Senior PGA Trophy at Congressional

Paul Claxton

United States
United States of America

Paul Claxton

United States
United States of America
Age
57
Turned Pro
1993
Hometown
Claxton, Ga.
College
University of Georgia

PGA Club Professional

PGA Membership
1995
PGA Section
Home Club
Willow Lake Golf Club
PGA Classification
A-4, PGA Director of Golf

Bio

PGA Director of Golf at Willow Lake Golf Club…Competing in his seventh Senior PGA Championship…T-26, 2024 Senior PGA Professional Championship to earn a spot on the Corebridge Financial Team…T-39, 2022 Senior PGA Championship…Winner, 2024 Southeast Senior Classic; 2021 Senior PGA Professional Championship at PGA Golf Club; 2021 and '20 Georgia Senior Open…Played in the 2017 PGA Championship…Member of the PGA TOUR in 1997, 2002, 2005, and 2008...Played in 108 PGA TOUR events making 42 cuts…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 Tour starts (made 258 cuts and had 42 T-10 finishes…Won twice on the Korn Ferry Tour: 2001 Louisiana Open, 2007 Melwood Prince George's County Open...Finished T-23 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 Claxton, Georgia (his family has no known relation to the founding name of the city).