PGA National Golf Club PGA National Golf Club PGA National Golf Club, the home of the Professional Golfers' Association of America, is located at the PGA National Resort & Spa in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. The golf facilities include five championship 18-hole courses, four within the main resort ground and another west. The resort was acquired in August 2006 by Century Golf Partners in conjunction with Walton Street Capital, LLC and SCS Advisors, Inc. The original PGA National Golf Club (1964–1973) in Palm Beach Gardens was nearby to the east and is now the BallenIsles Country Club. The Champions Course (now the East Course
Timeline of golf history (1945–99) for the first time. The Tam O'Shanter World Championship offers the first $100,000 purse for a golf tournament. Bob Toski wins the $50,000 first prize. Toski's three other tournament victories on the PGA Tour this year earn him a total of $8,000. "All-Star Golf," a filmed series of matches, debuts on network television. Babe Zaharias returns to the LPGA Tour following cancer surgery and wins the U.S. Women's Open. The first PGA Merchandise Show is held in a parking lot in Dunedin, Florida, outside the PGA National Golf Club. Salesmen work the show out of the trunks of their cars.