I-Professional Golfers 'Association (PGA) yinhlangano eyaziwa emhlabeni wonke ebusa futhi emele imboni yegalofu yobungcweti. Leli phepha lihlose ukuhlola umlando we-PGA, lichaza kabanzi ngemvelaphi yayo, izigigaba ezibalulekile, kanye nomthelela ebe nawo ekukhuleni nasekuthuthukisweni kwezemidlalo.
I-PGA ilandelela izimpande zayo emuva ku-1916 lapho iqembu labadlali begalofu, eliholwa nguRodman Wanamaker, lihlangene eNew York City ukusungula inhlangano ezothuthukisa ezemidlalo kanye nabadlali begalofu abangochwepheshe ababeyidlala. Ngo-Ephreli 10, 1916, i-PGA yaseMelika yasungulwa, inamalungu angama-35 asungula. Lokhu kuphawula ukuzalwa kwenhlangano ezoguqula indlela igalofu elidlalwe ngayo, elibukwayo, neliphathwa ngayo.
Eminyakeni yayo yokuqala, i-PGA yayigxile kakhulu ekuhleleni imiqhudelwano yamalungu ayo. Imicimbi ephawulekayo, efana ne-PGA Championship, yasungulwa ukuze ibonise amakhono abadlali begalofu abaqeqeshiwe futhi ihehe ukunaka komphakathi. I-PGA Championship yokuqala yabanjwa ngo-1916 futhi kusukela ngaleso sikhathi isibe yiminye yemiqhudelwano emikhulu yegalofu.
Ngawo-1920, i-PGA yandisa ithonya layo ngokuthuthukisa izinhlelo zemfundo nokukhuthaza imfundo yegalofu. Ibona ukubaluleka kokuqeqeshwa kanye nesitifiketi, i-PGA yasebenzisa uhlelo lokuthuthukiswa kochwepheshe olwavumela abasafuna ukuqeqeshelwa igalofu ukuthi bathuthukise amakhono abo nolwazi kwezemidlalo. Lesi sinyathelo sibambe iqhaza elikhulu ekukhuphuleni amazinga esewonke egalofu elikhokhelwayo kanye nokuthuthukisa ukusebenza kahle kokufundisa.
Ngawo-1950s, i-PGA yaba neqhaza ekukhuleni kokuthandwa kukamabonakude ngokwenza ubudlelwano namanethiwekhi okusakaza, okwenza izigidi zababukeli bakwazi ukubuka imicimbi yegalofu bukhoma besekhaya. Lokhu kubambisana phakathi kwe-PGA namanethiwekhi kamabonakude kuthuthukise kakhulu ukubonakala nokukhanga kwezentengiselwano kwegalofu, kwaheha abaxhasi kanye nokwandisa imali engenayo kuyo yomibili i-PGA kanye nemiqhudelwano ehlobene nayo.
Nakuba i-PGA ekuqaleni yayimele abadlali begalofu abangochwepheshe e-United States, inhlangano yabona isidingo sokwandisa ithonya layo esikalini samazwe ngamazwe. Ngo-1968, i-PGA yaseMelika yakha inhlangano ehlukile eyaziwa nge-Professional Golfers' Association European Tour (manje eyi-European Tour) ukuze ibhekelele imakethe yegalofu yaseYurophu ekhulayo. Lesi sinyathelo siphinde saqinisa ubukhona bomhlaba be-PGA futhi kwavula indlela yokwenziwa kwamazwe ngamazwe kwegalofu elichwepheshile.
Eminyakeni yakamuva, i-PGA ibeke phambili inhlalakahle yabadlali kanye nezinzuzo. Inhlangano isebenza eduze nabaxhasi nabahleli bemiqhudelwano ukuqinisekisa ukuthi kunemiklomelo eyanele kanye nokuvikelwa kwabadlali. Ukwengeza, i-PGA Tour, eyasungulwa ngo-1968, isiphenduke indikimba evelele enesibopho sokuhlela uhlu olubanzi lwemicimbi yegalofu yobungcweti nokuphatha amazinga nemiklomelo yabadlali ngokusekelwe ekusebenzeni.
Umlando we-PGA uwubufakazi bokuzinikela nomzamo ohlangene wabaqeqeshi begalofu ababefuna ukusungula inhlangano ezophakamisa ezemidlalo futhi isekele abadlali bayo. Kusukela esiqalweni sayo esiphansi kuya esimeni sayo njengegunya elihlonishwa umhlaba wonke, i-PGA ibambe iqhaza elibalulekile ekulolongeni isimo segalofu elikhokhelwayo. Njengoba inhlangano iqhubeka nokuthuthuka, ukuzibophezela kwayo ekuthuthukiseni umdlalo, ukukhuthaza inhlalakahle yabadlali, nokwandisa ukufinyelela kwayo emhlabeni wonke kuqinisekisa ukubaluleka kwayo okuqhubekayo kanye nomthelela embonini yegalofu.
Isikhathi sokuthumela: Sep-18-2023