The PGA Professional Championship 2025 is underway at PGA Golf Club, featuring a field of 312 PGA of America Golf Professionals. The event serves as a qualifier for the PGA Championship, offering the top 20 finishers spots on the Corebridge Financial Team and invitations to compete at Quail Hollow Club in May.
This marks the second time PGA Golf Club has hosted the championship. Players from 41 different PGA Sections across the country are competing over four rounds.
The total purse for the championship is $750,000. The winner will receive $66,700, along with exemptions into six PGA TOUR events over the next year and the Walter Hagen Cup.
Players must survive two cuts to contend for a spot in the top 20. The field began with 312 competitors.
Among those competing are 16 past PGA Professional Champions, including Ben Polland, the winner from the previous year. Other past champions in the field include Alex Beach, Rich Berberian Jr., Michael Block, and Matt Dobyns.
Darrell Kestner, the 1996 champion, is making a record 31st start in the event. He is also the oldest player in the field at age 70 and has previously qualified for 11 PGA Championships through this event. By the Numbers: 2025 PGA Professional Championship provides further details on participants and statistics.
Fifty-six players are making their debut in the championship this year. The field includes 56 members from a PGA Golf Management University Program. The South Florida PGA Section has the most participants with 21. Seventy-five Head Golf Professionals are competing, representing the largest membership classification in the field.
The championship began in 1968. Howell Fraser won the inaugural event. The scoring record is 267, set by Larry Gilbert in 1991.
Television coverage is available on the Golf Channel. Round one was broadcast on tape delay. The final three rounds will air live from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. Central time. Information on how to view the event is available in coverage related to How to Watch the 2025 PGA Professional Championship.
Two players from the Alexandria area, Brady Swedberg and Scott McDonald, are among the competitors. They qualified through the Minnesota PGA Professional Championship. Golf: Brady Swedberg, Scott McDonald to compete in PGA Professional Championship details their participation.
