*** PGA - PGA Professional National Championship Preview ***
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Dates: Sunday, June 24th through Wednesday, June 27th
Sites: Bayonet and Black Horse Courses, Seaside, California
Course Architects: Maj. Gen. Robert B. McClure (1954), Gene Bates
(2007, redesigned) - Bayonet
Maj. Gen. Edwin Carnes (1964), Chris Gray (1998,
renovation), Gene Bates (2008, redesigned) - Black Horse
Par: 72
Yardage: 7,105 (Bayonet Course)
Hole-By-Hole: 1 - Par 5 548 Yds 10 - Par 5 518 Yds
2 - Par 4 440 Yds 11 - Par 4 389 Yds
3 - Par 4 368 Yds 12 - Par 4 420 Yds
4 - Par 3 205 Yds 13 - Par 4 480 Yds
5 - Par 4 348 Yds 14 - Par 3 195 Yds
6 - Par 3 224 Yds 15 - Par 4 372 Yds
7 - Par 4 395 Yds 16 - Par 4 394 Yds
8 - Par 5 602 Yds 17 - Par 3 227 Yds
9 - Par 4 450 Yds 18 - Par 5 530 Yds
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36 3,580 Yds 36 3,525 Yds
Par: 72
Yardage: 6,904 (Black Horse Course)
Hole-By-Hole: 1 - Par 5 536 Yds 10 - Par 4 418 Yds
2 - Par 3 220 Yds 11 - Par 4 452 Yds
3 - Par 4 394 Yds 12 - Par 5 509 Yds
4 - Par 4 447 Yds 13 - Par 4 426 Yds
5 - Par 3 200 Yds 14 - Par 4 368 Yds
6 - Par 4 266 Yds 15 - Par 3 182 Yds
7 - Par 4 396 Yds 16 - Par 4 330 Yds
8 - Par 5 552 Yds 17 - Par 3 198 Yds
9 - Par 4 422 Yds 18 - Par 5 588 Yds
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36 3,433 Yds 36 3,471 Yds
Annual: 45th
Television: Golf Channel - Sunday -- 9:30-11:30 p.m. (ET),
- Monday -- 3:30-6 p.m. (ET),
- Tuesday/Wednesday -- 4-7 p.m. (ET)
Defending Champion: David Hutsell
Runner(s) Up: Scott Erdmann, Faber Jamerson
Tournament Record: 271 (Darrell Kestner, 1996)
54-Hole Record: 202 (Scott Erdmann, 2011)
36-Hole Record: 131 (Sean Dougherty, 2011)
18-Hole Record: 63 (Eddie Famula, 1971; Danny Balin, 2011)
9-Hole Record: 29 (Eddie Famula, 1971)
Total Purse: $550,000
Shares: 1st Place - $75,000; 2nd Place - $48,000; 3rd Place - $34,000
2011 Finish
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Player Score Player Score
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David Hutsell * 274 Brad Lardon 278
Scott Erdmann 274 Robert McClellan 278
Faber Jamerson 274 Jeff Sorenson 279
Danny Balin 276 Mike Small 279
Marty Jertson 278 Sean Dougherty 279
* - Won in playoff.
Past PGA Professional National Championship Winners
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Year Winner (Score) -- Runners-Up
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2011 *David Hutsell (274) -- Scott Erdmann, Faber Jamerson
2010 Mike Small (278) -- Sonny Skinner
2009 Mike Small (277) -- Steve Schneiter
2008 Scott Hebert (289) -- Sonny Skinner
2007 Chip Sullivan (281) -- Mike Small, Ryan Benzel
2006 *Ron Philo Jr (278) -- Alan Schulte
2005 Mike Small (289) -- Travis Long
2004 Bob Sowards (276) -- Mike Small
2003 Tim Thelen (282) -- Steve Schneiter
2002 Barry Evans (281) -- Mike Gilmore
2001 Wayne DeFrancesco (278) -- Tim Thelen, Don Berry, Mark Brown, John Aber
2000 *#Tim Thelen (214) -- Mark Brown
1999 Jeff Freeman (287) -- Milan Swilor, Christopher Toulson, Brett Upper
1998 Mike Burke Jr (281) -- Bob Gaus
1997 Bruce Zabriski (281) -- Steve Schneiter, Jay Overton, Mike Burke Jr
1996 Darrell Kestner (271) -- Dan Bateman
1995 Steve Schneiter (278) -- John DeForest, Bob Ford
1994 *Sammy Rachels (284) -- Darrell Kestner, Ron McDougal
1993 Jeffrey Roth (275) -- John Lee
1992 Ron McDougal (273) -- Sammy Rachels
1991 Larry Gilbert (267) -- Gene Fieger, Ron McDougal
1990 Brett Upper (275) -- Gibby Gilbert, Larry Gilbert
1989 Bruce Fleisher (277) -- Jeff Thomsen
1988 *Robert Boyd (287) -- Rick Morton
1987 Jay Lumpkin (279) -- Jeff Roth, Bob Menne, Gibby Gilbert
1986 Bob Lendzion (284) -- Bob Betley
1985 Ed Dougherty (277) -- Jim White
1984 *Bill Schumaker (284) -- Gary Ostrega
1983 Larry Webb (283) -- Bob Ford
1982 Larry Gilbert (284) -- Steve Benson
1981 *Larry Gilbert (285) -- Don Padgett II
1980 John Traub (283) -- Jim Albus
1979 *Buddy Whitten (278) -- Jack Lewis
1978 *John Gentile (276) -- Jim Ferree
1977 Laurie Hammer (282) -- Steve Benson
1976 Bob Galloway (280) -- George Lanning, Larry Gilbert, Jim Ferriell
1975 *Roger Watson (279) -- David Jimenez
1974 *Roger Watson (284) -- Sam Snead
1973 Rives McBee (282) -- Stan Brian
1972 Don Massengale (280) -- Bob Bruno
1971 Sam Snead (275) -- Jerry Steelsmith, Ron Letellier
1970 Rex Baxter (285) -- Ernie George, Bob Duden
1969 Bob Rosburg (275) -- Jimmy Wright
1968 Howell Fraser (272) -- Chuck Malchaski, Bob Rosburg
* - Won in Playoff
# - Weather shortened
Top Contenders in the Field
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2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
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David Hutsell T-76 --- mc T-6 Won
Scott Erdmann --- --- --- --- T-2
Faber Jamerson --- --- --- --- T-2
Danny Balin --- --- --- 4th 4th
Mike Small T-2 T-41 Won Won T-8
Steve Schneiter --- mc T-2 T-55 T-12
Robert Gaus T-16 T-24 T-8 T-23 T-24
Scott Hebert T-13 Won T-16 T-11 T-32
Stu Ingraham T-22 mc mc T-9 T-48
Sonny Skinner mc 2nd T-29 2nd T-52
Mark Sheftic --- --- T-2 3rd mc
Troy Pare mc --- --- 5th mc
Chip Sullivan Won mc mc T-6 mc
Rich Steinmetz wd T-54 mc T-15 mc
Ron Philo Jr T-31 mc T-50 T-34 mc
Tim Thelen T-4 T-4 T-34 T-11 ---
Lee Rinker mc mc T-4 mc ---
NOTES:
Last year, David Hutsell birdied the second playoff hole to capture the PGA
Professional National Championship over Faber Jamerson and Scott Erdmann on the
East Course at Hershey Country Club.
Trailing Erdmann by four shots heading into the final round, Hutsell moved up
the leaderboard quickly with birdies on one and five, and then an eagle on six
continued his charge. His birdie on the 17th in regulation and his two-putt
par from 50 feet on the last enabled the Baltimore resident to reach the
playoff. Hutsell's closing 68, his fourth straight sub-par round, was the
second-best score of the day.
Jamerson, who carded four sub-par rounds for the championship, played rock-
solid during the final round, but a costly bogey on 17 dropped him back into a
tie for the lead. His final putt in regulation from 30 feet burned the left
side of the hole.
Erdmann, the third-round leader from Oswego Lake Country Club in Lake Oswego,
Oregon, entered the day with a one-shot lead, but carded a one-over 72.
Erdmann had four bogeys and three birdies in his closing round, but made a key
five-foot putt for par on the final hole to reach the playoff.
On the first hole of the extra session, the 18th, Hutsell and Jamerson split
the fairway, while Erdmann drove into the right rough. Erdmann knocked his
second shot into a greenside bunker and failed to get up and down. While
Jamerson two-putted from 30 feet, Hutsell, who hit his second over the green,
was able to convert from three feet to extend the playoff.
Heading back to the 17th for the second extra hole, Hutsell drove in the right
rough, but Jamerson hooked his tee shot left, up against a tree. After
chipping out left-handed into the fairway, Jamerson came up short with his
third and finished with a double-bogey. Hutsell was equal to the task and
knocked his approach just six feet away and made the putt for birdie and the
win.
Danny Balin had the round of the day, climbing 30 places to finish alone in
fourth. After opening with rounds of 75-68-70, the Rockville, Maryland native
set a new course record on the difficult East Course, with a brilliant round
of 63. His score tied the tournament record set by Eddie Famula in 1971.
Not only did Mike Small become the first three-time champion of this event,
he also joined a select list of players who have successfully defend his title
with a victory in 2010. Small equalled the feat of Larry Gilbert (1981-82) and
Roger Watson (1974-75) as the only players to post back-to-back wins in this
championship.
After posting a course-record 65 on the Pete Dye Course at French Lick Resort
in the third round, Small owned a four-stroke advantage heading into the final
day of play.
His lead was short-lived, as he opened the last day with five bogeys in his
first 11 holes. Small, who also won this championship in 2005, steadied himself
with three birdies and four pars in the closing seven holes to register a
three-shot win over Sonny Skinner. After a birdie on 15, Skinner was actually
tied with Small, however he failed to get up and down from a bunker on the 16th
for par, ending his comeback attempt. Skinner also finished second in 2008.
2009 runner-up Mark Sheftic closed with a round of 70 and placed third.
The PGA Professional National Championship features 312 players representing 43
states and 41 PGA Sections. The field is limited to those PGA members who are
eligibly employed as PGA Professionals and in certain pre-established
membership classifications. The PGA of America reserves the right to determine
whether or not any applicant is so employed and to reject any applicant who
does not meet the requirements. No player will be eligible if he or she has
played in more than 10 combined PGA Tour, Champions Tour, Nationwide
Tour, LPGA, PGA European Tour, Canadian Tour, Australia/New Zealand Tour, JPGA
Tour, Sunshine Tour (South Africa), Asian Tour, Safari Tour, PGA Challenge
Tour, European Seniors Tour, JPGA Senior Tour, WPGT, JLPGA, Hooter's Tour
(Professional Winter and Carolina Series), Adams Golf Pro Tour Series, Dakotas
Tour, Gateway Tours (Beach and Desert), Heartland Players Senior Tour, LPGT,
Tarheel Tour (egolf Tour), and SBC Futures Tour events - (The U.S. Open, U.S.
Senior Open, PGA Championship and Senior PGA Championship are excluded from the
10-tournament count.).
During the first two days of play, the contestants will be competing on both
the Bayonet and Black Horse courses. The final two rounds will be staged on
the Bayonet Course.
Presented to the PGA Professional National Champion, the Walter Hagen Cup is
named after the legendary golfer, five-time PGA Champion and one of the 35
original founders of The PGA of America. The PGA Professional National Champion
receives a replica of the crystal Walter Hagen Cup, which stands 14? inches
high, 12 inches wide and weighs 17 1/2 pounds.
The 2013 championship will be staged for the third time at Oregon's Sunriver
Resort. Both courses at Sunriver, the Crosswater Club and the Meadows Golf
Course will be utilized. Sunriver hosted the 2001 and '07 National
Championships.
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