PGA Tour1950

The PGA Tour became a separate entity in 1968, branching off from the PGA of America, which is now primarily an association of club professionals.

Tournament players formed their own organization, the Association of Professional Golfers (APG).

Later in 1968, the tournament players abolished the APG and agreed to operate as the PGA "Tournament Players Division," a fully autonomous division under the supervision of a new 10-member Tournament Policy Board.

The name would officially change to the "PGA Tour" in 1975.

Due to a multiplicity of similar names, it is worth emphasizing what the PGA Tour does and does not organize.

The PGA Tour does not run any of the four major golf tournaments or the Ryder Cup.

The PGA of America, not the PGA Tour, runs the PGA Championship, the Senior PGA Championship, and co-organizes the Ryder Cup with the PGA European Tour.

The PGA Tour is not involved with the women's tours in the U.S.; they are controlled by the LPGA.

The PGA Tour is also not the governing body for the game of golf in the United States; this, instead, is the role of the USGA, which organizes the U.S. Open.

What the PGA Tour does organize are the remaining 43 (in 2009) week-to-week events, including The Players Championship and the FedEx Cup events, as well as the biennial Presidents Cup.