Whether it's tweaking a swing, advice on equipment, custom-fitting a new driver, kitting out a beginner with the right gear, helping with a ruling, managing a golf club from top to bottom, coaching a top European Tour player or simply taking a green fee, PGA pros do pretty much anything and everything in golf.
Perhaps best of all - they're there to help you, the ordinary golfer - squeeze the most out of this wonderful game that both tantatilises and frustrates in equal measures.
The traditional club professional role is still very much in evidence with pros remaining the focal point of the golf club or driving range - a friendly face to visitors and source of advice and help to members.
Down the years the role of the pro has broadened in step with changes in the golfing landscape brought about by the game's surge in popularity. As golf has become more popular, opportunities have arisen to enable many pros to specialise in a specific area of the game whether as coaches, teachers, fitness and conditioning experts, golf managers, directors of golf, retailers, custom-fitters or club repairers.
The common denominator uniting the PGA's 7,000 plus members is the desire to help grow the game of golf and make it an enjoyable experience for amateur players - whether by assisting in achieving a good swing or in the smooth running of a golf club.