Headley & Moscovic Lead After Round One of the Northern Texas PGA Professional Championship
Taylor Coffelt • August 17, 2020
DENTON, Texas
– Adam Headley, PGA head professional at Green Tree Country Club, and Chad Moscovic, PGA director of instruction at Brook Hollow Golf Club, lead the Northern Texas PGA Professional Championship after Round One. Headley carded seven birdies and Moscovic carded six to finish the day at 6 under par, 65.
Sitting one shot back of the leader is defending champion Matt Lohmeyer, PGA teaching professional at GOLFTEC - Montgomery Plaza, and Cameron Doan, PGA head professional at Preston Trail Golf Club.
During today’s round, Brad Ott, PGA director of instruction at TPC Craig Ranch, and Clinton Naegelin, PGA teaching professional at Twin Rivers Golf Club, made hole-in-ones. Both professionals used 7-irons and both aces occurred on the 167-yard 11th hole.
This 36-hole NTPGA Section major championship is the third of the four individual stroke play championships that comprise the Yamaha Golf-Car Company & Srixon / Cleveland Golf / XXIO / ASICS Player of the Year Points Challenge presented by Adventures In Golf. It also serves as a qualifier to earn points to make the 2020 Yamaha Golf-Car Company & Srixon / Cleveland Golf Match Play Championship, Texas Joe Black Cup team and Levy Cup team.
The field is also competing for seven qualifying spots into the 54th PGA Professional Championship set to take place April 25-28, 2021 at PGA Golf Club in Port St. Lucie, Florida. Matt Lohmeyer, 2019 Player of the Year, is already exempt for the 54th PGA Professional Championship via the “Section’s pick” which will be awarded annually to the Northern Texas PGA’s Player of the Year. At the 54th PGA Professional Championship, the top 20 finishers will earn a spot into the 103rd PGA Championship at The Ocean Course at Kiawah Island Golf Resort in Kiawah Island, South Carolina. The 103rd PGA Championship is scheduled to be played May 20-23, 2021.
The Northern Texas PGA Professional Championship is presented by Club Car and OMEGA and supported by Titleist / FootJoy, NIKE, and TaylorMade. Supporting partners of the Championship are AT&T Byron Nelson, Golf Channel, and PGA TOUR. The Championship is being conducted at Wildhorse Golf Club at Robson Ranch (South & North Courses), a 6,924-yard, par 71 layout located in Denton, Texas.
The Northern Texas PGA Professional Championship features 99 PGA Members who are competing for a spot in the 54th PGA Professional Championship and a $26,000 projected purse with the champion taking home $3,000. The leaders will tee off tomorrow at 1:27 p.m.
Round One 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