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Originally Posted by TheVillageChicken
In addition to the co-organizing the Ryder Cup every two years, the PGA controls only one event each year, The PGA Championship. The PGA Tour controls most of the rest. The PGA Tour and the PGA are two separate entities, one is for club pros and the other for tour pros. Interestingly, the PGA Tour does not run any of the majors.
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The Players is the PGA Tour's major, or at least what they're hoping will become the fifth major. Many of the players consider it the fifth major.
The PGA of America and the PGA Tour although are separate organizations, they do have a very close relationship. A PGA member sits on the tour's board and a tour player sits on the PGA of America's board.
At one time it was all the PGA of America but the players felt that they wanted more control of the tournaments so they created a brother organization so the PGA Tour was born.
At one time it was a requirement that in order to be a member of the PGA Tour, one also had to become a member of the PGA. Not sure how that all works now.