How do you qualify for the PGA Professional Championship?

Last Modified May 9, 2024 07:51 GMT
How do you qualify for the PGA Professional Championship?
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The PGA Championship is the gateway for professional golfers to get their seats in the upcoming major tournaments, the PGA Championship. Since 1968, it has been held by the PGA of America after splitting from the touring professionals to found the PGA Tour. Until 2006 it was popular with the name PGA Club Professional Championship; later the name changed to PGA Professional National Championship, which was again changed in 2015 to PGA Professional Championship.

The tournament is pre-scheduled for May, every year. The top 20 finishes in the PGA Professional Championship will qualify for the PGA Championship The winner receives six PGA Tour exemptions for the next season, three of which must be scheduled opposite The Open Championship or World Golf Championship tournaments. The top five finishers also advanced to the second round of the PGA Tour Qualifying Tournament.

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Qualifications for the PGA Professional Championship

To gain access to the PGA Professional Championship, players must adhere to the following criteria:

  1. Possess PGA membership.

  2. Hold certification as a class A PGA professional golfer.

  3. Limit professional tour starts to no more than ten combined appearances over the preceding year, excluding major tournaments, which encompasses various developmental tours, senior tours, and mini-tours.

  4. Entry into the championship is granted through winning championships within their respective PGA sections, being defending champions of the Assistant PGA Professional Championship, or holding the title of former event champions.

FAQs on How do you qualify for the PGA Professional Championship?

A. Howell Fraser was the first to claim the title of the PGA Professional Championship.

A. Braden Shattuck won the title of PGA Professional Championship in 2023.

A. Winner will receive a handsome paycheck of $60,000 from the purse of $715,000.

A. 20 players will receive a direct entry from the PGA Professional Championship to the PGA Championship.

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