Umbutho wabadlali begalufa abaziiNgcali (PGA) ngumbutho owaziwayo kwihlabathi jikelele olawula kwaye omele ishishini lobuchwephesha begalufa. Eli phepha lijonge ukuphonononga imbali yePGA, inika iinkcukacha ngemvelaphi yayo, imiba ephambili, kunye nefuthe ethe yaba nalo ekukhuleni nasekuphuhlisweni kwezemidlalo.
I-PGA ilanda iingcambu zayo ukusukela ngo-1916 xa iqela labadlali begalufa, elikhokelwa nguRodman Wanamaker, badibana kwisiXeko saseNew York ukuze baseke umbutho owawuza kukhuthaza umdlalo kunye nabadlali begalufa abawudlalayo. NgoAprili 10, 1916, iPGA yaseMelika yasekwa, equka amalungu angama-35 aseki. Oku kwaphawula ukuzalwa kombutho owawuza kuguqula indlela edlalwa ngayo igalufa, ijongwe nokulawulwa ngayo.
Kwiminyaka yayo yokuqala, iPGA yayigxile kakhulu ekuququzeleleni iitumente kunye nokhuphiswano kumalungu ayo. Imisitho ephawulekayo, efana ne-PGA Championship, yamiselwa ukubonisa izakhono zabadlali begalufa abaqeqeshiweyo kunye nokutsala umdla woluntu. I-PGA Championship yokuqala yabanjwa ngo-1916 kwaye iye yaba yenye yeentshatsheli ezine ezinkulu zegalufa.
Ngexesha le-1920s, iPGA yandisa impembelelo yayo ngokuphuhlisa iinkqubo zemfundo kunye nokukhuthaza imfundo yegalufa. Ikubona ukubaluleka koqeqesho kunye neziqinisekiso, iPGA iphumeze inkqubo yophuhliso lobuchwephesha eyavumela abo banqwenela ukuba ziingcaphephe kwigalufa ukuba baphucule izakhono zabo nolwazi lwabo kwezemidlalo. Eli nyathelo lidlale indima ebalulekileyo ekunyuseni imigangatho jikelele yoqeqesho lwegalufa nokukhuthaza ukugqwesa kokufundisa.
Ngeminyaka yoo-1950, iPGA yenza imali ekukhuleni koluntu lukamabonakude ngokwenza ubambiswano nothungelwano losasazo, ivumela izigidi zababukeli ukuba zibukele iminyhadala yegalufa besuka kumakhaya abo. Le ntsebenziswano phakathi kwePGA kunye nothungelwano lukamabonakude iphucule ngokubonakalayo ukubonakala kunye nesibheno sorhwebo lwegalufa, yatsala abaxhasi kunye nokwandisa ingeniso yePGA kunye neetumente zayo ezimanyeneyo.
Ngelixa iPGA ekuqaleni yayimele abadlali begalufa abaqeqeshiweyo eUnited States, umbutho uye waqaphela isidingo sokwandisa impembelelo yawo kumazwe ngamazwe. Ngo-1968, iPGA yaseMelika yenza iqumrhu elahlukileyo elaziwa ngokuba yiProfessional Golfers' Association European Tour (ngoku luKhenketho lwaseYurophu) ukujongana nemarike yegalufa yaseYurophu ekhulayo. Eli nyathelo lomeleza ngakumbi ubukho be-PGA behlabathi kwaye lavula indlela yokwenziwa kwemidlalo yegalufa evunyiweyo.
Kwiminyaka yakutshanje, iPGA ibeke phambili intlalontle yabadlali kunye neenzuzo. Umbutho usebenza ngokusondeleyo nabaxhasi kunye nabaququzeleli betumente ukuqinisekisa ukuba kukho imali eyaneleyo yamabhaso kunye nokukhuselwa kwabadlali. Ukongeza, iPGA Tour, eyasekwa ngo-1968, ibe liqumrhu elibalulekileyo elinoxanduva lokuququzelela uluhlu olubanzi lwemisitho yegalufa yobuchwephesha kunye nokulawula udidi lwabadlali kunye namabhaso asekwe kwintsebenzo.
Imbali yePGA ibubungqina bokuzinikela kunye neenzame ezidibeneyo zabadlali begalufa abafuna ukuseka umbutho oza kuphakamisa ezemidlalo kwaye uxhase iingcali zawo. Ukusukela kwisiqalo esithobekileyo ukuya kwiwonga layo njengegunya elaziwayo kwihlabathi jikelele, iPGA idlale indima ebalulekileyo ekubumbeni ubume begalufa yobuchwephesha. Njengoko umbutho uqhubeka nokuvela, ukuzibophelela kwawo ekwandiseni umdlalo, ukukhuthaza intlalo-ntle yabadlali, kunye nokwandisa ukufikelela kwawo kwihlabathi liphela kuqinisekisa ukubaluleka kwawo okuqhubekayo kunye nempembelelo kushishino lwegalufa.
Ixesha lokuposa: Sep-18-2023