The world’s best golfers are on the links at the Oak Hill Country Club in Rochester, N.Y. this week for the 105th PGA Championship. It figures to be an exciting and chilly weekend of golf (the first round was delayed 90 minutes on Thursday due to a frost warning), but let’s take a look at the roots of the PGA — Professional Golf Association, and how did the Wanamaker Cup, awarded to the tourney winner, come to be.
The Association, according to its website is “one of the world's largest sports organizations, composed of PGA Professionals who work daily to grow interest and participation in the game of golf.”
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