The American Carson Young took the leadership of the Puerto Rico Open 2023 golf tournament this Thursday by closing the first round with nine under par (-9).
Puerto Rico Open, results
In second place was his compatriot Akshay Bhatia, who birdied his last two holes to finish at six under par (-6), as did the 2022 Puerto Rico Open runner-up, Max McGreevy.
Puerto Rican Rafael Campos completed his first round in the tournament, which is held at the Grand Reserve Golf Club in Río Grande, in position 28 with a two under par (-2). The Puerto Rico Open, a tournament of the Puerto Rico Golf Association (PRGA) TOUR and part of the FedEx Cup, is one of the largest sporting events on the island and has the participation of 120 players from the PGA circuit.
This year, he has a purse of $3.8 million and 300 FedEx Cup points, with the first prize being $684,000. Puerto Rican authorities estimate that the tournament will have an economic impact of 10 million dollars on the Caribbean island.
The PGA Tour became its own organization in 1968, when it split from the PGA of America, which is now primarily an association of golf professionals, such as instructors and club managers. Tournament players first formed their own organization, the Association of Professional Golfers (APG).
Later, in 1968, the players abolished the APG and agreed to operate as the PGA “Tournament Players Division”, a fully autonomous division of the PGA, overseen by a new 10-member Tournament Policy Board. The name then officially changed to “PGA Tour” in 1975.
In 1981, it had a marketing dispute with the PGA of America and decided to officially change its name. From the end of August of that year it becomes “TPA Tour”, which stands for “Tournament Players Association”. The dispute was resolved within seven months and the name of the tour reverted to being “PGA Tour” in March 1982.
Due to the multiplicity of similar denominations, it is good to explain what the PGA Tour does and does not do. The PGA Tour does not operate any of the major four tournaments or the Ryder Cup. The PGA of America, not the PGA Tour, organizes the PGA Championship, the Senior PGA Championship, and co-organises the Ryder Cup with the PGA European Tour.
The PGA Tour is not involved in the women’s tours of the United States, which are controlled by the LPGA. Furthermore, the PGA Tour is not the official body that regulates the game of golf in the United States: this is instead the role of the USGA, which also organizes the U.S.
open. Instead, what the PGA Tour does is organize all the rest of the golf events week after week, including The Players Championship and the FedEx Cup as well as the biennial Presidents Cup.
Source: Tennis World USA