Move Doesn’t Mean Complete Departure from Florida Home of 50-plus Years
Earlier this month the PGA of America announced that it will be moving its headquarters from Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., to Frisco, Texas. That’s a huge deal, since the projected new headquarters is a half-billion dollar project that will include 45 golf holes, a 500-room Omni resort and a 127,000-square foot conference center among other things.
While that may well be the biggest news splash of 2018 for golfers wanting to travel, there’s more to the announcement than that.
The PGA has deep roots in Florida, and that won’t change. Palm Beach Gardens has been the PGA’s base for more than 50 years. The PGA has operated out of a two-building complex adjacent to the PGA National Resort — annual site of the PGA Tour’s Honda Classic — since 1981.
While the PGA does not own PGA National it does own and operate PGA Golf Club, a three-course resort located about 40 miles to the north in Port St. Lucie. More
