PGA Tour Professional Golfers Association 112 PGA TOUR Boulevard Ponte Vedra Beach, FL Phone: Professional Golfers Association 112 PGA TOUR Boulevard Ponte Vedra Beach, FL Phone:

Overview  The PGA Tour is a tax-exempt membership organization of professional golfers. The mission of the PGA TOUR is to expand domestically and internationally to substantially increase player financial benefits while maintaining its commitment to the integrity of the game. In addition to providing competitive opportunities for its membership, PGA Tour events also generate revenue for charitable causes in their community.

Commissioner  Timothy W. Finchem  Finchem has been the commissioner of the PGA Tour for 13 years and enjoys his position.  Timothy W. Finchem  Finchem has been the commissioner of the PGA Tour for 13 years and enjoys his position.

Website   The website give up-to-date live scoring. It actually provides shot by shot analysis, and each player has every shot updated over “shotlink” on the website.   The website give up-to-date live scoring. It actually provides shot by shot analysis, and each player has every shot updated over “shotlink” on the website.

2007 PGA Tour Schedule  Tournaments on the PGA Tour start in January every year and they go until October. Official PGA tournaments end in October but there are small invitational shootouts that continue until November, mainly acting as fundraising tournaments for other organizations.

Players and Caddies Assistance Funds  There are several funds available to provide financial assistance to poor and/or distressed members of the golf community through affiliates of the PGA Tour.

Charity  PGA Tour, Champions Tour, and Nationwide Tour events have donated more than $1 billion to help more than 2,000 charities and countless individuals around the world.

PGA Tour Wives Association  PGA TOUR WIVES ASSOCIATION Inc. is a Florida not-for-profit corporation organized to render support and provide assistance to needy children and their families through the means of charitable events.

Eligibility  Each PGA Tour player has earned a position on the priority ranking system that will be used to select full-filled open tournaments.

2007 PGA Tour FedEx Cup  Over 250 PGA Tour professionals have played a PGA Tour event. At the end of the Wyndham Championship, only the Top 144 in FedEx Cup point standings earn the right for a shot at the FedEx Cup trophy.  Each week, the field will narrow, form 144 players to the final 30- player field at the Tour Championship.  Winner of the FedEx Cup is awarded the Fed Ex Cup trophy and millions of dollars to be put in a trust fund.  Over 250 PGA Tour professionals have played a PGA Tour event. At the end of the Wyndham Championship, only the Top 144 in FedEx Cup point standings earn the right for a shot at the FedEx Cup trophy.  Each week, the field will narrow, form 144 players to the final 30- player field at the Tour Championship.  Winner of the FedEx Cup is awarded the Fed Ex Cup trophy and millions of dollars to be put in a trust fund.

Other Men’s Tours in America with Affiliation to the PGA Tour  The Nationwide Tour  The Champions Tour  The Nationwide Tour  The Champions Tour

Nationwide Tour  The developmental tour for the U.S. based PGA Tour, and features professional golfers who have either failed to score well enough at that level to earn their PGA Tour card, or who have done so but then failed to stay at that level.  The Top 25 players on the Nationwide Tour’s money list receive their PGA Tour card for the next year.  Three victories in one season on the Nationwide Tour will automatically give a player full exempt status to the PGA Tour for the rest of that year.  Jason Gore is the only player to conquer this task in the last decade.  The developmental tour for the U.S. based PGA Tour, and features professional golfers who have either failed to score well enough at that level to earn their PGA Tour card, or who have done so but then failed to stay at that level.  The Top 25 players on the Nationwide Tour’s money list receive their PGA Tour card for the next year.  Three victories in one season on the Nationwide Tour will automatically give a player full exempt status to the PGA Tour for the rest of that year.  Jason Gore is the only player to conquer this task in the last decade.

Champions Tour  Run by the PGA Tour, hosts a series of events annually in the United Stated and the United Kingdom for golfers 50 years f age and older.  Many of the PGA Tour’s most successful golfers have gone on to play on the Champions tour.  Run by the PGA Tour, hosts a series of events annually in the United Stated and the United Kingdom for golfers 50 years f age and older.  Many of the PGA Tour’s most successful golfers have gone on to play on the Champions tour.

Qualifying for the PGA Tour  The Two easiest ways to qualify for the PGA Tour is through the Nationwide Tour, or through Qualifying School (neither one being an easy task).

Qualifying School  Annual qualifying tournaments for leading golf tours such as U.S. based PGA and LPGA Tours and the European Tour. A fixed number of players in the event win memberships of the tour for the following season, otherwise known as a “tour card,” meaning they can play in most of the tour’s events without having to qualify.  Getting the a qualifying school of an elite tour is very competitive and most professional golfers never achieve it.  Qualifying school consists of four or five stages with cuts after each stage until the final stage.  Annual qualifying tournaments for leading golf tours such as U.S. based PGA and LPGA Tours and the European Tour. A fixed number of players in the event win memberships of the tour for the following season, otherwise known as a “tour card,” meaning they can play in most of the tour’s events without having to qualify.  Getting the a qualifying school of an elite tour is very competitive and most professional golfers never achieve it.  Qualifying school consists of four or five stages with cuts after each stage until the final stage.