Team of Coughlan & Maurer (a) Capture Lajitas Golf Resort & Srixon / Cleveland Golf Pro-Scratch Championship
Taylor Coffelt • September 30, 2020
DALLAS, TX – After a sudden death playoff, Danny Coughlan, PGA head professional at Bent Tree Country Club, and his amateur partner Scott Maurer captured the title of Lajitas Golf Resort & Srixon / Cleveland Golf Pro-Scratch Champions. Maurer’s 20 foot putt for birdie on #18 in the playoff clinched their victory. They finished the Championship with rounds of 67-65–132, 10 under.
“This is my first win as a member of the NTPGA,” Coughlan said. “And it’s even better to do it with a friend. His play was pretty incredible over the last couple of days so I’m more proud of him than anything else. We’ve been working together for a little over a year so it was great to get to spend a couple of days playing together as friends.”
The Open Division featured a field with 69 teams of one PGA Professional teamed with one scratch amateur. Open Division teams were competing for a share of the $18,400 purse. Amateurs were awarded gift certificates.
Again this year, the Championship included a Senior Division of 15 teams with one PGA Professional and one scratch amateur paired together aged 50 or older. These teams competed for a separate $4,100 purse and played at modified yardages. The team of Rick Woodson, PGA teaching professional at Sherrill Park Golf Course, and his playing partner Scott Wagoner (a), captured the Senior Division title with impressive rounds of 68-66–134, 8 under.
The Four-Ball Stroke Play Northern Texas PGA major championship was conducted at Lakewood Country Club, a 6,742-yard, par 71 course located in Dallas, Texas. The Lajitas Golf Resort & Srixon / Cleveland Golf Pro-Scratch Championship was presented by Adventures In Golf, AHEAD, AT&T Byron Nelson, Garia, GolfProPayments, GT Golf Supplies, Long Drive Agency, and The Ratliff Group.
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