1968 |page=15 |via=Google New Archive}}</ref> Tournament players formed their own organization, American Professional Golfers, Inc. (APG), independent of the PGA of America.<ref name=sisep68apg>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.si.com/vault/1968/09/02/610340/the-revolt-of-the-touring-pros |magazine=Sports Illustrated |last=Mulvoy |first=Mark |author-link=Mark Mulvoy |title=The revolt of the touring pros |date=September 2, 1968 |page=20}}</ref><ref name=jack68rebut>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.si.com/vault/1968/09/16/614249/rebuttal-to-a-searing-attack |magazine=Sports Illustrated |title=Rebuttal to a searing attack |last=Nicklaus |first=Jack |date=September 16, 1968 |page=30}}</ref><ref name=usat2004>{{cite news |url=https://www.usatoday.com/sports/golf/pga/2004-01-08-timeline_x.htm |newspaper=USA Today |title=Making an impact: Golf 1895–2004 |date=January 8, 2004 |access-date=August 13, 2012}}</ref> After several months,<ref name=pgspeys>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=E61VAAAAIBAJ&pg=5478%2C1350727|newspaper=Eugene Register-Guard |location=Oregon|agency=Associated Press |title=PGA, sponsors eye settlement |date=September 6, 1968 |page=3B |via=Google New Archive}}</ref> a compromise was reached in December: the tour players agreed to abolish the APG and form the PGA "Tournament Players Division", a fully autonomous division under the supervision of a new 10-member Tournament Policy Board.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pga.com/pgaofamerica/history/1960-1969.html |publisher=PGA of America |title=History: 1960–69 |access-date=August 30, 2013}}</ref><ref name=spoktpd>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=dbVWAAAAIBAJ&pg=7296%2C5214308 |newspaper=Spokesman-Review |location=Spokane, Washington |agency=Associated Press |title=Tour golfers, PGA settle fuss over tourney control |date=December 14, 1968 |page=15 |via=Google New Archive}}</ref><ref name=mjtpd>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=VDIaAAAAIBAJ&pg=5430%2C2256320 |newspaper=Milwaukee Journal |title=Pro golf struggle is settled; PGA forms tourney group |date=December 14, 1968 |page=18 |via=Google New Archive}}</ref><ref name=dispus>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=NX9AAAAAIBAJ&pg=6678,2714213|newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Scotland, U.K.|title=Dispute in U.S. settled |date=December 16, 1968 |page=5 |via=Google New Archive}}</ref> The board consisted of four tour players, three PGA of America executives, and three outside members, initially business executives.<ref name=spoktpd/><ref name=mjtpd/><ref name=aylapogt>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=3HcjAAAAIBAJ&pg=1308%2C915344 |newspaper=Daytona Beach Morning Journal |location=Florida |agency=Associated Press |title=A year later and, peace on golf tour |date=August 5, 1969 |page=8 |via=Google New Archive}}</ref> It hired its own commissioner and was renamed the "PGA Tour" in the mid-1970s.

Women were not allowed to be members of the PGA until 1977.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.pga.com/story/pga-of-america-affirms-inclusion-statement-during-106th-annual-meeting |title=PGA of America Affirms Inclusion Statement During 106th Annual Meeting |date=November 6, 2022 |publisher=PGA of America}}</ref>

In October 2014, PGA President Ted Bishop responded to [[Ian Poulter]]'s criticism of the [[Ryder Cup]] captaincy of Nick Faldo and Tom Watson by calling Poulter a "lil' girl", which led to Bishop's firing. The PGA called Bishop's statements "unacceptable" and "insensitive gender-based".<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/0/golf/29752140 |title=Ian Poulter tweet leads to exit of American PGA president |work=BBC Sport |date=October 24, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.espn.com/golf/story/_/id/11756829/ted-bishop-removed-pga-america-president |title=PGA impeaches Ted Bishop |work=ESPN |agency=Associated Press |date=October 27, 2014}}</ref>

==Championships==
The PGA conducts annual [[Men's major golf championships|men's]], [[Senior major golf championships|senior]], and [[Women's major golf championships|women's]] major championships: the [[PGA Championship]], the [[Senior PGA Championship]], and the [[Women's PGA Championship]] (which was renamed from the LPGA Championship in 2015 after a partnership between the [[LPGA]] and the PGA of America to heighten the event's profile).<ref>{{Cite magazine |url=https://www.golfdigest.com/story/lpga-joins-forces-with-pga-of |title=LPGA joins forces with PGA of America, will rebrand the LPGA Championship the Women's PGA |last=Sirak |first=Ron |magazine=Golf Digest |access-date=June 20, 2019}}</ref> All three tournaments feature professional golfers, but their fields also contain slots reserved for club professionals.

The PGA conducts more than 30 tournaments for its members and apprentices, including the [[PGA Professional Championship]] and the Assistant PGA Professional Championship. It also co-organizes the biennial [[Ryder Cup]], [[PGA Cup]] and in 2019, the inaugural [[Women's PGA Cup]].

==Growth of the game==
In 2003, the PGA of America created the Player Development department within the Association in an endeavor to reach out to new, past and sporadic adult golfers. This is accomplished through the growth, promotion and support of instructional programs and events at PGA Member facilities that support adults and families to play golf. Included in these programs is Play Golf America, instigated in 2004 with the help of the Allied Associations ([[LPGA]], [[National Golf Course Owners Association]], [[PGA Tour]], [[USGA]], and others involved in the annual [[Golf 20/20 Conference]]).

==Organization==

The PGA is organized into 14 districts and 41 sections.

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; District 1
* Northeast New York
* Connecticut
* New England

; District 2

* Metropolitan
* New Jersey
* Philadelphia

; District 3

* Alabama-Northwest Florida
* Gulf States
* Tennessee

; District 4

* Central New York
* Tri-State
* Western New York

; District 5
* Michigan
* Northern Ohio
* Southern Ohio
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; District 6
* Illinois
* Indiana
* Wisconsin

; District 7
* Gateway
* Midwest
* South Central

; District 8
* Iowa
* Minnesota
* Nebraska

; District 9
* Colorado
* Rocky Mountain
* Utah

; District 10
* Carolinas
* Kentucky
* Mid-Atlantic
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; District 11
* Aloha
* Northern California
* Southern California

; District 12
* Northern Texas
* Southern Texas
* Sun Country

; District 13
* Georgia
* Northern Florida
* Southern Florida

; District 14
* Pacific Northwest
* Southwest
{{Col-end}}

===PGA professionals===
To be elected to membership of the PGA, aspirant golf professionals (apprentices) and students go through three levels of education courses, written exams, simulation testing, seminars, and must pass the PGA Playing Ability Test. These men and women have the option to pursue the PGA education through self-study, by the use of accredited PGA Golf Management Universities (currently 18 universities in the United States offer a PGA Golf Management program),<ref>{{cite web |url=http://jobfinder.pga.org/helpwanted/empcenter/pgaandyou/universities.cfm |title=PGA.org |website=jobfinder.pga.org |access-date=August 13, 2018}}</ref> or through an accelerated PGA Golf Management Program.

===PGA Reach===
PGA Reach is the charitable foundation of the PGA of America. The mission of PGA Reach is to positively impact the lives of youth, military, and diverse populations by enabling access to PGA professionals, PGA Sections and the game of golf.

===PGA presidents===
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{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Name !! PGA Section !! Years
|-
| [[Robert W. White (golfer)|Robert White]] || Metropolitan || 1916–19
|-
| Jack Mackie || Metropolitan || 1919–20
|-
| [[George Sargent (golfer)|George Sargent]] || Southeastern || 1921–26
|-
| Alex Pirie || Metropolitan || 1927–30
|-
| Charles Hall || Southeastern || 1931–32
|-
| George Jacobus || New Jersey || 1933–39
|-
| Tom Walsh || Illinois || 1940–41
|-
| [[Ed Dudley]] || Philadelphia || 1942–48
|-
| Joe Novak || Southern California || 1949–51
|-
| [[Horton Smith]] || Michigan || 1952–54
|-
| Harry Moffitt || Northern Ohio || 1955–57
|-
| Harold Sargent || Southeastern || 1958–60
|-
| Lou Strong || Illinois || 1961–63
|-
| Warren Cantrell || Texas || 1964–65
|-
| [[Max Elbin]] || Middle Atlantic || 1966–68
|-
| Leo Fraser || Philadelphia || 1969–70
|-
| Warren Orlick || Michigan || 1971–72
|-
| William Clarke || Middle Atlantic || 1973–74
|-
| Henry Poe || Dixie || 1975–76
|-
| Don Padgett || Indiana || 1977–78
|-
| Frank Cardi || Metropolitan || 1979–80
|-
| Joe Black || Northern Texas || 1981–82
|-
| Mark Kizziar || South Central || 1983–84
|-
| Mickey Powell || Indiana || 1985–86
|-
| James Ray Carpenter || Gulf States || 1987–88
|-
| Patrick J. Reilly || Southern California || 1989–90
|-
| Dick Smith || Philadelphia || 1991–92
|-
| Gary Schaal || Carolinas || 1993–94
|-
| Tom Addis III || Southern California || 1995–96
|-
| Ken Lindsay || Gulf States || 1997–98
|-
| Will Mann || Carolinas || 1999–2000
|-
| Jack Connelly || Philadelphia || 2001–02
|-
| M. G. Orender || North Florida || 2003–04
|-
| Roger Warren || Carolinas || 2005–06
|-
| Brian Whitcomb || Southwest || 2007–08
|-
| Jim Remy || New England || 2009–10
|-
| Allen Wronowski || Middle Atlantic || 2011–12
|-
| Ted Bishop || Indiana || 2013–14
|-
| Derek Sprague || Northeastern New York || 2015–16
|-
| Paul K. Levy || Southern California || 2017–18
|-
| [[Suzy Whaley]] || South Florida || 2019–20
|-
| Jim Richerson || Southern California || 2021–22
|-
| John Lindert || Michigan || 2023–24
|}

{{col-2}}

{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
|+Presidents by PGA Section
!scope="col"|PGA Section
!scope="col"|Presidents
|-
|style="text-align:left"|Southern California
|style="text-align:center"|5
|-
|style="text-align:left"|Metropolitan
|style="text-align:center"|4
|-
|style="text-align:left"|Philadelphia
|style="text-align:center"|4
|-
|style="text-align:left"|Carolinas
|style="text-align:center"|3
|-
|style="text-align:left"|Indiana
|style="text-align:center"|3
|-
|style="text-align:left"|Michigan
|style="text-align:center"|3
|-
|style="text-align:left"|Middle Atlantic
|style="text-align:center"|3
|-
|style="text-align:left"|Southeastern*
|style="text-align:center"|3
|-
|style="text-align:left"|Gulf States
|style="text-align:center"|2
|-
|style="text-align:left"|Illinois
|style="text-align:center"|2
|-
|style="text-align:left"|Dixie**
|style="text-align:center"|1
|-
|style="text-align:left"|New England
|style="text-align:center"|1
|-
|style="text-align:left"|New Jersey
|style="text-align:center"|1
|-
|style="text-align:left"|North Florida
|style="text-align:center"|1
|-
|style="text-align:left"|Northeastern New York
|style="text-align:center"|1
|-
|style="text-align:left"|Northern Ohio
|style="text-align:center"|1
|-
|style="text-align:left"|Northern Texas
|style="text-align:center"|1
|-
|style="text-align:left"|South Central
|style="text-align:center"|1
|-
|style="text-align:left"|South Florida
|style="text-align:center"|1
|-
|style="text-align:left"|Southwest
|style="text-align:center"|1
|-
|style="text-align:left"|Texas*
|style="text-align:center"|1
|-
|}
* Asterisk (*) indicates defunct PGA section
* Dixie (**) now the Alabama-Northwest Florida PGA Section
{{col-end}}

==PGA properties==
=== Current ===
* PGA Golf Club ([[Port St. Lucie, Florida]]) – 54 holes of public-access resort golf designed by [[Tom Fazio]] and [[Pete Dye]] in PGA Village, which is ranked among the "75 Best Golf Resorts in North America" by ''Golf Digest'' (No. 51).
* PGA Center for Golf Learning and Performance (Port St. Lucie, Florida) – {{convert|35|acre|ha|adj=on}} golf park featuring a lighted driving range, short game practice area, and a three-hole teaching course. Ranked among the Top 100 Golf Ranges in America from 1999 to 2011 by ''Golf Range Magazine.'' Sold in 2018.
* PGA Gallery – located in the halls of the PGA Golf Club clubhouse in Port St. Lucie, Florida. The PGA Gallery showcases the major trophies in golf, and artifacts of PGA Champions and many rare pieces of PGA history to connect visitors to the rich history of the game and the Association.
* PGA Education Center (Port St. Lucie, Florida) – provides education programs to serve both PGA members and apprentices.

=== Former ===
* [[Valhalla Golf Club]] ([[Louisville, Kentucky]]) – designed by [[Jack Nicklaus]]. Site of the [[2008 Ryder Cup]]; 2004 and 2011 [[Senior PGA Championship]]s; 2002 [[PGA Professional National Championship]]; and [[1996 PGA Championship|1996]], [[2000 PGA Championship|2000]], [[2014 PGA Championship|2014]] and [[2024 PGA Championship|2024]] [[PGA Championship]]s. Ranked No. 95 among "America's 100 Greatest Golf Courses" by ''[[Golf Digest]]''.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.golfdigest.com/golf-courses/golf-courses/2009-05/100_greatestgolfcourses?currentPage=2 |title=America's 100 Greatest Golf Courses/2009-10 |magazine=Golf Digest |date=April 9, 2009 |access-date=August 13, 2018}}</ref> The PGA of America initially bought a 25% interest in 1993, increased it to 50% shortly after the 1996 PGA Championship, and took complete ownership shortly after the 2000 PGA Championship. It sold the club in 2022 to a group of local investors and club members.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.wdrb.com/news/pga-of-america-sells-valhalla-golf-club-to-louisville-investor-group/article_838fc6cc-e1b1-11ec-b707-b37cfc89d2a3.html |title=PGA of America sells Valhalla Golf Club to Louisville investor group |first=Dalton |last=Godbey |publisher=WDRB |location=Louisville, Kentucky |date=June 1, 2022 |access-date=June 2, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite press release |url=https://www.valhallagolfclub.com/files/Valhalla%20Sale%20Press%20Release%20DRAFT%205-28-22.docx.pdf |title=PGA of America Sells Valhalla Golf Club to a Local Group of Club Members |publisher=Valhalla Golf Club |date=June 1, 2022 |access-date=June 2, 2022}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Dewey Brown]]
* [[Golf in the United States]]
* [[LPGA]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

*[https://web.archive.org/web/20110724004810/http://images.pgalinks.com/vmc/pressReleases/09History.pdf] – PGA of America History media guide
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20110724004934/http://images.pgalinks.com/vmc/pressReleases/PGAVillageFactSheet.pdf]- PGA Village fact sheet
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20110724004959/http://images.pgalinks.com/vmc/pressReleases/PGAFactSheet.pdf] – PGA of America fact sheet
*[http://www.pga.com/pgaofamerica/history/]- PGA of America History at PGA.com
*[http://pgajobfinder.pgalinks.com/helpwanted/empcenter/pgaandyou/pro.cfm?ctc=1669]-PGA history

==External links==
* {{Official website}}
* [http://www.pgavillage.com PGA Village]

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