Doan Three-Peats at Club Car Northern Texas Senior PGA Professional Championship
Taylor Coffelt • June 16, 2020
In a sudden death playoff against former PGA TOUR professional, PGA Life Member and his former college roommate, Paul Stankowski, Cameron Doan, PGA head professional at Preston Trail Golf Club, captured the Club Car Northern Texas Senior PGA Professional Championship for the third year in a row. Doan claimed the victory with rounds of 68-69—137, 7-under-par and took home a $1,000 check. This marks Doan’s 10th overall Individual NTPGA Major Championship win.
Coming off of a win last week at the TPx Communications Western Championship, Doan was elated to share a second win with his son and caddie, Tristan. “It was pretty cool to have him with me again today. He was able to calm me down and we played the last eleven [holes] 4-under.”
Stankowski also finished at 7-under but fell just short during the two-hole sudden-death playoff. He had nothing but positive things to say about Doan, though, and even reminisced about their college years. “[Playing alongside Cameron] brought back a lot of memories. We played four years together at the University of Texas El Paso and I’ve admired his career as a golf professional. We always knew he was going to be something special no matter what he did. I was hoping we’d get paired together at some point today and I was thrilled to [lose] to ‘Sarge’ once again.”
Qualifying for the 32nd Senior PGA Professional Championship was held in conjunction with the Club Car Northern Texas Senior PGA Professional Championship. Thirty-six (36) professionals of the 58-man field attempted to qualify this week.
Doan will lead four others to represent the Northern Texas PGA Section at the National Championship to be held at PGA Golf Club, Wanamaker & Ryder Courses, in Port St. Lucie, FL on October 15-18. They include Stankowski, Rick Woodson, PGA teaching professional at Sherrill Park Golf Course, Bruce Smith, PGA director of instruction at Black Belt Golf Academy, and Brad Ott, PGA director of instruction at TPC Craig Ranch.
The 2020 Club Car Northern Texas Senior PGA Professional Championship, supported by The Golf Channel and John Deere, was a 36-hole stroke play event contested at Hurricane Creek Country Club, a 6,658-yard, par 72 layout located in Anna, Texas. The field was competing for a purse of $9,000.
Qualifying and Championship results here.
Woodson and Schaefer (a) Capture Senior Division
Little Secures Senior Division
Six qualify for Senior PGA Professional Championship
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