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264-Player Field Descends on New Mexico for 2022 Senior PGA Professional Championship
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2021 Senior PGA Professional Champion, Paul Claxton poses with the Leo Fraser Trophy after the final round of the 33rd Senior PGA Professional Championship held at the PGA Golf Club on October 24, 2021 in Port St. Lucie, Florida. (Photo by Montana Pritchard/PGA of America)
Defending Champion Paul Claxton leads a 264-player field of 50-and-over PGA Professionals from across the nation gathering this week in New Mexico at the 2022 Senior PGA Professional Championship.
Claxton twice parred the 18th hole at PGA Golf Club, once in regulation to cap a final-round, 2-under 70 and again 20 minutes later, in a playoff, to win the 2021 Championship over Mark Mielke.
Paul Claxton hits his shot from the seventh tee during the final round of the 33rd Senior PGA Professional Championship held at the PGA Golf Club on October 24, 2021 in Port St. Lucie, Florida. (Photo by Montana Pritchard/PGA of America)
Two of the most celebrated golf facilities in the SouthwestーTwin Warriors Golf Club at Hyatt Regency Tamaya Resort and Spa and Santa Ana Golf Club, both in Santa Ana Pueblo, New Mexicoーwill host the National Championship, which gets underway on Thursday, Oct. 13.
A course scenic of hole 4 at Twin Warriors Golf Club in Santa Ana Pueblo, New Mexico, USA, on Wednesday, July 23, 2008. The site of the 42nd PGA Professional Championship. (Photo by Montana Pritchard/The PGA of America)
The low 35 scorers earn a berth in the 2023 KitchenAid Senior PGA Championship to be contested next May at PGA Frisco in Frisco, Texas.
