SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA PGA SENIOR PROFESSIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP
HACIENDA GOLF CLUB
JULY 22-23, 2024
CHAMPIONSHIP INFO & FORMAT
FORMAT
36-HOLES OF STROKE PLAY
FIELD SIZE/ELIGIBILITY
Event is open to SCPGA members who are 50 years of age and older. Must be eligibly employed, in good standing and classified in one of the following active membership classifications or have Life Member status in one of the following classifications (LM, LMA, LMM or LMMA), at the time of entry and their Section’s entry deadline date.
PRACTICE ROUND
Practice rounds and rates are at the availability and discretion of Hacienda Golf Club. Please contact the golf shop (562) 694-1081 for more information.
STARTING TIMES
Starting times will begin at 8:00AM off the 1st tee and 10th tee for both rounds.
PURSE
The anticipated purse to exceed $15,000.
TEES
For the Senior Section Championship, all men will play from the Championship tee decks with yardage tentatively around 6,500 - 6,800. All women will play at approximately 85% of this total yardage. If you’re a woman competing from the 85% yardage provided, you will be eligible to qualify for the Senior PPC but not the KitchenAid Senior PGA Championship.
WHAT’S ON THE LINE?
The top 11 finishers will advance to the 36th Senior PGA Professional Championship. This includes the Senior Section Champion. 5 alternates.
Sunriver Golf Resort
Sunriver, Oregon
September 26-29, 2024
THANK YOU PARTNERS!
COURSE OVERVIEW
HACIENDA GOLF CLUB, LA HABRA HEIGHTS, CA
CLUB ESTABLISHED: 1920 by Alphonso Bell
ARCHITECT: William Watson
GENERAL MANAGER: Wade Berzas, PGA
HEAD GOLF PROFESSIONAL: Kyle Mendoza, PGA
ASSISTANT PROFESSIONAL: Roderick Fiorito, PGA
It is with great excitement and pleasure that Hacienda Golf Club will be host to the 2024 SCPGA Senior Section Championship! Hacienda has a rich history and tradition dating back to 1920 and has hosted various Southern California Championships. This includes the SCGA Amateur Championship three times, one of which in 1994, won by Hall of Fame golfer Tiger Woods who carded the course record 62 in route to victory. In 1923, the legendary Gene Sarazen also held the course record with a score of 70. In 2024, our club will host some of the best players in our Section. It will be a tough but fair test for all who play. It will be their turn to leave a mark at our historic club.
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— Kyle Mendoza, PGA | Head Golf Professional, Hacienda Golf Club
2023 CHAMPIONSHIP RECAP
RICK GARBOSKI, PGA, WINS FIRST SENIOR SECTION CHAMPIONSHIP
RANCHO MIRAGE, CA (July 24-25, 2023) - Rick Garboski of the Golf Development Complex is crowned the champion at the 2023 Southern California Senior PGA Professional Championship at Mission Hills Country Club.
It marks Garboski’s first win at the Senior Section Championship as he ran away with the tournament on the back nine. Garboski started his front nine with a strong performance of 3-under-par and followed that up with a 5-under-par to win the tournament by six strokes. Garboski fired a 65-64-129 total for a 15-under-par two-day score marking the second-lowest two-day score in the section’s history (Jeff Hart, 128, 2019).
Garboski will lead 11 other PGA Professionals to the 35th Senior PGA Professional Championship at PGA Golf Club, Wannamaker & Ryder Courses in Port St. Lucie, Florida, on October 26-29, 2023. In addition, five alternates will hope to get the call to be entered into the prestigious field.
Special thanks to our partners: Cadillac, Golf Channel, PGA TOUR, PuttView, ZICO, Yamaha, and Mission Hills Country Club.
Thank you to the staff, maintenance crew, and host PGA Professional Michael Holyk of Mission Hills Country Club for being gracious hosts of the Championship. Their hospitality was top notch and we are very appreciative of the kind contributions.
Lastly, thank you to our dedicated Rules Officials: Chair Person Ron O’Connor, PGA, Gary Albin, Lee Wortman.
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA PGA SENIOR PROFESSIONAL PAST CHAMPIONS
2020 - ALAN SORENSEN
2019 - JEFF HART
2018 - MIKE FERGIN
2017 - ALAN SORENSEN
2016 - GARY SOWINSKI
2015 - TIM PARUN
2014 - MIKE NOKES
2013 - CHRIS STARKJOHANN
2012 - RON SKAYHAN
2011 - TIM PARUN
2010 - CHRIS STARKJOHANN
2009 - JERRY WISZ
2008 - JERRY WISZ
2007 - CHRIS STARKJOHANN
2006 - CHRIS STARKJOHANN
2005 - JERRY WISZ
2004 - BUTCH SHEEHAN
2003 - DICK MCCLEAN
2002 - DICK MCCLEAN
2001 - JIMMY POWELL
2000 - BILL FEIL
1999 - MONTE SANDERS
1998 - TERRY WILCOX
1997 - JAY HYON
1996 - JAY HYON
1995 - JIM PETRALIA
1994 - TOM BARBER
1993 - JIM PETRALIA
1992 - DAVE EVANS
1991 - SKIP WHITTET
1990 - JACK HOLLIS
1989 - CHUCK GREEN
1988 - JIMMY POWELL
1987 - MANUEL QUEZADA
1986 - CHUCK GREEN
1985 - CHUCK GREEN
1984 - CORKY DAHL
1983 - MONTE SANDERS
1982 - PAUL MCGUIRE
1981 - CARROLL SHARP
1980 - HOWIE JOHNSON
1979 - CARROLL SHARP
1978 - JIM BLAKELEY
1977 - HOWIE JOHNSON
1976 - CARROLL SHARP
1975 - MORGAN FORTRELL
1974 - ERIC MONTI
1973 - JIM BLAKELEY
1972 - GUY COGLE
1971 - WILLIE BARBER
1970 - JOE CALWELL
1969 - WILLIE BARBER
1968 - PAUL RUNYAN
1967 - MARSHALL HOLT
1966 - ZELL EATON
1965 - HAROLD WILEY
1964 - SMILEY QUICK
1963 - CECIL HARRIS
1962 - PAUL RUNYAN
1961 - SMILEY QUICK
1960 - PAUL RUNYAN