Deane Qualifies for 2019 PGA Championship
Taylor Coffelt • May 2, 2019
Congratulations to Stuart Deane, PGA teaching professional at Texas Star Golf Course, who qualified for the PGA Championship earlier this week. Deane qualified through his great play at the PGA Professional Championship conducted April 28-May 1 at Belfair in Bluffton, South Carolina. He finished in third place at 4-under-par, 283 and is one of the 20 PGA professionals to qualify for the PGA Championship which will be held May 16-19, 2019, at Bethpage State Park, Black Course in Farmingdale, New York. This will be Stuart’s third appearance at the PGA Championship; he played in the Championship in 2014 at Valhalla Golf Course in Louisville, Kentucky and in 2017 at Quail Hollow Club in Charlotte, North Carolina.
The week prior to the PGA Championship, Deane is set to compete in the PGA TOUR's AT&T Byron Nelson. Deane received an exemption into the AT&T Byron Nelson when he won the Joyce Crane / Veritex Bank Section Championship in September of 2018. At the time he stated, “This will be my fifth time to compete in the Byron Nelson. It is always a privilege to play out there. Another massive motivating factor this week was when a friend mentioned that it would be really cool to play the Byron Nelson and the PGA Championship in back to back weeks. So, now my next goal is to make sure I am prepared for Nationals next year to try to make that happen.”
Well Stuart, you did it. Congratulations and best of luck in the coming weeks!
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Irving, Texas (August 25) – The Nelson Golf and Sports Club hosted two Northern Texas PGA Major Championships this week, the Club Car | XXIO Northern Texas Senior PGA Professional Championship and the Lajitas Golf Resort Women’s Section Championship. Clayton Friend claimed the Senior title, and Kim Paez claimed the Women’s title. Kim Paez, PGA Member at Ping Inc., claimed the Lajitas Golf Resort Women’s Section Championship title, carding rounds of 70-72–142. Paez finished the Championship at 2-over-par, winning by four strokes. She began the final round one stroke back of Katie Flinn, director of instruction at Topgolf - Fort Worth, and her 2-over-par final round was enough to come from behind and secure the win. This is Paez’s first victory with the Northern Texas PGA since joining the section in 2025. “I stuck to my game plan this week, which was fairways and greens,” Paez said. “I think I missed only one or two fairways yesterday. I played pretty conservatively, but it paid off in the end.” Reflecting on her final round performance, Paez said, "It was a little bit windier today. It made me calculate a lot more on the tee shots.” It was an up-and-down round for Paez, but she hit her approach on hole 18 to two feet and tapped in for birdie. “The last three holes are pretty gettable, so I just had to remind myself that no matter how the round was going, I was going to have opportunities to close it out at the end.” Next week, September 3-5, Paez joins four other PGA female PGA Teaching, Coaching and Club Professionals from across the country to represent the United States in the fourth Women’s PGA Cup. They will take on Australia, Canada, Great Britain & Ireland, South Africa and Sweden in a 54-hole stroke play format at Carden Park Golf Resort in Chester, Cheshire, United Kingdom. “It is the biggest honor. When I first got my PGA Membership, and I found out about the PGA Cup, it became one of my biggest goals,” said Paez about making the team. “I was constantly checking the rankings, and coming into the KPMG [Women’s PGA Championship] and the LPGA Professionals Championship, I knew I had to lock in and give myself the best chance.” “I am so excited and so proud to represent the Northern Texas PGA as well, so hopefully I make everyone proud,” added Paez. This 36-hole Northern Texas PGA major championship is the fourth of five individual stroke play events that comprise the Woman Player of the Year points standings. The 22-player field competed for a purse of $7,500, and Kim Paez took home $1,050. The Lajitas Golf Resort Women’s Section Championship was presented by A.PUTNAM and XXIO. The Nelson Golf and Sports Club Par: 35-35–70 Women’s Championship Yardage: 5,878 yards