There is a long story behind the name of the PGA Tour. The PGA Tour became a separate entity in 1968, branching off from the PGA of America, which is now primarily an association of club professionals. Tournament players formed their own organization, the Association of Professional Golfers (APG). Later in 1968, the tournament players abolished the APG and agreed to operate as the PGA "Tournament Players Division," which in fact was supervised from a 10 member Tournament Board. The name was officially changed to the "PGA Tour" back in 1975. At 1981 there were some other problems in regards to the name but, the name became again the "PGA Tour" in March of 1982.

It is important to have clear what the PGA Tour does and does not organize. The PGA Tour does not run any of the four major golf tournaments or the Ryder Cup, the PGA Championship, the Senior PGA Championship; also is not involved with the women's tours in the U.S and is also not the governing body for the game of golf in the United States; this, instead, is the role of the USGA, which organizes the U.S. Open.

What the PGA Tour does organize are the remaining week-to-week events, including The Players Championship and the FedEx Cup events, as well as the biennial Presidents Cup. Here is the list of tournaments that the PGA Tour has in charge for the entire year.


Date / Tournament and Winner for 2009

Jan 11. Mercedes-Benz Championship Hawaii             Geoff Ogilvy 
Jan 18. Sony Open in Hawaii Hawaii                            Zach Johnson 
Jan 25. Bob Hope Classic California                             Pat Perez 
Feb 01. FBR Open Arizona                                           Kenny Perry 
Feb 08. Buick Invitational California                             Nick Watney 
Feb 15. AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am               Dustin Johnson 
Feb 22. Northern Trust Open California                       Phil Mickelson 
Mar 01. Accenture Match Play Championship               Geoff Ogilvy
Mar 01. Mayakoba Golf Classic at Riviera Maya            Mark Wilson 
Mar 08. The Honda Classic Florida                               Y.E. Yang
Mar 15. CA Championship Florida WGC                        Phil Mickelson
Mar 15. Puerto Rico Open Puerto Rico                          Michael Bradley
Mar 22. Transitions Championship Florida                    Retief Goosen
Mar 29. Arnold Palmer Invitational Florida                    Tiger Woods 
Apr 05. Shell Houston Open Texas                               Paul Casey 
Apr 12. Masters Tournament Georgia Major                 Ángel Cabrera 
Apr 19. Verizon Heritage South Carolina                      Brian Gay 
Apr 26. Zurich Classic of New Orleans Louisiana          
May 03. Quail Hollow Championship North Carolina
May 10. The Players Championship Florida                   
May 17. Valero Texas Open Texas                               
May 24. HP Byron Nelson Championship                      
May 31. Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial  
Jun 07. Memorial Tournament Ohio                               
Jun 14. St. Jude Classic Tennessee                                
Jun 21. U.S. Open Championship New York Major 100
Jun 28. Travelers Championship Connecticut      
Jul 05. AT&T National Maryland                                 
Jul 12. John Deere Classic Illinois                                 
Jul 19. The Open Championship (British Open)
Jul 19. U.S. Bank Championship in Milwaukee Wisconsin 
Jul 26. RBC Canadian Open Canada 
Aug 02. Buick Open Michigan 
Aug 09. Bridgestone Invitational Ohio
Aug 09. Legends Reno-Tahoe Open Nevada 
Aug 16. PGA Championship Minnesota
Aug 23. Wyndham Championship North Carolina
Aug 30. The Barclays New Jersey
Sep 07. Deutsche Bank Championship Massachusetts
Sep 13. BMW Championship Illinois
Sep 27. The Tour Championship Georgia
Oct 04. Turning Stone Resort Championship New York
Oct 11. Presidents Cup California
Oct 18. Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospitals for Children Open Nevada
Oct 25. Frys.com Open Arizona
Nov 1 Viking Classic Mississippi Nov 08. TBD TBD
Nov 15. Children's Miracle Network Classic Florida