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USA Today
21-05-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
This elite Florida club will host the Senior PGA Championship for multiple years
This elite Florida club will host the Senior PGA Championship for multiple years The PGA of America announced that The Concession Golf Club in Bradenton will host the Senior PGA Championship for three consecutive years, beginning with the 2026 edition scheduled for April 16-19. The 2026 Senior PGA Championship will mark the event's debut at The Concession and its return to Florida, where it was exclusively held from 1940 to 2000. 'The PGA of America is proud to take the next three editions of the Senior PGA Championship to one of Florida's finest venues in The Concession Golf Club,' said PGA of America President Don Rea Jr. in a release. 'Designed by two icons of our game — Jack (Nicklaus) and Tony (Jacklin) — The Concession will provide a fantastic test for the world's best senior players. We cannot wait for the first Senior PGA Championship in Bradenton next April.' The Concession Golf Club: The World Champions Cup agrees to return to in 2024, 2025 and 2028 The Senior PGA Championship, the longest-running Major Championship in senior golf, began in 1937 at Augusta National Golf Club. The Championship annually features a 156-player field consisting of numerous Major champions, World Golf Hall of Famers, past Ryder Cup captains as well as the Corebridge Financial Team of PGA of America Golf Professionals from across the country. Many of the game's most iconic figures have lifted the Alfred S. Bourne Trophy as Senior PGA Champion, including Gene Sarazen, Sam Snead, Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus, Lee Trevino, Tom Watson, Colin Montgomerie and Bernhard Langer. The Concession, which opened in 2006, is a Jack Nicklaus Signature Golf Course designed in association with Jacklin. 'I am happy and excited that the Senior PGA Championship is coming to The Concession Golf Club,' said Nicklaus, the 1991 Senior PGA Champion, in a release. 'It's quite a compliment to The Concession and Bruce Cassidy, who, along with a passionate membership, has worked very hard to create a world-class club anchored by a world-class golf course. 'The Concession has hosted a number of high-profile events in its young history — from international amateur events like The Concession Cup, to the Men's and Women's NCAA Championships in 2015, to PGA TOUR golf in recent years, with the World Golf Championships (2021) and the seniors who played in the World Champions Cup. 'With an interesting blend of trees, water, and Florida landscape, The Concession is a tremendous golf course, and a challenging one. I think in recent years we have tried to soften it, but it's still a stern test. But the course rewards good golf shots, so if you play well, you score well. There is at least one drivable par-4, and strategic par-5s that will make you think. The golf course should challenge every aspect of their game, and once they get the ball on the green, let's just say the game is not over.' Bruce Cassidy Sr., The Concession Golf Club president, said the course was honored to host the Senior PGA Championships 'Since opening in 2006, The Concession has quickly cemented itself as one of Florida's premier clubs, and we look forward to welcoming the best senior golfers from around the world to The Concession and Florida's West Coast,' he said in a release.
Newsweek
16-05-2025
- Sport
- Newsweek
Michael Block Nearly Recreates PGA Championship Magic at Quail Hollow
Based on facts, either observed and verified firsthand by the reporter, or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources. Michael Block may not be one of the top players in the world, but he is undoubtedly one of the faces of the PGA Championship. The PGA professional from Mission Viejo, California, burst onto the scene two years ago and has never looked back. In the 2023 edition, held at Oak Hill Country Club in New Jersey, Block experienced the best moment of his professional golf career by finishing tied for 15th. He also had the opportunity to play with Rory McIlroy in the final round, a day in which he made an ace on the 15th hole. Two years later, Block came close to emulating at least one of those feats when he nearly made an ace on the 227-yard, par-3 17th hole at Quail Hollow. The 48-year-old went for the pin with an iron shot and nearly sent the ball straight in, but it ended up seven feet short of the hole. Michael Block nestles it close on 17. 👀@scpga — PGA of America (@PGA) May 15, 2025 Block eventually made birdie on the hole. Unfortunately, it was only his second birdie of the day, which also included two bogeys and two double bogeys. His score of 4-over 75 puts him in a tie for 112th place and he will have to shoot low on Friday if he wants to make the cut. Two years ago, Michael Block shocked the golf world by shooting three consecutive 70s on the very difficult Oak Hill course to reach a tie for 8th place after 54 holes. His final round was a 71, which dropped him to T15 and prevented him from becoming the lowest PGA pro in the history of this event. According to Fansided, that honor is shared by Tommy Aycock and Lonnie Nielsen, who finished T11 in 1974 and 1986, respectively. Block was left with the second-best finish in history and the best in the last 30 years. Michael Block of the United States, Corebridge Financial Team of PGA of America Golf Professionals, reacts after making a birdie on the 17th hole during the first round of the PGA Championship at Quail Hollow... Michael Block of the United States, Corebridge Financial Team of PGA of America Golf Professionals, reacts after making a birdie on the 17th hole during the first round of the PGA Championship at Quail Hollow Country Club on May 15, 2025 in Charlotte, North Carolina. More Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images To give you an idea of the magnitude of that result, only two other PGA pros have finished in the top 20 at the PGA Championship: Jay Overton (T17, 1988) and Bob Boyd (T19, 1990). Block's performance had an extraordinary impact for him. By finishing in the top 15, he qualified directly for the 2024 edition of the event and received special invitations to play in three PGA Tour events that season. He also took home from Oak Hill the Crystal Bowl at the Low PGA Pro and the largest paycheck of his career, in the amount of $288,333.33. Block has never come close to such a result before or since in his career. In fact, his performance at the 2023 PGA Championship is the only cut he has made in the eight major championships he has played in. More Golf: Scottie Scheffler Takes a Dig at PGA Championship: "It Cost Me"
NBC Sports
01-05-2025
- Sport
- NBC Sports
Tyler Collet wins PGA Professional Championship in record fashion, will join Michael Block and others in PGA
PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. — Tyler Collet never had an easier time getting to a major, closing with an even-par 72 on Wednesday to win the PGA Professional Championship by a record 10 shots to lead 20 club pros who qualified for the PGA Championship. Collet started the final round on the Wanamaker course at PGA Golf Club with a seven-shot lead and that was never challenged. His goal was not to have a round over par, and he achieved that by making an 18-foot bogey putt on the final hole. 'My mindset the whole week was not to move backward,' said Collet, the assistant pro at John's Island Club about 15 miles away in Vero Beach. He finished at 15-under 272 and will be playing for the fourth time in the PGA Championship, which starts May 15 at Quail Hollow Club in Charlotte, North Carolina. Final results from the PGA Professional Championship. Congratulations to our top 20 players, headed to the @PGAChampionship on the Corebridge Financial Team. Time to book some flights to Charlotte! ✈️ Michael Block, the California club pro and feel-good story from the 2023 PGA Championship at Oak Hill, made it to the PGA Championship for the third straight year. Collet, John Somers and Larkin Gross earned a spot for a second straight year. As usual, far more drama was toward the bottom of the leaderboard. Four players who finished at even par were in a sudden-death playoff for the 20th and final spot at Quail Hollow. Andrew Svoboda was eliminated on the first hole with a bogey, while Dakun Chang three-putted on the next hole to get bumped. It came down to 60-year-old Brad Lardon and Michael Kartrude, who made bogey on the 18th hole in regulation and thought that might cost him. Lardon had a 7-foot birdie putt on the third extra hole that stopped one turn from dropping. Lardon couldn't reach the green in two at the par-5 13th — the fourth playoff hole — and his wedge to a back pin trickled off the back. He used putter and began to celebrate when the putt hit the center of the flagstick and somehow banged out. Kartrude chipped to 4 feet and had that birdie left for the win, and Lardon removed his cap to congratulate him as soon as the ball left Kartrude's putter. But it missed, and they were on to the fifth playoff hole. Kartrude sent his tee shot far to the right and into the trees, dropping his driver at impact. But it hit a tree and came back into play, just barely. Still blocked by trees, he hit a power fade around the trees and onto the green, setting up a par. Lardon chipped to 7 feet and missed the par putt, allowing Kartrude to advance. 'The best moment of my golfing life, for sure,' Kartrude said. 'I'm going to play a major.' That might not have been possible if not for a meltdown by Jesse Mueller, who won this tournament three years ago. He was among the top 20 and looked to be in good shape at 2 under for the tournament and playing the par-5 16th, the easiest on the course. He put his tee shot just into the hazard, with enough of the golf ball showing he decided to remove his socks and shoes to stand in the muddy creek. The shot came out clear — perhaps too clean — and sailed into a palmetto bush. Mueller couldn't find it and had to return to the spot of his previous shot. This time he took the penalty drop, hit that left of the green, took two chips to get on and made a quadruple-bogey 9. That ultimately allowed the four players at even par to have a chance, including Kartrude. Kartrude, an assistant at The Bear's Club, is among 12 professionals who qualified for the PGA Championship for the first time.
