Claim: Tiger Woods has competed in a tournament.

The PGA Tour -LRB- officially rendered in all capital letters , as PGA TOUR -RRB- is the organizer of the main professional golf tours played primarily by men in the United States and North America . It organizes most of the events on the flagship annual series of tournaments also known as the PGA Tour , as well as PGA Tour Champions -LRB- for golfers age 50 and older -RRB- and the Web.com Tour -LRB- for professional players who have not yet qualified to play in the PGA Tour -RRB- , as well as PGA Tour Canada , PGA Tour Latinoamérica , and PGA Tour China . It is headquartered in Ponte Vedra Beach , Florida , a suburb of Jacksonville .   Originally established by the Professional Golfers ' Association of America , it was spun off in December 1968 into a separate organization for tour players , as opposed to club professionals , the focal members of today 's PGA of America . Originally the `` Tournament Players Division , '' it adopted the name `` PGA Tour '' in 1975 and runs most of the week-to-week professional golf events on the tournament known as the PGA Tour , including The Players Championship , hosted at TPC Sawgrass , the FedEx Cup , with its finale at The Tour Championship at East Lake Golf Club , and the biennial Presidents Cup . The remaining events on the PGA Tour are run by different organizations , as are the U.S.-based LPGA Tour for women and the other men 's and women 's professional tours around the world .