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Paul Claxton

United States
United States of America
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Paul Claxton

United States
United States of America
Age
56
Turned Pro
1993
Hometown
Claxton, Georgia
College
University of Georgia
Height
6 ft 0 in
Weight
149 lbs

PGA Club Professional

PGA Section
Georgia
Home Club
Richmond Hill Golf Club

Bio

PGA Head Professional at Richmond Hill Golf Club... Posted a 34th place finish at the 2022 Senior PGA Professional Championship to earn a spot on the Corebridge Financial PGA Team... Winner, 2021 Senior PGA Professional Championship at PGA Golf Club; 2020 and ‘21 Georgia Senior Open; Member of the PGA Tour in 1997, 2002, 2005, and 2008... Played in 108 PGA Tour events making 42 cuts with 8 T-25th finishes... Played in the 2017 PGA Championship and four KitchenAid Senior PGA Cham- pionships... Best finish - 12th at the 1997 CVS Charity Classic & T-15th in the 2005 Valero Texas Open; Finished T-3rd in the 2017 PGA Professional Championship and earned a berth on the 2017 U.S. PGA Cup Team... Competed in at least one Korn Ferry Tour event every year from 1994-2014, in which he played a total of 429 career Korn Ferry Tour starts (made 258 cuts and had 42 T-10 finishes... Won twice on the Korn Ferry Tour: 2001 Louisiana Open, 2007 Mel- wood Prince George’s County Open... Finished T-23rd in the 2005 U.S. Open at Pinehurst... Qualified for the 2012 U.S. Open at Olympic Club and missed the cut... He was a two-time All-America selection at the University of Georgia... Played a full amateur schedule after graduating in 1991 and captured the 1991 Georgia State Amateur at Athens Country Club... Says it’s just a coincidence that he lives in Clax- ton, Georgia (his family has no known relation to the founding name of the city).