Hendley Victorious at Club Car Northern Texas Senior PGA Professional Championship
Richardson, Texas –
With a birdie on #18, Stuart Hendley, PGA director of instruction at Grapevine Golf Course, captured the Club Car Northern Texas Senior PGA Professional Championship avoiding a three-person playoff with round one co-leader Tom Strueber, PGA Life Member, and Carl Worley, PGA head professional at Hide-A-Way Lake Golf Club. Hendley was eight feet below the hole when he knocked in the putt to claim his first Northern Texas Senior PGA Professional Championship with rounds of 69-70—139, 5-under par. He took home a $1,700 check for his victory.
“I have finished second in this event the past two years to Paul Norris. I'm happy to win any event, but in was nice to finally win after those second place finishes," said Hendley after the final round. “It was really tight out there today. A bunch of guys really played well, and the last four holes it looked like really anyone could win. The course played tough today it was a little windy and a couple of guys in front of me were playing great, but I birdied #16 and #18, and it is always fun to do it when it matters.”
Strueber and Worley finished tied for second just a stroke back of Hendley at 4-under, 140. Worley had a hole-in-one during his round today. On hole 15, he hit a 4-iron, 188 yards for the ace.
Qualifying for the 2017 Senior PGA Professional National Championship was held in conjunction with the Club Car Northern Texas Senior PGA Professional Championship. Thirty-two players of the 51-man field attempted to qualify this week. Hendley will lead four others to represent the Northern Texas PGA Section at the Senior PGA Professional National Championship to be held September 28 - October 1, 2017 at Desert Mountain, Scottsdale, Arizona. They include, Worley along with Bruce Smith, PGA director of instruction at Black Belt Golf Academy, Henry Cagigal, PGA assistant professional at Rockwood Golf Course, and Paul Earnest, PGA director of golf at Four Seasons Resort and Club. Strueber was not attempting to qualify.
“Since I've been a PGA Member, every year I try to qualify in any of the events that I can. It's one of my goals for the season. Last year I finished 9th [at the Senior PGA Professional Championship] and made it to the Senior PGA Championship, so I am really looking to get back there this year,” said Hendley.
The 2017 Club Car Northern Texas Senior PGA Professional Championship, supported by Mercedes-Benz and John Deere, was a 36-hole stroke play event contested on Course #1 at Sherrill Park Golf Course, a 6,743-yard, par 72 layout located in Richardson, Texas. The field competed for a total purse of $10,520.
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