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PGA PROFESSIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP 2021 Blairgowrie Golf Club (Lansdowne), Scotland Tuesday 15th – Friday 18th June Money - £80,000 2020 Champion – Matthew Ford (CK Group)

1. Conditions of Play (i) The Championship will be a 72 hole stroke play event with 18 holes being played each day. (ii) The Championship will have a maximum field of 144 competitors. (iii) The field will play one round on each of the first two days, after which the leading 50 competitors (and those who tie for 50th place) will go forward to the third and fourth rounds. (iv) In the event of a tie for first place there will be a hole-by-hole play-off to determine the winner. These holes are to be determined by the Tournament Director and will be published at the Championship. All players, other than the Champion, involved in the play-off will share second place. (v) Play shall be in accordance with The PGA Tournament Regulations, the Rules of Golf of R&A Rules Ltd, PGA Local Rules and Terms of the Competition and the additional Local Rules of the host venue, as approved by the Tournament Director. (vi) Players not exempt under the categories listed under Section 3 will be required to qualify from a Regional Qualifying Round (venues listed under Section 6). (vii) Places in the Championship will be divided between the Regional Qualifying Rounds and will be calculated as a percentage of the total entries. This will be done after entries close on Tuesday 13th April. (viii) There will be an 18-hole qualifying event held in each of the seven PGA Regions. At each Regional Qualifying event, in the event of a tie for the final qualifying place, qualifiers will be decided by card count-back over the last 9, 6, 3, 1 holes and, if still tied, Match Play from hole 1 onwards. Alternate positions will also be decided by card count-back over the last 9, 6, 3, 1 holes and, if still tied, Match Play from hole 1 onwards. (ix) A Pro-Am may be held on Monday 15th June. It is a term of the competition that any player entering the championship must make themselves available for the Pro-Am if requested to play. (x) Players are required to pre-qualify in their own region. Overseas players may select any Regional Qualifier to play in.

Exception: From Tuesday 30th March, players can choose to pre-qualify in any region, regardless of reason, provided there is space in the field. Any requests to play outside of a player’s own region before this time will only be considered in exceptional circumstances. Any requests of this type must be made in writing to the Tournament Director ([email protected]) at the PGA National Tournament Office before the close of entries and must contain details of the reason for their request.

2. Eligibility for Entry The Championship is open to the following: (i) All core PGA Members (Excluding Class I, PCDM and Assistants)

Entrants must satisfy the above entry and eligibility conditions throughout all stages of the Championship.

3. Exemption Categories Provided the PGA Member meets the eligibility criteria outlined in Section 2, the following are exempt from pre-qualifying:

(i) Players finishing 1 – 3 in each of the seven PGA 2020 Regional Orders of Merit.

Note: In the event of a tie for the final exempt position, the players will be ranked in of the most wins on the and if still tied, the most second places and so on until the players are split.

(ii) The leading 20 and ties in the 2020 PGA Professional Championship. (iii) Members of the 2019 GB&I PGA Cup Team. (iv) The PGA Professional Champion 2016 – 2020. (v) A PGA Professional from the host venue of the Final. (vi) The 2020 Welsh National PGA Champion, Scottish PGA Champion and Irish PGA Champion.

Note: Exempt players must enter by the closing date otherwise they will be required to pre qualify.

4. Entry Fees (£GBP) and Closing Date The entry fee for those pre-qualifying is £50 and an additional £50 will be payable on qualifying. The entry fee for those exempt from pre-qualifying is £100. The closing date for entries will be Monday 13th April. Late entries may be accepted after the closing date on payment of double the entry fee.

Note: All entries and payments for the Regional Qualifiers are to be processed on-line through PGA Members Players Club Accounts (BlueGolf). Access is through the PGA Members section of www.pga.info. Upon successfully pre-qualifying, the player will automatically be entered into the Championship Final and gives consent to The PGA to process the remainder (£50) of the entry fee.

5. Withdrawal and Reserve Policy to the Championship week, each withdrawal will be replaced by a player from the same Regional Qualifying event until all reserves are exhausted. After this point, the reserve list will revert to the host region.

After 12pm on Sunday 13th June the regional reserve lists will be void and the official reserve list will be made up of the host region only. For the sake of clarity, the host region in this instance is deemed to be The PGA in Scotland.

6. Regional Qualifying Venues

PGA Region Venue Date of Qualifier PGA in (East) Moor Park Golf Club Tuesday 27th April PGA in England (Midlands) Little Aston Golf Club Friday 30th April PGA in England & Wales (North) Sandiway Golf Club Tuesday 4th May PGA in England & Wales (South West) Burnham & Berrow Golf Club Thursday 6th May PGA in Ireland County Louth Golf Club Monday 17th May PGA in England (South) Wildernesse Golf Club Thursday 27th May

PGA in Scotland The Duke’s at St Andrews Thursday 27th May

Note: Please be aware that all winners of the Regional Qualifiers and Exempt players playing in the Championship may be required to play in the pre-tournament Pro-Am on Monday 14th June.

7. Championship Final Prize Fund (£GBP)

1. £10,000.00 11. £1,000.00 21. £750.00 31. £550.00 41. £390.00 2. £6,000.00 12. £970.00 22. £730.00 32. £530.00 42. £380.00 3. £4,000.00 13. £940.00 23. £710.00 33. £510.00 43. £370.00 4. £3,000.00 14. £910.00 24. £690.00 34. £490.00 44. £360.00 5. £2,240.00 15. £880.00 25. £670.00 35. £470.00 45. £350.00 6. £1,750.00 16. £850.00 26. £650.00 36. £450.00 46. £340.00 7. £1,500.00 17. £830.00 27. £630.00 37. £430.00 47. £330.00 8. £1,250.00 18. £810.00 28. £610.00 38. £420.00 48. £320.00 9. £1,150.00 19. £790.00 29. £590.00 39. £410.00 49. £310.00 10. £1,050.00 20. £770.00 30. £570.00 40. £400.00 50. £300.00

Regional Prize Fund (£GBP)

1. £500.00 Regional Qualifying = £10,500.00 2. £300.00 Prize Fund = £55,400.00 3. £250.00 51-144 @ £150 = £14,100.00 4. £200.00 £80,000.00 5. £150.00 6. £100.00

If the number of competitors qualifying for the final 36 holes exceeds 50, additional prize money will be added to provide for those finishing in 51st place and onwards. The prize money for 51st place will be £290 and the prize money will reduce by £10 for each subsequent place (These amounts include the £150 allocated to positions 51-144). Non-UK taxpayers (including the Irish Republic) may be subject to withholding tax on prize money won above the UK personal tax allowance threshold (income tax year 2020/21 £12,500, subject to change each income tax year thereafter).

Note: To receive prize money, competitors MUST complete all rounds entered. All prize money is subject to a 6% PGA levy.

8. 149th Open Championship, Royal St George’s, 2021 Upon entering the 2021 Open Championship, the leading ten players (and those tying for tenth place) from both the 2019 and 2020 PGA Professional Championship will be granted exemption from Regional Qualifying (The R&A reserve the right to amend this exemption at their sole discretion).

9. 30th PGA Cup, Foxhills Club and Resort 2022 Details of selection criteria for the 2022 GB&I PGA Cup team will be published in due course.

10. Address Blairgowrie Golf Club Rosemount

Golf Course Road Blairgowrie PH10 6LG Website: https://www.theblairgowriegolfclub.co.uk/

11. PGA Rights The PGA reserve the right to change or amend the Terms of the Competition.