Senior PGA Professional

National Championship

2010 Facts and Format

Date: Oct. 7-10

Site: Toscana Country Club, Indian Wells, Calif. andRancho La Quinta Country Club, La Quinta, Calif.

Defending Champion: Bill Britton, Rumson, N.J.

Prize Money A purse of $285,000 will be distributed to thefield of 264 competitors. The 2010 Senior PGA ProfessionalNational Champion will receive $20,000.Exemptions The top 35 finishers will earn a berth into the2011 Senior PGA Championship. The top 8 finishers, includ-ing ties, will be exempted into the 2011 Senior PGAProfessional National Championship. Tthe top 5 finisherswill be exempted into the final stage of the 2010 ChampionsTour National Finals provided they have filed an entry by theentry deadline.The Leo Fraser Trophy The Senior PGA ProfessionalNational Champion will have his name inscribed on the LeoFraser Trophy, named in honor of the 16th president of ThePGA of America, a member of the Philadelphia PGA Sec-tion, who served as PGA President from 1969-70. Fraser,who died in 1986 – three years before the Championship de-buted – was one of the most energetic leaders in theAssociation. A licensed pilot, Fraser traveled nationwide tomeet PGA Professionals in an effort to advance many pro-grams to benefit his fellow members. The crystal spire trophynamed in his honor measures 16 inches high and weighs fivepounds. It is permanently enshrined at the PGA HistoricalCenter in Port St. Lucie, Fla.

Method of Play Stroke play, 18 holes daily. Following thefirst 36 holes of play, the field will be reduced to the 70 play-ers having the lowest scores and those tied for 70th place.These players will then compete in the final two rounds. Inthe event of a tie for first place upon completion of 72 holes,there will be a hole-by-hole playoff.Rules and Regulations The Rules of Golf, which governplay, are determined by the United States Golf Associationand applied by the PGA of America PGA Rules Committee.

Eligibility PGA Professionals at least 50 years of age, as ofthe Championship, may attempt to qualify through one of the41 PGA Sections.Championship History

What started as an idea in early 1989 became reality inDecember of the same year when 144 players began the in-augural PGA Senior Club Professional Championship atPGA National Golf Club in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. Achampionship built from the same mold as the “regular” PGAProfessional National Championship, the low 35 scorers (be-ginning in 2000) receive an automatic invitation to competein the prestigious Senior PGA Championship.

The Senior PGA Professional National Championshipis one of the Association’s most popular national member

events. Since its debut, the participants have included severalplayers who have gone on to outstanding Tour careers, in-cluding Jim Albus (runner-up in 1990) and Tom Wargo (run-ner-up in 1992). From 1993 to 2000, the Senior PGAProfessional National Championship was played at Ibis Golf& Country Club’s Legend Course in West Palm Beach, Fla.PGA Golf Club in Port St. Lucie, Fla., took over in 2001 asthe national championship site.

In 2001, the PGA Board of Directors approved an ex-panded national field of 264 competitors who compete ontwo courses at PGA Golf Club in Port St. Lucie, Fla. In 2006,the Championship was renamed from the PGA Senior ClubProfessional Championship to the Senior PGA ProfessionalNational Championship.

In 2008, the Championship was contested for the firsttime outside of Florida, and hosted at Toscana Country Clubin Indian Wells, Calif., and the Andalusia Country Club in LaQuinta, Calif.

In 2009, the Championship returned to south Florida,and to two courses at PGA Golf Club in Port St. Lucie.

In 2010, the Championship will once again be con-ducted in southern California, hosted by Toscana CountryClub in Indian Wells and joined by nearby Rancho La QuintaCountry Club in La Quinta.

Bill Britton of Rumsun, N.J. captured his first Senior

PGA Professional National Championship in 2009, at

PGA Golf Club in Port St. Lucie, Fla. Britton leads a

contingent of 35 PGA Professionals into the 2010 Senior

PGA Championship in Colorado.

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Senior PGA Professional National Championship� Senior PGA Professional National Champions Through the Years

Year Champion Score Runner-up(s) Site

Inaugural 1989 Stan Thirsk# 286 Bob Reith PGA National Golf Club, Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.

2nd 1990 Tom Joyce 278 Jim Albus BallenIsles Country Club, Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.

3rd 1991 Tom Joyce 281 Mike Joyce BallenIsles Country Club, Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.

4th 1992 Roger Kennedy 278 Tom Wargo BallenIsles Country Club, Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.

5th 1993 Bob Carson 277 Tom Joyce Ibis Golf & Country Club, West Palm Beach, Fla.

6th 1994 Roger Kennedy 283 Bill Garrett Ibis Golf & Country Club, West Palm Beach, Fla.

7th 1995 Bob Irving* 209 Randy Glover Ibis Golf & Country Club, West Palm Beach, Fla.

8th 1996 John Brott 279 Tom Joyce Ibis Golf & Country Club, West Palm Beach, Fla.

9th 1997 Ed Everett# 283 Joe Huber, Billy King Ibis Golf & Country Club, West Palm Beach, Fla.

10th 1998 Wes Smith 284 Tommy Price Ibis Golf & Country Club, West Palm Beach, Fla.

11th 1999 Pete Oakley 283 Bob Hauer, Ed Sabo Ibis Golf & Country Club, West Palm Beach, Fla.

12th 2000 Ed Sabo 275 Pete Oakley Ibis Golf & Country Club, West Palm Beach, Fla.

13th 2001 Ed Sabo 275 John Traub, Jay Overton PGA Golf Club (South Course) Port St. Lucie, Fla.

14th 2002 Mike San Filippo# 280 Bob Ralston PGA Golf Club (North & South Courses)Port St. Lucie, Fla.

15th 2003 Jeff Thomsen# 282 Jon Fiedler PGA Golf Club (North & South Courses)Port St. Lucie, Fla.

16th 2004 Jim White 274 Bob Ford PGA Golf Club (North & South Courses)Port St. Lucie, Fla.

17th 2005 Mike San Filippo*** 280 Darrell Kestner PGA Golf Club (South and Dye Courses)Port St. Lucie, Fla.

18th 2006 Jeff Coston # ** 271 Chris Starkjohann, PGA Golf Club (Ryder and Wanamaker Courses)John Mazza Port St. Lucie, Fla.

19th 2007 Bill Loeffler 276 David Lundstrom PGA Golf Club (Ryder and Wanamaker Courses)Port St. Lucie, Fla.

20th 2008 Kirk Hanefeld 278 Jon Fiedler Toscana Country Club & Andalusia Country ClubIndian Wells and LaQuinta, Calif.

21st 2009 Bill Britton 270 Perry Arthur PGA Golf Club (Wanamaker and Dye Courses)

# Won sudden-death playoff * Rain-shortened to 54 holes ** 72-hole record *** Won on second playoff hole

� 2010 — The Championship

Returns to the California Desert

Toscana Country Club – South Course,

Indian Wells, Calif.

Opened for play in 2004, Toscana Country Club wasJack Nicklaus’s first golf course project in the California de-sert in 20 years. Nicklaus, whom Golf Digest calls the“World’s Leading Active Golf Course Designer,” tests aplayer’s strengths at Toscana.

Framed by the breathtaking Santa Rosa Mountains,the South Course plays to a par 72, and can be stretched to7,349 yards. It challenges and rewards players of everylevel. The scenic South Course features lush turf and land-scaping, dramatic bunkering and greens that are traditional in size. It is highlighted by wide rolling fairways, with elevationchanges and water on 11 holes. There are more than 100 bunkers on the course.

Rancho La Quinta Country Club – La Quinta, Calif.

Rancho La Quinta Country Club features features two world-class 18-hole private courses that challenge and inspire. Thechampionship links include a traditional course by the highly acclaimed Robert Trent Jones Jr., which opened in 1993, featuringlarge bent grass greens. A second, more modern layout, the 6,972-yard Jerry Pate Course, opened in 2000 and is the design of theformer U.S. Open Champion. It features water hazards on 12 holes. From 1996-98, the 7,068-yard Jones Course was the site ofthe former PGA Tour’s Skins Game.

Toscana Country Club, in Indian Wells, Calif.

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� Senior PGA Professional National Championship Records

� Lowest First-Round Score

64 Roy Vucinich, Moon Township, Pa., 200864 Bob Ford, Oakmont, Pa., 2007

� Lowest Second-Round Score

65 Jim Woodward, Oklahoma City, Okla., 2007Jeff Coston, Blaine, Wash., 2006Mike Lawrence, Easley, S.C., 2006John Mazza, Beaver Falls, Pa., 2006Ed Sabo, Tequesta, Fla., 2001

� Lowest Third-Round Score

65 Jeff Coston, Blaine, Wash., 2006Buddy Harston, Lexington, Ky., 2005

� Lowest Fourth-Round Score

65 Tom Herzan, LaCrosse, Wis., 2007Rick Karbowski, Worcester, Mass., 2005

� Lowest 72-Hole Score by Winner

270 Bill Britton, Rumson, N.J., 2009271 Jeff Coston, Blaine, Wash., 2006

� Lowest 36 Holes

134 Reed Hughes, Senatobia, Miss., 2006

� Lowest 54 Holes

201 Jeff Coston, Blaine, Wash., 2006

� Lowest Score by Winner

271 Jeff Coston, Blaine, Wash., 2006

� Highest Score by Winner

286 Stan Thirsk, Overland Park, Kan., 1989

� Greatest Margin of Victory

10 Ed Sabo, Tequesta, Fla., 2000

� Most Victories

2 Mike San Filippo, Hobe Sound, Fla., 2002, 2005Ed Sabo, Tequesta, Fla., 2000, 2001Roger Kennedy, Pompano Beach, Fla., 1992, 1994Tom Joyce, Huntington, N.Y., 1990, 1991

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National Championship, visit www.pgamediacenter.com and access the Online PGA Media Guide.

Then, click on the PGA Member Tournaments tab.

In 2006, Jeff Coston set the record for the lowest

score ever by a winner, en route to his first PGA Senior

Professional National Championship title.

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21st Senior PGA Professional Na-tional Championship2009 Bill Britton of Rum-son, N.J., rewrote ther e c o r d b o o k a n d

spent the final round holding off a latecharge from Texan Perry Arthur at PGAGolf Club, on his way to capturing the21st Senior PGA Professional NationalChampionship.

Britton fired a final-round 5-under-par 67 to complete a 72-hole performance of 18-under-par 270 and a one-stroke victory. Hisoverall total was a stroke better than the previous record held by Jeff Coston of Blaine, Wash.,the 2006 Champion.

Britton, a 54-year-old PGA director of instruction at Trump National Golf Club in ColtsNeck, N. J., sunk a five-foot par-saving putt on the 18th green to preserve the victory overArthur, who earlier knocked home a difficult eight-foot birdie putt to finish alone in second place.

“Perry [Arthur] didn’t have to make a 3 on the last to make it tough,” said Britton jokingly. “I left my first putt a little shorterthan I wanted to, but played the putt to move a little left and it dropped.”

Britton and Arthur were tied at 15-under par through 12 holes, before Britton was able to separate himself with birdies atNos. 13 and 14.

“Perry was doing really well early and it was close,” said Britton. “I was plodding along, then made a 12-footer at 13 for abirdie and at No. 14, I made a 20-footer uphill into the grain for birdie. I was fortunate and feeling pretty good from there.”

Britton knew that the final round against this field would not be easy.“I shot a 65 (in the third round) and would not have been surprised if we had a few others do that (in the final round),” said

Britton. “The conditions were ideal and I knew I would have to make birdies to win and I was able to do that.”

� Championship Summary

Place Name Score Winnings Place Name Score Winnings Place Name Score Winnings1 Bill Britton 69 69 65 67—270 $20,0002 Perry Arthur 71 67 67 66—271 $15,7503 Paul Daniels 67 71 66 69—273 $13,0004 Mike San Filippo 70 70 69 65—274 $10,6005 Jim White 69 66 72 68—275 $9,500

T6 David Thore 69 71 70 66—276 $7,850T6 Jeff Roth 69 69 69 69 —276 $7,850T8 Lindy Miller 69 73 68 67—277 $5,700T8 Jimmy Hamilton 74 68 68 67—277 $5,700T8 Chris Starkjohann 66 72 71 68—277 $5,700

T11 Kim Thompson 68 67 73 70—278 $4,750T11 Jon Fiedler 68 70 69 71—278 $4,750T11 Jerry Tucker 69 69 69 71—278 $4,750T14 Ed Sabo 70 72 70 67—279 $4,125T14 Jim Woodward 68 72 70 69—279 $4,125T16 Fred Holton 70 73 69 68—280 $3,450T16 Ralph West 73 66 72 69—280 $3,450T16 Mike Malaska 70 72 68 70—280 $3,450T16 Freddy Gibson 69 73 67 71—280 $3,450T20 Bill Loeffler 68 70 76 67—281 $3,000T20 Scott Spence 69 70 71 71—281 $3,000T20 Gary Sowinski 71 72 73 65—281 $3,000T23 Rod Nuckolls 72 70 71 69—282 $2,650T23 Ron Vlosich 70 70 72 70—282 $2,650T23 Michael Zaremba 72 71 71 68—282 $2,650T23 Kirk Hanefeld 72 69 66 75—282 $2,650

T27 Darrell Kestner 66 76 72 69—283 $2,279T27 Gary Trivisonno 67 71 73 72—283 $2,279T27 Cleve Coldwater 69 68 74 72—283 $2,279T27 Robert Gibbons 72 70 69 72—283 $2,279T27 Bill Israelson 69 69 72 73—283 $2,279T27 Bob Ford 70 70 67 76—283 $2,279T33 Rocky Catalano 71 68 73 72—284 $2,000T33 Bob Dickson 72 69 70 73—284 $2,000T33 James Blair III 73 66 71 74—284 $2,000T33 Joseph Bostic 70 71 69 74—284 $2,000T33 George Forster 72 71 74 67—284 $2,000T38 Todd Smith 68 73 72 72—285 $1,725T38 Jeff Coston 70 72 72 71—285 $1,725T38 Steve Waugh 70 72 73 70—285 $1,725T38 David Arbuckle 67 73 70 75—285 $1,725T38 Steve Veriato 71 72 73 69—285 $1,725T38 Roy Vucinich 71 69 69 76—285 $1,725T44 Tony Saraceno 70 72 72 72—286 $1,425T44 Chris Campbell 69 72 73 72—286 $1,425T44 Randy Helton 71 71 73 71—286 $1,425T44 Steve Benson 69 74 73 70—286 $1,425T44 Daniel Koesters 68 72 77 69—286 $1,425T44 Rick Lewallen 72 71 75 68—286 $1,425T50 Jim Dickson 72 67 74 74—287 $1,262T50 Jeff Thomsen 74 69 72 72—287 $1,263T52 Mike Harrigan 71 68 74 75—288 $1,198

T52 John Mazza 70 72 71 75—288 $1,198T52 Randy Cochran 70 73 71 74—288 $1,198T52 Mickey Yokoi 66 70 75 77—288 $1,198T52 Brad Sherfy 72 69 75 72—288 $1,198T52 Bobby Hogan 74 68 75 71—288 $1,198T58 Jay Overton 73 69 75 72—289 $1,138T58 Scott Williams 74 69 76 70—289 $1,138T60 Ralph Landrum 71 71 72 76—290 $1,102T60 Donald Reese 71 70 74 75—290 $1,102T60 Bob Ackerman 72 71 76 71—290 $1,102T63 Jeff Marsh 71 71 70 79—291 $1,060T63 Baker Maddera 70 72 74 75—291 $1,060T63 Billy Harris 69 74 73 75—291 $1,060T63 Tom Sutter 71 72 75 73—291 $1,060T63 Mike Carney 73 70 76 72—291 $1,060T68 Chris Tucker 73 70 73 76—292 $1,020T68 Gary Groh 72 70 76 74—292 $1,020T68 Doug Perry 71 72 75 74—292 $1,020T71 Jack Druga 72 71 71 79—293 $985T71 Stephen Stull 68 73 74 78—293 $985T71 John Brott 71 72 72 78—293 $985T71 Tom Anderson 72 71 77 73—293 $985

75 Denny Hepler 70 73 74 77—294 $96076 Randy Towner 71 71 76 78—296 $95077 Steve Cox 70 73 76 81—300 $940

Champion: Bill Britton, Rumson, N.J.

Site: PGA Golf Club, Port St. Lucie, Fla.

Date: Nov. 5-8

Course: Wanamaker Course Par: 72 - 6,754 yds.

Course: Dye Course Par: 72 - 6,657 yds.

Field: 264 Cut at 143 77 players advanced

Presented by Callaway Golf

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