For all the talk of charity and branding, the PGA Tour primarily exists to run golf tournaments.
It’s in the Tour’s DNA, all the way down to the circuit’s mission statement filed with the Internal Revenue Service.
“The [Tour’s] principal mission is to promote the sport of professional golf through sanctioning and administering golf tournaments,” the statement begins.
It’s a job those who walk the halls of the Tour’s Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla., headquarters have gotten very good at; this season’s schedule features 47 events, from October’s season-opening Frys.com Open to the Tour Championship next September.