 In 1949, the PGA ran a business survey, and in 1950 they implemented the recommendations of splitting the PGA from the tournament Bureau.May is listed as one of the 100 most influential persons to the game of golf, for being the first to broadcast, nationwide and live, a PGA Tour tournament.The United States Golf Association followed May's lead in 1954 with the first nationwide broadcast of the U.S. Open, and the Augusta National Golf Club first broadcast the Masters Tournament live in 1956.