FACT SHEET THE 40th PGA PROFESSIONAL NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP

Presenting sponsors: Titleist, FootJoy & Cobra; Buick; Club Car

Dates: June 21-24, 2007

Site: Sunriver Resort, Sunriver, Ore. — Crosswater Golf Club and Meadows Golf Course

Exclusive Media Partner: The Golf Channel

Contributing Partner: The PGA TOUR

Defending Champion: Ron Philo Jr., Amelia Island, Fla.

Prize Money and Awards. The 2007 PGA Professional National Championship features a $550,000 purse. The 2007 Champion’s name will be inscribed on the Walter Hagen Cup, which is enshrined at The PGA of America national headquarters in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. The 2007 PGA Professional National Champion receives exemptions for the following:

• 2007 PGA Championship • 2007 PGA Cup • Six PGA Tour events over a 12-month period

The Walter Hagen Cup. Presented to the PGA Club Professional Champion, the Walter Hagen Cup is named after the legendary golfer, five-time PGA Champion and one of the 35 original founders of The PGA of America. Hagen elevated the role of the PGA Professional throughout his career. The Haig’s inspirational career is reflected in today’s PGA Professionals competing in championship – displaying playing skills under a national spotlight while also serving their respective clubs and golf communities as managers, merchandisers and respected teachers of the game. The PGA Club Professional Champion receives a replica of the crystal Walter Hagen Cup, which is 14½ inches high, 12 inches wide and weighs 17½ pounds.

Method of Play. Stroke play, four rounds, 18 holes daily on two courses. The entire field of 312 will compete on each course at least once in the first two rounds. Following the first 36 holes of play, the field will be reduced to the low 70 scor- ers and those tied for 70th place. Those players will compete in the final two rounds at Crosswater Golf Club. In the event of a tie for first place upon completion of play, there will be a sudden-death playoff.

Eligibility. The field of 312 will be limited to those PGA members who are eligibly employed as golf professionals and in certain pre-established membership classifications as of May 2007. The PGA of America reserves the right to determine whether or not any applicant is so employed and to reject any applicant who does not meet the requirements. No player will be eligible if he or she has played in more than 12 combined PGA Tour, Champions Tour, Nationwide Tour , LPGA, PGA European Tour, Canadian Tour, /New Zealand Tour, JPGA Tour, The Sunshine Tour (), The , The Safari Tour, The PGA Challenge Tour, National Senior Tour, European Seniors Tour, JPGA Senior Tour, WPGT, JLPGA, Golden Bear Tour, Hooter’s Tour, and SBC Futures Tour events between April 2006 and April 2007. (The U.S. Open, U.S. Senior Open, PGA Championship and Senior PGA Championship are not included in the 12-tournament count). The TaylorMade-adidas Golf PGA Assistant Professional Champion will be exempt into the Championship, provided that he or she is eligibly employed or in an eligible PGA classification at the time of entry into the PGA Professional National Championship.

Rules and Regulations. The Rules of Golf, which govern play, are determined by the Golf Association and applied by The PGA of America Board of Directors. The Championship is subject to the overall supervision of the Board and the PGA Rules Committee.

For information contact: Bob Denney, 561-624-8582 or the Communications Department, 561-624-8407 www.PGA.com

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History

The PGA Professional’s Showcase. The PGA Professional National Championship began in 1968 to provide additional play- ing opportunities for PGA Professionals. In more than three decades, it has become a showcase event for PGA Professionals, featuring some of the finest players in the Association. Formerly a 360-player field, the format of The PGA Professional Na- tional Championship was conducted over three courses and after the golf season had ended across much of the country.

In 20031997, theNorthern Championship PGA Clubevolved Professional to a live Golf Championship Channel-covered event that featured 156 players at the peak of their games. That same year, The PGA Professional National Championship created Section PGA Professional National Championships, fourWilderness Regional PGA Ridge Professional Golf Club, National Lincoln, Championships, Neb. – Sept. and move25-28d its National Championship date to late June, or a month prior to the PGA Championship. In 2006, The PGA Professional National Championship again changed, removing the Re- gional2003 Championships Western PGA and Club concentrating Professional on 41 Section Championship Championships to form the bulk of a 312-player field that competes onIndian two courses Summer in the GolfNational & CountryChampionship. Club, There Olympia, is an overall Wash. purse – Oct. of more 15-18 than $1.5 million that is awarded in Section and National Championships.

The2003 PGA Southern Professional PGA National Club Championship Professional has Championship been conducted in 13 states in the previous 39 years: Arizona, , ,Persimmon Georgia, Woods Kentucky, Golf Missouri, Club, NewWeldon York, Spring, , Mo.— Oct., 16-19 , Oregon, and Wisconsin. The list of Champions over the past 39 years includes Sam Snead, Bob Rosburg, Ed Dougherty, Bruce Fleisher and the late Larry Gilbert – the only three-time Champion. Former Tour professionals Rex Baxter Jr., Don Massengale, Laurie Hammer, LarryHistory Webb, Bob Boyd and Brett Upper also have won The National Championship.

In 1997, The 30th PGA Professional National Championship was the first to be televised live by The Golf Channel to millions The PGA Professional’s Showcase. The PGA Club Professional Championship began in 1968 to provide addi- of viewers in this country, Japan and the Philippines. tional playing opportunities for PGA Professionals. In more than three decades, it has become a showcase event for PGA Professionals, featuring some of the finest players in the Association. Formerly a 360-player field, the format The PGA Professional National Championship has a potential audience of more than 85 million via The Golf Channel in Can- of The PGA Club Professional Championship was changed in 1997 to a larger nationwide event that today features ada and the United States. the finest 156 players at the peak of their games. In 1997, The PGA Club Professional Championship created local Sectional Club Professional Championships, four new Regional Club Professional Championships, and moved its dates to one month prior to the PGA Championship. The PGA Club Professional Championship now features a total purse of more than $1.5 million that is awarded in Section, regional and national championships. Regional Club Professional Championships feature fields ranging from 130 to nearly 160 players. Prior to 1997, the PGA Club Professional Championship was held after the golf season had ended across much of the U.S. The Championship has been conducted in 10 states in the previous 35 years: Arizona, California, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Missouri, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Oregon and Wisconsin. The list of Champions over the past 35 years includes Sam Snead, Bob Rosburg, Ed Dougherty, Bruce Fleisher and the late Larry Gilbert – the only three-time Champion. Former Tour professionals Rex Baxter Jr., Don Massengale, Laurie Hammer, Larry Webb, Bob Boyd and Brett Upper also have won The CPC. In 1997, The 30th PGA Club Professional Championship was the first to be televised live by The Golf Channel to millions of viewers in this country, Japan and the Philippines. The 37th PGA Club Professional Championship features 156 players from the four Regional Champion- ships conducted in the fall of 2003 along with past Champions. The PGA Club Professional Championship will reach an audience of more than 40 million via The Golf Channel.

The 36th PGA CLUB PROFESSIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP Presenting sponsors: Buick, Club Car Inc., Titleist/FootJoy Worldwide & Cobra Golf

Champion: Tim Thelen, Richmond, Site: Santa Ana Pueblo, N.M. Date: June 19-22, 2003 Course: Twin Warriors Golf Club Par: 72—7,624 yards Purse: $400,000 Field: 156 Cut at 150 77 players advanced

2003 Summary

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Champions through the Years

Year Champion Score Runners-up Site

1968 Howell Fraser 272 Chuck Malchaski, Bob Rosburg Century & Roadrunner, Scottsdale, Ariz. 1969 Bob Rosburg 275 Jimmy Wright Roadrunner & San Marcos, Chandler, Ariz. 1970 Rex Baxter 285 Ernie George, Bob Duden Sunol Valley CC, Sunol, Calif. 1971 Sam Snead 275 Jerry Steelsmith, Ron Letellier Pinehurst (N.C.) Resort & CC 1972 Don Massengale 280 Bob Bruno Pinehurst (N.C.) Resort & CC 1973 Rives McBee 282 Stan Brian Pinehurst (N.C.) Resort & CC 1974 Roger Watson 284* Sam Snead Pinehurst (N.C.) Resort & CC 1975 Roger Watson 279* David Jimenez Callaway Gardens Resort, Pine Mountain, Ga. 1976 Bob Galloway 280 George Lanning, Callaway Gardens Resort Larry Gilbert, Jim Ferriell Pine Mountain, Ga. 1977 Laurie Hammer 282 Steve Benson Callaway Gardens Resort, Pine Mountain, Ga. 1978 John Gentile 276* Jim Ferree Callaway Gardens Resort, Pine Mountain, Ga. 1979 Buddy Whitten 278* Jack Lewis Callaway Gardens Resort, Pine Mountain, Ga. 1980 John Traub 283 Jim Albus PGA National GC, Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. 1981 Larry Gilbert 285* Don Padgett II PGA National GC, Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. 1982 Larry Gilbert 284 Steve Benson PGA National GC, Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. 1983 Larry Webb 283 Bob Ford La Quinta/Mission Hills, La Quinta, Calif. 1984 Bill Schumaker 284* Gary Ostrega PGA National GC, Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. 1985 Ed Dougherty 277 Jim White La Quinta/Mission Hills, La Quinta, Calif. 1986 Bob Lendzion 284 Bob Betley PGA West, La Quinta Mission Hills, La Quinta, Calif. 1987 Jay Lumpkin 279 Jeff Roth, Bob Menne, Gibby Gilbert PGA West, La Quinta/Mission Hills, La Quinta, Calif. 1988 Bob Boyd 287* Rick Morton Pinehurst (N.C.) Resort & CC 1989 Bruce Fleisher 277 Jeff Thomsen PGA West, LaQuinta/Mission Hills, La Quinta, Calif. 1990 Brett Upper 275 Gibby Gilbert, Larry Gilbert PGA West, La Quinta/Mission Hills, La Quinta, Calif. 1991 Larry Gilbert 267 Gene Fieger, Ron McDougal Doral Resort & CC, Miami, Fla. 1992 Ron McDougal 273 Sammy Rachels PGA West, La Quinta/Mission Hills, La Quinta, Calif. 1993 Jeff Roth 275 John Lee PGA National GC, Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. 1994 Sammy Rachels 284* Darrell Kestner, Ron McDougal Marriott’s Tan-Tar-A Resort, Oaks Course, Osage Beach, Mo., North Port National GC, Lake Ozark, Mo., The Lodge of the Four Seasons, Jones Course, Osage Beach, Mo. 1995 Steve Schneiter 278 John DeForest, Bob Ford PGA West, La Quinta/Mission Hills, La Quinta, Calif. 1996 Darrell Kestner 271 Dan Bateman PGA West, La Quinta/Mission Hills, Nicklaus Private, Palmer Private, Weiskopf Private, La Quinta, Calif. 1997 Bruce Zabriski 281 Steve Schneiter, Jay Overton, Pinehurst No. 8 (N.C.) Mike Burke Jr. Resort & CC 1998 Mike Burke Jr. 281 Bob Gaus Pinehurst No. 8 (N.C.) Resort & CC 1999 Jeff Freeman 287 Milan Swilor, Christopher Toulson, Whistling Straits, Brett Upper Kohler, Wis. 2000 Tim Thelen 214*# Mark Brown Oak Tree Golf Club, Edmond, Okla. 2001 Wayne DeFrancesco 278 John Aber, Don Berry, Mark Brown, Crosswater Club, Sunriver (Ore.) Resort Tim Thelen 2002 Barry Evans 281 Mike Gilmore Valhalla Golf Club, Louisville, Ky. 2003 Tim Thelen 282 Steve Schneiter Santa Ana Pueblo, N.M. 2004 Bob Sowards 276 Mike Small Longaberger Golf Club, Nashport, Ohio 2005 Mike Small 289 Travis Long The Ocean Course, Kiawah Island, S.C. 2006 Ron Philo Jr. 278* Alan Schulte Turning Stone Resort & Casino, Verona, N.Y.

* Won via playoff # Championship shortened to 54 holes due to inclement weather

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2006 PGA PROFESSIONAL NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP Summary Poker-faced Tim Thelen of Richmond, Texas, whose sense of humor is as dry as the high desert of north central Ron New Philo Mexico, Jr. of Westchester,admitted he N.Y., didn ’texecuted have a golf’spat hand dream before shot thejust 36whenth PGA he needed Club Professionalit most, then hung Champi- on through a three-holeonship insudden Santa death Ana playoffPueblo, to N.M. defeat Alan Schulte of Fishers, Ind., with a bogey and win the 39th PGA Professional Na- tionalFaced Championship with competing Sunday on at the Turning slick, Stonedouble-tiered Resort & greeCasino’sns of Atunyote Twin Warriors Golf Club. Golf Club, the 42-year-old Philo recorded the third hole-in-one of his career, holing out a 4-iron on the 199-yard third hole, then just missed a Thelen knew hitting a golfth ball 10 percent further in the thin air at 5,400 feet elevation meant nothing winningwhen birdieit came putt to onputting. the 18 green to finish regulation play with a 4-under-par 68. Schulte, who ended with a 71 and a matching 10-under-par 278, hit his tee shot on the 11th hole into a water hazard, and after a penalty drop could not get up and Thelen, who won the 2000 CPC and the 2001 PGA Club Professional Player of the Year Award, ac- down for bogey to extend the drama. cepted The a putting victory lesson made Philo on Wednesday the fifth Metropolitan on the practice PGA Section green memberfrom Jerry to win Foltz the (former major championship Tour professional for PGA Pro- fessionals.turned reporter He earned for $75,000 The Golf from Channel) a record and$550,000 Greg purse.Cesario, product promotion manager of Titleist. Soon after, the The putts scenario began brought to fall. back vivid memories at Atunyote Golf Club for Philo, who lost a playoff in the 2004 Eastern PGAThelen Club mayProfessional be getting Championship. a lesson fee in the mail after finishing with a final-round 3-under-par 69 and 6- under-par “I was 282 in totala playoff to pocket here two $53, years000 ago for in his our second (forme PGAr) Regional Club ProfessionalChampionship Championship. and I was not successful, Thelen de- so I was prettyfeated thrilled 1995 to Champion just get off Stevethe 18th Schneiter hole the firstof Sandy, time becau Utah,se byI didn't one getstroke beat on on thethe longestfirst hole,” course said the(7,624 40-year-old PGA headyards) professional in PGA atof Metropolis America history.Country Club in White Plains, N.Y. “I'm excited and I'm worn out and ready to sit down and haveAn something assistant professionalto drink.” at Bushwood Golf Center in Houston, Texas, Thelen made a 20-foot eagle putt on the Itfirst was hole Philo’s to grabmoment, a lead having he wouldn’t registered relin threequish. previous Schneiter, top-5 finishes who slippedin the National to six strokes Championship, behind including a tie for third in 2003. He accomplished his mission with his sister, LPGA star Laura Diaz, in the gallery along with his mother Thelen after six holes, made a stunning recovery with six birdies in a stretch run from the seventh other membersth of his family and friends. through Schulte’s 13 holes. best showing in seven trips was a seventh place in 2004 and last year tied for 69th. Thelen Both needed players one opened more strokethe 10th to playoff cement in Nationalhis win, Championshipcapped by a spectacular history with recoverypars on the for par-5 a bogey-5 18th and from the par-4 th 10ath .greenside Schulte nearly bunker holed on out the a 18wedge hole. approach on the 10th from 107 yards, but the ball bounced 20 feet past the flagstick. TheSchneiter, devilish 11 anth assistanthole, which professional yielded only at one Schneiter’s birdie all day,Pebble wasBrook set up Golfwith aLinks hole locationin Sandy, on Utah,the right just edge. missed a 60-foot “In uphill regulation, birdie I putthit a to6-iron finish and with it came a 71 up and in the283. bunker,” said Schulte. “It's almost the right length. It didn't really feelThelen like the joined wind wasRoger helping Watson that (1974-much. I75) tried and to thecut alate little Larry 5-iron Gilbert and I really (1981, just ’82, didn't ’91) hit as it thehard only enough. multiple If I had gone aheadwinners and trusted of the itnation’s and hit itshowcase and made eventthe swing for PGAfor a cut,Professionals. it probably would have turned out just fine. All you're trying to doRon is get Philo it front Jr. left of Ameliaright there. Island, That's Fla., a brutal who hole had location the day’s and low it just round didn’t of work 68, led out.” a foursome tied for third at Schulte’s287. He shoulders was joined slumped by Bob after Sowards he hit his of tee Columbus, shot. Ohio, who posted a 69, Dino Lucchesi of Round “All in all, I'm pretty happy with the week. It's never easy to take what I guess you consider a loss. Heck, coming Lake Beach, Ill., with a 70, and Kevin Burton of Boise, Idaho, with a 74. into the week all I really wanted to do was play well enough to make Medinah (a berth in the 88th PGA Championship), and it wasSchneiter kind of began a bonus the to dayhave with a chance a one-stroke to win.” lead over Thelen and Burton, but went on a near collapsing run of Leedouble Rinker bogey-bogey-bogey of Jupiter, Fla., finished from third the secondat 280 after through a 70, fourthwhile defending holes and champion was six Mikestrokes Small behind of Champaign, Ill.,Thelen the head after golf six coach holes. at th Burtone University never of could , find finish momented fourthum, placefalling at five281 afterstrokes a 74 behind, but had Thelen held the after lead nine. through six holesBut before Schneiter a double gradually bogey-bogey battled collapse back to on within the seventh two strokes and eighth after holes. a birdie run from the seventh through 10th holes Chris and Starkjohann adding birdies of Cardiff on theby the12 thSea, and Ca 13tlif., holes. finished in fifth at 282 after a 72. Thelen Schulte, responded the 2000 with national birdies PGAon the Assistant 12th and Professional 13th holes Champion,to hold his either two-stroke led or was advantage tied for theuntil lead the after final the first threehole. rounds, had the lead to himself with two holes to play, but bogeyed the 467-yard, par-4 17th. Earlier, Philo had the lead to Thelen’shimself on 88-yard the 16th sand tee, but wedge went approach bogey-bogey-par into the to wi forgend landed the playoff. in the front greenside bunker. He then stepped Philo’s in, and timely blasted ace onto thewithin third inches hole came of th aftere hole. a birdie Schneiter on the respondedsecond hole by an dlagging temporarily a 60-foot gave himuphill the lead at 9- under. It was the fourth hole-in-one of the Championship. birdie putt just past the hole. “The hole-in-one was pretty neat,” said Philo. “That was my third in competition and it was the longest one I've had. It'sThe great Twin – it’s Warriors where I was Golf aiming. Club, I longerwas feeling than prettyany major good achampionshipbout the fact that layout it went in in.history, It's a very, yielded very a tough 75.1 hole to get closestroke to. Itaverage was early, so we still had a lot of golf to play and I was just trying to stay focused on playing more holes without th gettingThelen too of excited Richmond, about that.” Texas, will head a 25-member delegation earning berths in the 85 PGA Champi- onship, Philo’s Aug. sister14-17, joined at Oak the Hillgallery Country late after Club having in Ro justchester, finishing N.Y. competing The only the member Wegmans of Rochester the Southern LPGA event ear- lierTexas in the PGA day in Section Pittsford, to N.Y.,win the where CPC, she Thelen tied for will17th place.be competing She made in the his nearly fifth two-hourPGA Championship. drive to Verona just in time to watch her older brother par on the 72nd hole. Thelen’s “It’s wife, an honor Lucinda, and a caddiedprivilege forto win her thishusband Championship,” for the third said consecutive Philo. “What CPC makes , and this earned a special a caddie’sevent for me is the factvictory that I’m bonus. competing with my fellow professionals from around the country who are doing, on a daily basis, their best to makeLucinda this great had game never even caddied better. for her husband until the 2001 CPC when he tied for second. She missed the “It’s made very special by all of the folks up here, all of the folks who came to compete, and all the folks back home opening 36 holes due to a foot infection in 2002, but finished the weekend rounds as Thelen tied for hoping to try to get here next year.” fifth. At Twin Warriors Golf Club, Lucinda Thelen appeared fresh and was beaming.

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