16 days to go!
In 2000, Ed Sabo of Tequesta, Fla., finished 5-under-par on the final 10 holes for a 68 and a record-setting 10-stroke victory in the 12th Callaway Golf Senior PGA Professional National Championship. Sabo, a PGA teaching professional at Bear Lakes Country Club in West Palm Beach, Fla., broke the previous 72-hole standard and victory margin standard by two strokes each.
In just 16 days, the 19th edition of the Callaway Golf Senior PGA Professional National Championship will be held at The PGA Golf Club in Port St. Lucie, Fla.. The 264-man field will consist of PGA Professionals at least 50 years of age, as of the Championship, who have qualified through one of the 41 PGA Sections.
Eight past champions are set to compete, including defending Champion Jeff Coston of Blaine, Wash., Bob Irving (1995) of Sarasota, Fla., Tom Joyce (1990, '91) of Huntington, N.Y., Roger B. Kennedy (1992, '94) of Stuart, Fla., Sabo (2000, '01) of Tequesta, Fla., Mike San Fillippo (2002, '05) of Hobe Sound, Fla., Wesley Smith (1998) of Naples, Fla., Jeff Thomsen (2003) of Boise, Idaho and James White (2004) of Lincoln, Neb.
In addition, the low 35 finishers will qualify for the 2008 Senior PGA Championship, May 19-25, at Oak Hill Country Club in Rochester, N.Y. The top eight finishers, including ties, will receive exemptions into the 2008 Callaway Golf Senior PGA Professional Championship. In addition, the top 10 finishers will be exempt into the Champions Tour National Finals at TPC Eagle Trace, provided they have submitted an entry by the entry deadline.
