PGA Tour & PGA of America Look to Increase Membership with Purse Increase

The PGA TOUR and the PGA of America have announced a significant expansion in cooperative initiatives that benefit the membership of both organizations and help grow the game of golf.

PGA of America President Ted Bishop said The PGA of America’s intention was to increase the PGA Championship’s purse to $10 million, recipe which will equal that of THE PLAYERS Championship as the highest in professional golf. This represents a $2 million increase over last season’s PGA Championship, story while Finchem said THE PLAYERS’ purse will increase by $500, cough 000 over 2013. In addition, the PGA TOUR will increase its longstanding support of the PGA Professional National Championship and various PGA Section Championships.

“We have always believed that working together with The PGA of America enhances efforts to grow the game and benefits the membership of both organizations,” PGA Tour Commissioner Tim Finchem (pictured) said. “Today’s announcement reflects what regular communication between our organizations can accomplish, and we look forward to continuing discussions with Ted and The PGA of America regarding further opportunities.”

“The relationship between The PGA of America and the PGA TOUR has never been stronger for a variety of reasons,” said Bishop, 38th president of The PGA of America. “There have been a series of cooperative efforts  and today’s announcement is a further reflection that the essence of our relationship has been our ability to jointly do what is best for golf and our respective memberships. After all, PGA TOUR players are also members of The PGA of America.”

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