| TENNESSEE PGA SECTION SENIOR PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP conducted by the Tennessee PGA | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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HISTORY: The Tennessee Senior PGA Professional Championship goes back to 1967 when the Tennessee chapter of the Southeastern PGA played a State PGA tournament. The first senior champion was Peck Leslie of Bluegrass Yacht and Country Club, Hendersonville. Beginning in 1999, the TPGA began using a separate site for its Senior Championship and changed the tournament to a 36-hole format. Section professionals, age 50 and older, are eligible for the competition. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nashville’s Bill Breen won his first Tennessee PGA Senior Professional Championship. He shot 69-64—133 (-11) to win by seven strokes over Tullahoma’s Jared Melson.
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TOURNAMENT RECORDS Most championships: 4, Buddy Harston, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011; Mark Houser, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2012; Walt Chapman, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019. Most consecutive championships: 4, Walt Chapman, 2016-2019. Most runner-up finishes: 4, Lloyd Foree, 1967, 1972, 1979, 1981. Lowest score, 36 holes: 129, Walt Chapman, 2016, The Virginian. Lowest score, 36 holes, based on par: 129 (-15), Walt Chapman, 2016, The Virginian. Lowest score, 54 holes: 212, Peck Leslie, 1967, Tansi Resort. Lowest score, 54 holes, based on par: 214 (-2), Richard Eller, 1998, Council Fire. Lowest 18-hole score: 63, Walt Chapman, 2016, 2nd round, The Virginian; Bill Breen, 2020, 2nd round, Nashville G∾ 65, Audie Johnson, 2016, 2nd round, The Virginian. Lowest 18-hole score, based on par: 63 (-9), Walt Chapman, 2016, 2nd round, The Virginian; 65 (-7), Audie Johnson, 2016, 2nd round, The Virginian. Lowest first-round score: 66, Sam Adams, 2000, The Governors Club; Walt Chapman, 2016, The Virginian; Buddy Harston, 2016, The Virginian. Lowest final-round score: 63, Walt Chapman, 2016, The Virginian. Lowest 18-hole final round score by a winner: 63, Walt Chapman, 2016, The Virginian. Largest winning margin in 36-hole tournament: 7 strokes, Bobby Bray, 1999, The Governors Club; Mark Houser, 2005, Bluegrass; Walt Chapman, 2016, The Virginian; Bill Breen, 2020, Nashville G&AC. Largest winning margin in 54-hole tournament: 18 strokes, Duke Ellington, 1982, Ridgefields. Longest span, first to last victory: 12 years, Vernon Thwaites, 1972-1984. Longest span between victories: 12 years, Vernon Thwaites, 1972-1984. Most times host club of championship: 7, The Governors Club, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2008. *-now Tennessee Grasslands (Links) *-now Gaylord Springs Golf Club **-now Germantown Country Cl | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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