PGA Professional Championship

Beginning in 1968, the PGA Professional Championship has become a showcase event featuring some of the finest players in the Association. The list of Champions includes: Sam Snead, Bob Rosburg, Ed Dougherty, Bruce Fleisher, Larry Gilbert, Rex Baxter Jr., Don Massengale, Laurie Hammer, Larry Webb, Bob Boyd, Brett Upper, Bruce Zabriski, Darrell Kestner, Mike Small, Matt Dobyns, Michael Block and Ben Polland.

Hosted by Bandon Dunes Golf Resort in Bandon, Oregon, April 26-31, this year’s Championship will see a field of 312 PGA Professionals trying to survive two cuts at both Bandon Dunes and Pacific Dunes, and earn a spot on the Corebridge Financial PGA Team. The top finishers that compose the Corebridge Financial PGA Team gain an invitation to the PGA Championship at Aronimink Golf Club, May 11-17, while the newly-minted PGA Professional Champion receives exemptions into six PGA TOUR events over the next 12 months.

Bandon Dunes was designed by renowned golf course architect David McLay Kidd and opened in 1999. The course is located on a bluff overlooking the Pacific Ocean, showcasing native dunes and expansive ocean views. Pacific Dunes, designed by acclaimed golf course architect Tom Doak, opened in 2001 and provides a rugged test with rippling fairways and natural bunkers lining the landscape.

“To host the PGA Professional Championship just feels right,” said Chris Keiser, partner at Dream Golf. “PGA Professionals have been such a key to the success of Bandon Dunes. They saw something here and shared it with their members and their fellow professionals. We are proud of the 16 Class A PGA Professionals—including two Master Professionals—and 18 PGA Associates we employ at Bandon and Sand Valley, and the many PGA interns who have been a part of Dream Golf. PGA Professionals keep this game going. We can’t wait to see them compete at Bandon Dunes.”