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Mondays Off: Should the PGA Professional Championship winner get 6 PGA Tour exemptions?
The winner of the PGA Professional Championship, Alex Beach, gets an invite to the PGA Championship along with six exemptions into PGA Tour events. Steve got into a conversation that six is too many for a club pro, so the guys discuss both sides or the issue.
Neither Steve nor Knudson watched the Wells Fargo…but Knudson did narrow down some clubs in his bag.
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Episode #16 brings us Cliff McKinney. Cliff is the founder of Old Charlie Golf Club, a new club, and concept, to be built in the Florida panhandle. The model is quite interesting and aims to make great, private golf more affordable. We hope you enjoy the show!
In Episode 13, Ryan and Parker chat with Don Rea, President of the PGA of America. Don has been a tremendous voice for PGA Professionals and was a pleasure to have on the show. We hope you enjoy it! P.S. We might have helped ignite an idea for a new PGA of America event…we shall see!
In Episode 11, Parker chats with Adam Messix, our golf course architecture expert in residence, for a deep dive on this week’s U.S. Open venue, Oakmont Country Club. We hope you enjoy this history and hole-by-hole of one of the best courses in the world.
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Club Pro
May 7, 2019 at 1:25 pm
The PGA CLUB Professional Championship is the championship for club professionals and they actually put on on THE PGA Championship to be contested at Bethpage next week. It was probably a negotiating point when the number of PGA CLUB PROFESSIONALS getting into the PGA CHAMPIONSHIP was reduced years ago. Only 20 Club Pros get into the big event. That is a minimal amount for the association that actually puts on the event. The odds of a Club Pro winning it are extremely slim but there was once a 9th alternate tour player who led the PGA Championship wire to wire and won it. It was the story of the decade in golf. It’s legend now. I say keep the 20 players in the big show and 6 exemptions for the winner of the Club Professional Championship is not a big deal. He’s an extremely solid player and with some focused practice at the right time, he might be able to make it. The opportunity is not too much to ask for the guys who stand behind the counter in your pro shop and, hopefully, make your golf day a bit smoother.