Lajitas Golf Resort Set to Host Duel in the Desert

The Northern Texas PGA is excited to announce an update to our 2022 Section Major Championship schedule.

The NTPGA will conduct the first two days of the Yamaha Golf-Car Company | Srixon / Cleveland Golf / Asics Match Play Championship on October 3-4 .  Professionals  who finish in the top 32 of the Yamaha Golf-Car Company | Srixon / Cleveland Golf / Asics Player of the Year Points Challenge will be invited to compete in this season-ending championship. The top eight professionals  on the Rolex | XXIO Senior Points Challenge will earn an invitation as well.

Traditionally, the Open Division of the Match Play Championship is hosted over a series of three days with the Round of 32 and the Round of 16 playing day one, the Round of 8 and the Round of 4 playing day two, and the Final Match being played day three over 18 holes.

This year, however, the Final Match to determine the 2022 Yamaha Golf-Car Company | Srixon / Cleveland Golf / Asics Match Play Champion will not take place in October.

Instead, the two professionals who survive the first four rounds and earn a place in the Championship  Match will be flown to Terlingua, Texas, to compete in a 36-hole, finals showdown on December 12-13 at Lajitas Golf Resort’s Black Jack’s Crossing. The Duel in the Desert at Lajitas Golf Resort will feature a $10,000 prize for the champion and $5,000 for the runner-up.

“We are excited to provide this truly unique experience to our PGA Members,” said Mark Harrison, NTPGA Executive Director / CEO. “Our staff saw a special opportunity to enhance our partnership with Lajitas Golf Resort,  and I am very appreciative to them for playing host to this event as well as their continued support of our PGA Professionals. I would also like to thank our partners with Yamaha Golf-Car Company and Srixon / Cleveland Golf / Asics who will have representatives at the Championship Match as well. This should be fun!”

To earn a spot in the 32-place field and a chance to head to the Duel in the Desert at Lajitas Golf Resort, Members will need to earn points by playing in the Prize Possessions | E-Z-GO Eastern Championship on June 13-14, Jim Beam Black | Golf Pro Payments Western Championship on July 18-19,  Joyce Crane | Veritex Bank Section Championship on August 15-16, and the Northern Texas PGA Professional Championship on September 19-20.

Mark your calendar today, and we hope to see you at the Duel in the Desert at Lajitas Golf Resort in December!