Senior PGA Professional National Championship

What began as an idea in early 1989 became reality in December of the same year when 144 players began the inaugural Wilson PGA Senior Club Professional Championship at PGA National Golf Club in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. A championship built from the same mold as the "regular" PGA Professional National Championship, the low-35 scorers (beginning in 2000) receive an automatic invitation to compete in the prestigious Senior PGA Championship.

The Senior PGA Professional National Championship is one of the Association's more popular national member events. Since its debut, the participants have included several players who have gone on to outstanding Tour careers, including Jim Albus (runner-up in 1990) and Tom Wargo (runner-up in 1992). From 1993 to 2000, the Senior PGA Professional National Championship was hosted by Ibis Golf & Country Club's Legend Course in West Palm Beach, Fla. The PGA Golf Club in Port St. Lucie, Fla., took over in 2001 as the national championship site.

In 2001, the PGA Board of Directors approved an expanded national field of 264 competitors who compete on two courses at The PGA Golf Club in Port St. Lucie. Fla. In 2006, the Championship was renamed from the PGA Senior Club Professional Championship to the Senior PGA Professional National Championship.

Beginning in 2008, the Championship will be contested in California, marking the first time the event will be staged outside of Florida. The Toscana Country Club in Indian Wells, Calif., and the Andalusia Country Club in La Quinta, Calif., will play host to the 20th edition of the popular National Championship, Oct. 2-5.

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