Chisinthiko cha Professional Golfers 'Association (PGA)

Professional Golfers 'Association (PGA) ndi bungwe lodziwika padziko lonse lapansi lomwe limayendetsa ndikuyimira akatswiri a gofu. Pepalali likufuna kufufuza mbiri ya PGA, kufotokoza za chiyambi chake, zochitika zazikulu, ndi zotsatira zomwe zakhala nazo pakukula ndi chitukuko cha masewerawo.

PGA idayamba mu 1916 pomwe gulu la akatswiri a gofu, motsogozedwa ndi Rodman Wanamaker, adasonkhana ku New York City kuti akhazikitse bungwe lomwe lingalimbikitse masewerawa komanso akatswiri odziwa masewera a gofu omwe adasewera. Pa Epulo 10, 1916, PGA yaku America idakhazikitsidwa, yokhala ndi mamembala 35 omwe adayambitsa. Ichi chinali chizindikiro cha kubadwa kwa bungwe lomwe lingasinthe momwe gofu imaseweredwa, kuwonera, ndi kuyang'anira.

M'zaka zake zoyambirira, PGA imayang'ana kwambiri kukonza zokopa ndi mpikisano kwa mamembala ake. Zochitika zodziwika bwino, monga PGA Championship, zidakhazikitsidwa kuti ziwonetse luso la akatswiri ochita gofu ndikukopa chidwi cha anthu. Mpikisano woyamba wa PGA unachitika mu 1916 ndipo wakhala umodzi mwamasewera anayi akuluakulu a gofu.

M'zaka za m'ma 1920, PGA inakulitsa mphamvu zake popanga mapulogalamu a maphunziro ndi kulimbikitsa maphunziro a gofu. Pozindikira kufunikira kwa maphunziro ndi ziphaso, PGA idakhazikitsa njira yachitukuko yomwe imalola akatswiri omwe akufuna kukhala akatswiri a gofu kukulitsa luso lawo ndi chidziwitso pamasewera. Ntchitoyi inathandiza kwambiri kukweza miyezo ya akatswiri a gofu komanso kulimbikitsa kuphunzitsa bwino.

M'zaka za m'ma 1950, PGA idakulitsa kutchuka kwa kanema wawayilesi popanga mayanjano ndi mawayilesi owulutsa, kupangitsa owonera mamiliyoni ambiri kuwonera zochitika za gofu kuchokera kunyumba zawo. Kugwirizana kumeneku pakati pa PGA ndi makanema apa kanema wawayilesi kwathandizira kwambiri kuwonekera komanso kukopa kwamasewera a gofu, kukopa othandizira ndikuwonjezera ndalama za PGA ndi masewera omwe amagwirizana nawo.

Ngakhale kuti PGA poyamba inkaimira akatswiri a gofu ku United States, bungweli linazindikira kufunika kokulitsa mphamvu zake padziko lonse lapansi. Mu 1968, PGA yaku America idapanga bungwe lina lodziwika kuti Professional Golfers 'Association European Tour (lomwe tsopano ndi European Tour) kuti lithandizire msika womwe ukukula wa gofu ku Europe. Kusunthaku kunalimbitsanso kupezeka kwa PGA padziko lonse lapansi ndikutsegula njira yopititsira patsogolo akatswiri a gofu.

M'zaka zaposachedwa, PGA yaika patsogolo ubwino ndi mapindu a osewera. Bungweli limagwira ntchito limodzi ndi othandizira komanso okonza masewerawa kuti awonetsetse kuti amapereka mphotho zokwanira komanso chitetezo cha osewera. Kuphatikiza apo, PGA Tour, yomwe idakhazikitsidwa mu 1968, yakhala bungwe lodziwika bwino lomwe limayang'anira zochitika zambiri zamasewera a gofu ndikuwongolera masanjidwe a osewera ndi mphotho kutengera momwe amachitira.

Mbiri ya PGA ndi umboni wakudzipereka komanso kuyesetsa kwa akatswiri a gofu omwe adafuna kukhazikitsa bungwe lomwe lingakweze masewerawa ndikuthandizira akatswiri ake. Kuyambira pomwe idayamba pang'onopang'ono mpaka pomwe idadziwika padziko lonse lapansi, PGA yachita gawo lofunikira kwambiri pakuwongolera momwe masewera a gofu amagwirira ntchito. Pomwe bungweli likupitilirabe kusinthika, kudzipereka kwawo pakupititsa patsogolo masewerawa, kulimbikitsa thanzi la osewera, komanso kukulitsa kufalikira kwawo padziko lonse lapansi kumatsimikizira kufunikira kwake komanso chikoka pamakampani a gofu.