Moscovic Victorious at the Northern Texas PGA Professional Championship
Taylor Coffelt • August 19, 2020
DENTON, Texas
– Chad Moscovic, PGA director of instruction at Brook Hollow Golf Club, captured the Northern Texas PGA Professional Championship with impressive rounds of 65-67—132, 10-under par. This win marks his second overall Individual Major Championship and second Northern Texas PGA Professional Championship.
Moscovic began the round sharing the lead with PGA head professional at Green Tree Country Club, Adam Headley, but by hole #9 he had jumped to the top of the leaderboard by two strokes. Defending champion Matt Lohmeyer, PGA teaching professional at GOLFTEC - Montgomery Plaza, started the final round one shot back of lead and also attempted to catch Moscovic, but couldn’t do so. Moscovic made birdies on #12 and #13, and cruised to a four shot victory and a first place check of $3,000.
“The win feels good and it was fun,” Moscovic said after his round. “[My] putter was solid these last couple of days, I didn’t miss many putts that I should have made, and I didn’t make a bogey until the fourteenth hole. It was really about minimizing the errors, which I did and I didn’t have any idea I was leading. I knew I was in [contention] for sure but I didn’t know I was ahead by three or four strokes. It was fun!”
The field was 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. 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.
Moscovic, who has played in the National Championship three times, will lead six other PGA Professionals, who qualified today from the Northern Texas Section to the 54th PGA Professional Championship. Joining him will be Headley, as well as Gabe Reynolds, PGA teaching professional at TopGolf - Dallas, Cameron Doan, PGA head professional at Preston Trail Golf Club, Greg Gregory, PGA head professional at Hidden Creek Golf Course, Vince Jewell, PGA teaching professional at Woodbridge Golf Club, and Brandon Bingaman, PGA assistant professional at Bent Tree Country Club. Matt Lohmeyer, 2019 NTPGA Player of the Year, was already exempt for the 54th PGA Professional Championship via the “Section’s pick” which will be awarded annually, beginning in 2020, to the Northern Texas PGA’s reigning Player of the Year.
This 36-hole NTPGA Section major championship was 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 served 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 Northern Texas PGA Professional Championship was presented by Club Car and OMEGA and supported by Titleist / FootJoy, NIKE, and TaylorMade. Supporting partners of the Championship were AT&T Byron Nelson, Golf Channel, and PGA TOUR. The Championship was 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 featured 99 PGA Members who were competing for a spot in the 54th PGA Professional Championship and a $26,000 projected purse.
Final 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