
Brad Lardon

- Age
- 58
- Turned Pro
- 1989
- Hometown
- Santa Fe, NM
- College
- Rice University
PGA Club Professional
- PGA Membership
- 1993
- PGA Section
- Sun Country
- Home Club
- The Club at Las Campanas, Santa Fe, N.M
- PGA Classification
- A-4, PGA Director of Golf
Bio
PGA Director of Golf Operations at The Club at Las Campanas... Finished T-13 at the 2022 Senior PGA Professional Championship to earn a spot on the Corebridge Financial PGA Team... Appeared in his 12th PGA Professional Championship in 2023... Earned his way into three PGA Championships as a member of the Corebridge Financial PGA Team following top-20 finishes in the PGA Professional Championship in 2007 (T-16), 2011 (T-5), and 2016 (T-13)... Appeared in four KitchenAid Senior PGA Championships from 2016-19... Competed on the PGA Tour in 1991, 1994, and from 2002-05, appearing in 106 events, including 14 Major championships... Finished T-58 at the 2002 U.S. Open... Winner, 2016 Senior PGA Professional Player of the Year... Secured the winning point for the U.S. Team in the 2011 PGA Cup... Winner, 2022,β16 Sun Country PGA Professional Championship... Winner, 2022, β20, β19, β18, β17 Sun Country PGA Section Senior Professional Championship... Winner, 2022, β21, β18 Black Mesa Senior New Mexico Open... Winner, 2019 Sun Country PGA Professional of the Year... Five-time Sun Country Senior PGA Player of the Year (2018-22)... Other Sun Country PGA awards include the 2018 Bill Strausbaugh Award and 2017 Teacher of the Year Award... Winner, 2010, β06 Southern Texas PGA Professional Championship... Winner, 2016, β13, β12 Southern Texas PGA Section Match Play Championship... Winner, 1996, β95 Texas State Open... Winner, 2013, β07 Southern Texas PGA Player of the Year... Winner, 2012 Southern Texas PGA Eastern Chapter Professional of the Year... Former Vice President (2015, 2016) and Secretary (2013, 2014) of the Southern Texas PGA... Played col- lege golf at Rice University... First and only Rice graduate to ever play on the PGA Tour... Inducted into the Rice Athletics Hall of Fame in 2021... During the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, he launched his βPGA Pros for PGA Prosβ program, conducting half-hour virtual golf coaching sessions and donating 100 percent of the proceeds to PGA Professionals that had lost their jobs due to the pandemic... Also, a com- petitive table tennis player, having appeared in three U.S. Opens in the sport and previously being ranked in top five in the U.S. for boys under 13.