Warren Pineo of Reno, Nevada, birdied the third hole of a sudden death playoff against defending champion Justin Hicks to win the 2026 Senior PGA Professional Championship at Superstition Mountain Golf & Country Club. The victory earned Pineo one of 35 sports in the 2027 Senior PGA Championship.
The PGA Teaching Professional at Montreux Golf & Country Club, Pineo finished at 17-under-par 271 and lifted the Leo Fraser Trophy.
“It's kind of surreal,” said Pineo. “It's such a special event for us to play in as PGA Professionals, but to actually win it with such a tough field and a really, really good golf course, two golf courses, feels really amazing. It was an outstanding competition.”
Hicks, PGA Teaching Professional at Stonebridge Country Club in Boca Raton, Fla., entered Sunday’s final round with a two-shot advantage, but it took a par by Hicks at the par-4 18th to extend the drama, forcing a sudden-death playoff.
With the victory, Pineo will headline the Corebridge Financial Team of 35 PGA of America Golf Professionals who will compete in the 2027 Senior PGA Championship, April 15-18, at The Concession Golf Club in Bradenton, Florida.
“It feels awesome,” said Pineo. “I played in it [Senior PGA Championship] last year and I missed the cut on the number. I lipped out on the last hole to miss the cut and it hurt. I came back to this week knowing that my goal was to get back there. I would like to play Concession again because I felt like I have some unfinished business with that golf course and I'm really, really excited to get back there again.”
Below is the complete list of 35 PGA of America Golf Professionals who earned a place on the Corebridge Financial Team for the 2027 Senior PGA Championship in their order of finish.
- Warren Pineo (Reno, Nev., Montreux Golf & Country Club, Northern California Section)
- Justin Hicks (Boca Raton, Fla., Stonebridge Country Club, South Florida Section)
- Chris Moody (Provo, Utah, Riverside Country Club, Utah Section)
- Jason Schmuhl (Windsor, Calif., Windsor Golf Club, Northern California Section)
- Todd Ormsby (Newnan, Ga., Sumner Grove Golf Club, Georgia Section)
- Kyle Dobbs (Scarsdale, N.Y., Fenway Golf Club, Metropolitan Section)
- Paul Scaletta (Jupiter, Fla., The Bear’s Club, South Florida Section)
- Dustin Volk (Latyon, Utah, Valley View Golf Course, Utah Section)
- Tracy Phillips (Tulsa, Okla., Cedar Ridge Country Club, South Central Section)
- Chad Kurmel (Okemos, Mich., Michigan State University, Michigan Section)
- Todd Sapere (Cobbtown, Ga., Ohoopee Match Club, Georgia Section)
- Chad Sorensen (Taft, Calif., Buena Vista Golf Course, Southern California Section)
- Stuart Smith (Reno, Nev., Somersett Golf & Country Club, Northern California Section)
- Greg Boyette (Awendaw, S.C., Bulls Bay Golf Club, Carolinas Section)
- David Hutsell (Lutherville, Md., Baltimore Country Club, Middle Atlantic Section)
- Craig Hocknull (Queen Creek, Ariz., Westchester Country Club, Metropolitan Section)
- Scott Berliner (Lake Luzerne, N.Y., Glens Falls Country Club, Northeastern N.Y. Section)
- Tim Cantwell (Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., PGA National Golf Club, South Florida Section)
- Jeffrey Schmid (Iowa City, Iowa, Brown Deer Golf Club, Iowa Section)
- Jake Reeves (Knoxville, Tenn., Fox Den Country Club, Tennessee Section)
- Darin Fisher (Albia, Iowa, William Penn University, Iowa Section)
- Rohan Allwood (Blythewood, S.C., Chester Golf Club, Carolinas Section)
- Kent Jones (Albuquerque, N.M., Sun Country Section)
- Grover Justice (Lexington, Ky., Bluegrass Golf Academy, Kentucky Section)
- John Nieporte (Boca Raton, Fla., Trump International Golf Club, South Florida Section)
- David Solomon (Alamo, Calif., Diablo Country Club, Northern California Section)
- Alan Sorensen (Bakersfield, Calif., Buena Vista Golf Course, Southern California Section)
- David Roesch (Menomonee Falls, Wis., Storm’s Golf Range, Wisconsin Section)
- Dean Vomacka (Tucson, Ariz., Omni Tucson National Golf Resort & Spa, Southwest Section)
- Micah Rudosky (Cortez, Col., Conquistador Golf Course, Colorado Section)
- Todd Bailey (Spanish Fort, Ala., Lake Forest Yacht & Country Club, Northwest Florida Section)
- Mark Sheftic (Blue Bell, Pa., Sunnybrook Golf Club, Philadelphia Section)
- Mike Stone (Perrysburg, Ohio, Belmont Country Club, Northern Ohio Section)
- Mike Small (Champaign, Ill., University of Illinois, Illinois Section)
- Dave Quinn (Marlton, N.J., Laurel Creek Country Club, Philadelphia Section)
