John Joseph Burke Jr. was an American professional golfer who was most prominent in the 1950s. The son of a professional golfer,Jack Burke Sr.,he won two major titles,both in 1956,the Masters and PGA Championship,and is a member of the World Golf Hall of Fame.
Curtis Northrup Strange is an American professional golfer and TV color commentator. He is the winner of consecutive U.S. Open titles and a member of the World Golf Hall of Fame and Virginia Sports Hall of Fame. He spent over 200 weeks in the top-10 of the Official World Golf Ranking between their debut in 1986 and 1990.
The World Golf Hall of Fame was,until recently,located at World Golf Village between Jacksonville,Florida and St. Augustine,Florida,in the United States. It is unusual amongst sports halls of fame in that a single site honored both men and women. It is supported by a consortium of 26 golf organizations from all over the world. It is moving back to Pinehurst,North Carolina,with the new campus opening in 2024.
The World Golf Championships (WGC) were a group of annual professional golf tournaments played from 1999 through 2023 created by the International Federation of PGA Tours as a means of gathering the best players in the world together more frequently than the pre-existing four major championships. All WGC tournaments are official money events on the PGA Tour and the European Tour,and officially sanctioned by the Asian Tour,Japan Golf Tour,Sunshine Tour,and PGA Tour of Australasia.
Ponte Vedra Beach is a wealthy unincorporated community and suburb of Jacksonville,Florida in St. Johns County,Florida,United States. Located 18 miles (29 km) southeast of downtown Jacksonville and 26 miles (42 km) north of St. Augustine,it is part of the Jacksonville Beaches area,and on the island nicknamed San Pablo Island.
Jerry Lanston "Lanny" Wadkins Jr. is an American professional golfer. He won 21 tournaments on the PGA Tour,including one major,the 1977 PGA Championship. He ranked in the top 10 of the Official World Golf Ranking for 86 weeks from the ranking's debut in 1986 to 1988.
Loren Lloyd Roberts is an American professional golfer,who has played on the PGA Tour and the PGA Tour Champions.
Albert Woody Austin II is an American professional golfer who played the majority of his career on the PGA Tour,but now plays on the PGA Tour Champions.
Deane R. Beman is an American professional golfer,golf administrator. He was the second commissioner of the PGA Tour,serving from 1974 to 1994.
Jonathan Andrew Kaye is an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour.
Jim Laver Carter is an American professional golfer who plays on the Champions Tour. He has also played on the PGA Tour and the Nationwide Tour.
Timothy Jay Simpson is an American professional golfer who has played on the PGA Tour and the Nationwide Tour,and currently plays on the Champions Tour.
The World Wide Technology Championship is a professional golf tournament on the PGA Tour in Mexico,contested at the Tiger Woods-designed El Cardonal golf course within the Diamante Cabo San Lucas resort. It debuted in February 2007 and was the first PGA Tour event to take place in Mexico. The first 16 years of the tournament took place in Riviera Maya before the tournament was moved to Los Cabos in 2023.
The World Golf Village (WGV) is a golf resort in St. Johns County,Florida,United States,located between Jacksonville and St. Augustine. It was created by the PGA Tour and showcases the World Golf Hall of Fame. In addition to the resort the World Golf Village features residential and commercial developments. There is also a census-designated place with the same name.
Jay Delsing is an American professional golfer.
The PGA Tour is the organizer of professional golf tours in North America. It organizes most of the events on the flagship annual series of tournaments also known as the PGA Tour,as well as the PGA Tour Champions and the Korn Ferry Tour,as well as the PGA Tour Canada,PGA Tour Latinoamérica,and formerly the PGA Tour China. The PGA Tour is a nonprofit organization headquartered in Ponte Vedra Beach,Florida,a suburb southeast of Jacksonville.
Jay Morrish was an American golf course designer. He graduated from Colorado State University with a degree in Landscape and Nursery Management. In 1964,he taught Horticulture at that university while pursuing graduate degrees.
First Tee is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization with the stated goal of improving children's life skills through golf lessons. Based in Ponta Vedra Beach,Florida,the organization claims to teach more than 3.6 million youth annually through programs across the country and internationally.
Joseph William "Jay" Monahan IV is the fourth and current commissioner of golf's PGA Tour. He ascended to this position in January 2017. Monahan previously served as executive director of The Players Championship.
Clyde Ellett "Tim" Collins,Jr. was an American professional golfer. He earned All-America honors two years at Virginia Tech in the mid-1960s and went on to play professionally on the PGA Tour. He was a native of Christiansburg,Virginia.
