PGA Professional National Championship

In 2011, David Hutsell was locked in the biggest playoff of his professional career in the 44th PGA Professional National Championship at Hershey (Pa.) Country Club. The 40-year-old PGA director of instruction at The Elkridge Club in Baltimore rolled home an eight-foot birdie putt on the second playoff hole, the par-4 17th that he had birdied one hour earlier in regulation, defeating Faber Jamerson of Appomattox, Va., and Scott Erdmann of Tigard, Ore., who had bowed out of the playoff one hole earlier. The trio had battled on a sunny, gusty day to an 11-under-par 274 total after regulation in the showcase event for PGA Professionals presented by Club Car and Mercedes-Benz. For a complete wrapup of the 44th PGA Professional National Championship, click here.

Capturing his first national title, Hutsell became the third Middle Atlantic PGA Section Professional to capture the National Championship. He will lead a group of 20 PGA Professionals to the 93rd PGA Championship, Aug. 8-14, at Atlanta Athletic Club in Johns Creek, Ga. Click here for more.

Hutsell was also among eight players to qualify for a berth on the 25th PGA Cup Team that will face Great Britain & Ireland, Sept. 16-18, at CordeValle in San Martin, Calif. It is Hutsell's first appearance on the U.S. Team in the premier international competition for PGA Professionals. Click here for more.

The 45th PGA Professional National Championship will be contested June 24-27, 2012 at Bayonet and Black Horse Golf Courses in Seaside, Calif.

For a complete history and records of the PGA Professional National Championship, click here.