Team of Brown & Henry Capture the The Ratliff Group & O’Brien Architects Pro-Pro Championship, Henry Donates Winnings to NTPGA Foundation
Taylor Coffelt • September 1, 2020
RICHARDSON, Texas
– The team of Chris Brown and J.J. Henry was victorious today following the final round of the The Ratliff Group & O’Brien Architects Pro-Pro Championship. With incredible, bogey-free rounds of 61-63–124, 20 under par, they captured their title by a six shot margin. Brown and Henry are PGA Members who spend their working days on the PGA TOUR. Brown caddies throughout the season, and Henry has been playing on TOUR since 2001.
“It was great [playing together]. We got along really well and had a lot of fun,” Brown said after their round. “We spend more time together than we spend with our families since we’re on TOUR together!” Henry joked. “We know each other’s game really well and we made it work. For me personally, winning the Pro-Scratch with my caddie in 2006 and then winning this has been really great. Hopefully what we did this week will carry over into the fall and next spring for us as well.”
Upon the completion of the championship, J.J. Henry donated his winnings to the Northern Texas PGA Foundation.
“I’ve been fortunate enough to play the PGA TOUR for 20 something years. This week with Chris was more about friendship than the competition,” said Henry. “It is fortunate, too, that my son is playing and loves the game. He has grown up on the NTPGA’s Junior Tour. The Section does a wonderful job growing the game and it only made sense to donate my winnings from the tournament back to the Foundation. Next spring or summer we will host an event in my name and I am excited to have all the kids out to play and compete.”
Again this year, the Championship had a Senior Division, with 14 of the 58 participating teams paired together who are aged 50 or older. These teams were competing for a separate $7,850 purse and played at modified yardages.
Bruce Smith, PGA director of instruction at Black Belt Golf Academy, and Brian Mahon, PGA teaching professional at Hank Haney Vista Ridge, captured the Senior Division title with impressive rounds of 65-64–129, 15 under par. This was their first time teaming-up at the Pro-Pro Championship and both stated they would “be back to defend their title next year”.
The Four-Ball Stroke Play Northern Texas PGA major championship featured a field of 58 two-person teams comprised of PGA Members and Associates competing at Sherrill Park Golf Course - Course #1, a par 72, 7,031-yard facility located in Richardson.
The Ratliff Group & O’Brien Architects Pro-Pro Championship was presented by Adventures In Golf, AT&T Byron Nelson, Callaway Golf, Club Car, Columbia Golf, E-Z-GO, Golf ScoreCards, Inc., Lorente Golf, and Perry Weather.
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