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PGA National Golf Club
| Club information | |
|---|---|
| Location | Palm Beach Gardens,Florida, U.S. |
| Established | 1980, 34 years ago |
| Type | Public |
| Owned by | PGA of America |
| Operated by | Century Golf Partners |
| Total holes | 90 |
| Tournaments hosted | Honda Classic (2007-present) Senior PGA Championship (1982-2000) 1987 PGA Championship 1983 Ryder Cup |
| Website | PGA Resort.com |
| The Champion | |
| Designed by | George & Tom Fazio redesign: Jack Nicklaus |
| Par | 72 |
| Length | 7,048 yards (6,445 m) |
| Course rating | 75.2 |
| Slope rating | 148 [1] |
| The Haig | |
| Designed by | George & Tom Fazio |
| Par | 72 |
| Length | 6,806 yards (6,223 m) |
| Course rating | 73.4 |
| The Squire | |
| Designed by | George & Tom Fazio |
| Par | 72 |
| Length | 6,465 yards (5,912 m) |
| Course rating | 72.1 |
| Slope rating | 140 |
| The Palmer | |
| Designed by | Arnold Palmer |
| Par | 72 |
| Length | 7,079 yards (6,473 m) |
| Course rating | 74.6 |
| Slope rating | 141 |
PGA National Golf Club, the home of the Professional Golfers' Association of America, is located at the PGA National Resort & Spa in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. In August 2006, Century Golf Partners in conjunction with Walton Street Capital, LLC and SCS Advisors, Inc. acquired the resort.[2] The Golf Club facilities include four championship, 18-hole golf courses within PGA National:[3]
Courses[edit]
- The Champion
- The Champion course was opened on November 17, 1981. It was the site of the 1983 Ryder Cup, the 1987 PGA Championship (won by Larry Nelson), and the Senior PGA Championship for 19 years, from 1982-2000. The course underwent a $4 million renovation in December 2002, and in 2007 became the home of The Honda Classic.[4] The tough three hole stretch of the par-3 15th, par-4 16th, and par-3 17th holes is known as the Bear Trap, named after Jack Nicklaus, who is nicknamed the Golden Bear and redesigned the course.[5]
- The Haig
- The Haig is named for golfing great Walter Hagen. It opened on March 4, 1980, and was the first course opened for play at PGA National Resort.
- The Squire
- The Squire is named after Gene Sarazen, the first golfer ever to win the professional Grand Slam. It opened on October 30, 1981.
- The Palmer
- The Palmer, named for golf legend and course designer Arnold Palmer, was the last of the original four courses built at PGA National, opening on February 28, 1984.
A fifth 18-hole golf course is located five miles west of PGA National:
- The Estate
- The Estate originally opened in November 1984 as Stonewall Golf Club, and has been part of PGA National since August 28, 1988.
Original club[edit]
The original PGA National Golf Club (1964–1973) was adjacent to the east, presently known as BallenIsles Country Club. The Champions Course (now the East Course at BallenIsles) hosted the 1971 PGA Championship, Senior PGA Championship (1966–1973), and the original qualifying school tournaments for the PGA Tour.[6][7]
Scorecard[edit]
| Tee | Rating/Slope | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black | 75.2 / 148 | 365 | 437 | 538 | 376 | 171 | 488 | 226 | 427 | 404 | 3432 | 545 | 450 | 427 | 388 | 465 | 179 | 434 | 172 | 556 | 3616 | 7048 |
| Gold | 73.4 / 145 | 360 | 419 | 516 | 356 | 152 | 479 | 206 | 401 | 386 | 3275 | 525 | 425 | 408 | 370 | 442 | 163 | 412 | 161 | 546 | 3452 | 6727 |
| Blue | 71.8 / 138 | 345 | 393 | 495 | 336 | 138 | 468 | 186 | 381 | 360 | 3102 | 508 | 395 | 387 | 335 | 420 | 153 | 391 | 155 | 527 | 3271 | 6373 |
| White | 69.9 / 129 | 339 | 361 | 480 | 318 | 121 | 453 | 169 | 334 | 342 | 2917 | 476 | 346 | 377 | 323 | 411 | 143 | 353 | 131 | 507 | 3067 | 5984 |
| Handicap | Men's | 9 | 11 | 3 | 13 | 17 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 10 | 12 | 16 | 2 | 18 | 6 | |||
| Par | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 36 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 36 | 72 | |
| Red | 71.7 / 136 | 308 | 302 | 424 | 285 | 88 | 378 | 141 | 289 | 311 | 2526 | 411 | 260 | 293 | 286 | 367 | 110 | 325 | 111 | 456 | 2619 | 5145 |
| Handicap | Women's | 7 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 17 | 1 | 15 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 18 | 8 |
References[edit]
Frank Esposito Jr
PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. -- Frank Esposito Jr. of Monroe Township, New Jersey, had difficulty sleeping on a four-stroke lead in the 26th Senior PGA Professional National Championship presented by Mercedes-Benz USA. In fact, he wasn’t what he called “at peace” until the starter called his name Sunday morning at PGA Golf Club.
From that point, Esposito performed like he was driving a pace car around a track. The sole leader over the final 33 holes, Esposito, PGA Head Professional at Brooklake Country Club in Florham Park, New Jersey, capped a steady 1-under-par 71 at the Wanamaker Course by making a downhill 25-foot birdie putt on the 72nd hole. With an emphatic fist pump, the 51-year-old sealed a four-stroke victory and his first national championship.
He also earned the Leo Fraser Trophy and a check of $20,000 in the $285,000 Championship.
James Mason of Dillard, Georgia, who came within two strokes of the lead before a closing bogey, finished with a 70 to share runner-up at 276 with Steve Schneiter of Sandy, Utah (69) and Rick Schuller of Chester, Va. (70). Jerry Haas of Winston-Salem, North Carolina, the men’s head golf coach at Wake Forest University, was fifth at 277 after a 70.
The low 35 finishers earned a berth in the 76th Senior PGA Championship presented by KitchenAid, May 21-24, 2015, at French Lick (Indiana) Resort.
“Winning this is great, it really is,” said Esposito, whose last victory at PGA Golf Club came in the 2010 PGA Stroke Play Championship. “I didn’t know what to expect, and it means a lot to me, especially out here.
“The hard part was the waiting, the anticipation. I was ready to go. I’m not usually great doing it [playing with the lead]. But, I was at peace out there. It was fun to have the lead the whole way.”
Esposito either shared or led the Championship in each of the previous three rounds and didn’t give any indication he was about to suffer a collapse Sunday. He was 6-under par on the Wanamaker front nine for the week, and mixed a birdie at the par-5 seventh hole with a bogey at 10 today, when he missed his only green of the round. He then awaited a challenge that didn’t materialize until it was too late.
Mason, 63, a PGA Life Member and a former Champions Tour regular, birdied the par-5 16th hole to trim the deficit to two strokes.
“I came here not expecting too much. I have a tough time putting on these greens,” said Mason, who tied for 48th in the 75th Senior PGA Championship presented by KitchenAid last May. “But thankfully I putted well the last two days to finish strong. Frank played awfully well and he didn’t give up much out there. And we didn’t put much heat on him, either.”
Esposito, the reigning New Jersey PGA Senior Player of the Year, tied for third in last April’s delayed edition of the 2013 Senior PGA Professional National Championship, also at PGA Golf Club. Seven months ago, he was tied for the lead midway through the Championship before finishing 4-over par on the weekend. However, things were different on this final trip around the Wanamaker Course.
“It’s hard to get comfortable out there, with so many good players,” said Esposito. “Nothing comes from a good lead, no good thoughts. But I played solid again, hitting 17 greens. There were times to attack and times not to. I wasn’t trying to get too aggressive.”
Mason trimmed the deficit to two strokes with a birdie at the 16th hole, where Esposito hit a wayward 6-iron approach and faced a near impossible chip to the hole.
“I tried to hit a hard 6-iron, and left it out to the right,” said Esposito. “That’s my miss. But I had a horrible lie and it was sitting up so high that I thought I was going to go underneath it.”
But the drama ended there, and he calmly tapped in for par at the 17th and hit his approach to the middle of the 18th green while Mason pulled his approach left of the green and chipped well past the flagstick and two-putted from there for bogey.
Jeff Roth of Farmington, New Mexico, the 1993 PGA Professional National Champion, turned in the day’s low round of 67, finishing tied for seventh place.
Brian Cairns of Walled Lake, Michigan; Bobby Heins of Purchase, New York; Rick Lewallen of Kannapolis, North Carolina; and Gary Trivisonno of Aurora, Ohio, each parred the first playoff hole to earn the final berths in the 76th Senior PGA Championship presented by KitchenAid.
The 72-hole National Championship featured 264 PGA Professionals who are at least 50 years of age and have qualified to compete in the Championship through one of the 41 PGA Sections.
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