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Bayonet and Black Horse courses to host 2015 Senior PGA Professional National Championship
By The PGA of America
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PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. – Bayonet and Black Horse Golf Courses, a pair of Northern California’s most challenging public venues, have been selected to host the 2015 Senior PGA Professional National Championship presented by Mercedes-Benz, Oct. 15-18.
The 264-player Senior PGA Professional National Championship offers a total purse of $285,000.
The top 35 finishers earn a berth in the 77th Senior PGA Championship presented by KitchenAid, to be conducted in May 26-29, 2016, at Harbor Shores in Benton Harbor, Michigan.
Overlooking Monterey Bay, Bayonet and Black Horse were named in honor of two U.S. Army divisions. The courses occupy property that was once part of the former Fort Ord military base near Seaside, California. Bayonet and Black Horse hosted the 2012 PGA Professional National Championship presented by Club Car, Mercedes-Benz and OMEGA.
“Golfers who have experienced the challenges of Bayonet and Black Horse come away feeling that they have played two of the best public courses in the country,” said PGA of America President Derek Sprague. “In 2012, these courses challenged our finest playing PGA Professionals, and we look forward to another great Championship this fall.”
Begun in 1989, the Senior PGA Professional National Championship is modeled after the PGA Professional National Championship, with a field of 50-and-older senior PGA Professionals who advanced through 41 Section Championships conducted from July through September.
“We are delighted to have the PGA of America back on the Monterey Peninsula, and we think Bayonet and Black Horse will provide a unique setting to host this major event,” said Dick Fitzgerald, Director of Seaside Resort Development, which operates Bayonet and Black Horse. “We look forward to presenting the courses in great shape for this Championship.”
Bayonet Golf Course was designed by Gen. Robert B. McClure in 1954, and after a redesign by Gene Bates, the course reopened in 2007.
Black Horse Golf Course, a 1964 joint original design by Gen. McClure and Gen. Edwin Carnes, was named in honor of the 11th Cavalry Regiment (Black Horse), which was stationed at the Presidio of Monterey (1919-1940).
