sign in sign up
<<
Home , PGA Championship, PGA Tour Canada, Pro Golf Tour, Senior PGA Championship, Skins game

Conditions of Competition

2020 Senior PGA Professional Championship

Please review the information for the 2020 Colorado Senior PGA Professional Championship

Format | 36-holes Individual .

Note: There will be an optional, Individual Gross for each round of the Championship. Entry will be $20 per round, per person.

Automotive Transportation | Carts are provided for players; however, there are only 2 carts per group. are allowed and may ride in the player’s car with the player, space permitting. Spectators may not ride in a player’s golf car.

Caddies | Caddies are permitted. Please notify the Championship staff of your intent to employ a caddy for the Championship. Click here to email the Championship staff.

Conforming Grooves | The PGA of America has adopted the condition of competition for Grooves and/or Punch Marks for its three major Member Championships, including at the section level (qualifying stages) of these three Championship events. ALL PLAYERS MUST comply with this condition of competition.

Dress Code | Throughout the Championship, players and their caddies must be neat in appearance with respect to clothing and personal grooming. Players in the Championship are required to wear collared or mock-neck shirts and Long Slacks. Caddies are permitted to wear appropriate length shorts. Denim, sweatshirts and tank tops are expressly prohibited. The committee in charge of the competition decides whether or not this requirement has been met and has the authority to withdraw the entry of a player who does not comply.

Entries | Eligibility is limited to PGA members who meet all of the following criteria.

1. Must be eligibly employed and classified in one of the following active membership classifications or have Life Member status (LM, LMA, LMM or LMMA), at the time of entry and as of Section’s entry deadline date. The PGA of America’s membership records must reflect this status on all of these critical dates.

2. Must not have played in more than eight (8) combined Adams Golf Pro Tour, All- American Gateway Tours, , /New Zealand Tour, Champions TOUR, Dakotas Tour, eGolf Professional Tour, European , , European Tour, NGA , JPGA Senior Tour, JPGA Tour, (LET), LPGA Futures Tour (Symetra Tour), LPGA Tour, LPGT, PGA TOUR, PGA TOUR , PGA TOUR LatinoAmerica, The Safari Tour, The and the tournaments one year prior to Section Deadline. The U.S. Open, U.S. Senior Open, PGA Championship, and Senior PGA Championship are not included in the 8-tournament count.

3. Participants must also be a minimum of 50 years of age on October 15, 2020, the first round of the 2020 Senior PGA Professional Championship presented by Cadillac and supported by Golf Advisor and John Deere.

PGA Tournament Corporation, Inc., reserves the right to determine whether or not any player meets eligibility and to reject any player who does not meet these requirements. A PGA member will not be eligible to participate if:

a) The member is serving a suspension from membership; b) The member is suspended from tournament participation for National tournaments; or c) The member is classified as Class F, Inactive, A-3, Retired Member, Life Member Century or Honorary.

Pairings | Pairings will be released on Monday, July 27, 2020. Pairings are arranged following the Tournament Rules & Regulations. For more information regarding this procedure, please click here to access the starting field procedure for the Colorado Senior PGA Professional Championship. If within the Tournament Rules & Regulations for arrangement of parings; pairings requests will be accommodated for the first round (early/late) only. Any pairing request must be made by Friday, July 24, 2020. Click here to email the Championship staff your pairing request. Pace of Play | Please see the pace of play policy with the starter. Playing Privileges Policy | Women participating from the women’s shall not be eligible to earn playing privileges in the Senior PGA Championship and tournaments co-sponsored or approved by the PGA TOUR, the Champions TOUR, or the Korn Ferry TOUR. Prior to starting at the Section level, a woman must declare which tees she will be playing. | In the event there is a tie for the Championship, the last qualifying spot, or order of alternates, a playoff will be held to break those ties. The playoff for the Championship, the last qualifying spot, or order of alternates will be on hole TBD. Purse | The official purse will be available at the scoreboard and with the starter prior to the final round. Click here to view the tentative purse. Qualifying Spots | The Colorado Senior PGA Professional Champion and the next six (6) lowest scoring players (seven in total) will qualify for the 2020 Senior PGA Professional Championship supported by Golf Advisor and John Deere. The 2020 Senior PGA Professional Championship presented by Cadillac and supported by Golf Advisor and John Deere will be held October 15-18, 2020, at PGA , Port St. Lucie, . Registration | Registration prior to the first round MUST be done no earlier than one hour and no less than half an hour prior to your start time. Please register as soon as you arrive on site. Separate /Same Purse | Although competing from separate tees (men from the men’s tees and women from the women’s tees), men and women professionals shall compete for the same purse. For example, the man or woman professional with the lowest score shall win first place money. Tee Times and Pairings | Tee times will be off Hole #1 beginning at 7:10am for the first round and 7:10am for the final round. Pairings for the final round will be assigned based on score with the leaders teeing off last. Time of Starting | The official clock is with the Starter. Yardage | Please click here for the tentative yardages. Food and Beverage | Lunch will be hosted following the second round of the Championship.

Other Information

National Championship | The 2020 Senior PGA Professional National Championship presented by Cadillac and supported by Golf Advisor and John Deere. The Colorado Senior PGA Professional Champion and the next six (6) lowest scoring players (seven in total) will qualify for the 2020 Senior PGA Professional Championship presented by Cadillac and supported by Golf Advisor and John Deere. The 2020 Senior PGA Professional Championship presented by Cadillac and supported by Golf Advisor and John Deere will be held October 15-18, 2020, at PGA Golf Club, Port St. Lucie, Florida. The field of 264 players will consist of:

1. All Champions of the Senior PGA Professional Championship 2. All former champions of the Senior PGA Professional National Championship, 3. The top eight (8) finishers and ties from the 2019 Senior PGA Professional National Championship, 4. The 2020 PGA Professional National Champion (provided he/she is a senior), 5. Past PGA Professional National Champions turning 50 years old prior to the first round of the National Championship 6. Players who made the “cut” in the 2020 Senior PGA Championship presented by KitchenAid, 7. The 2019 Senior PGA Professional Player of the Year, 8. Other players qualifying from the 41 Section Senior PGA Professional Championships.