
Paul Claxton


- Age
- 57
- Turned Pro
- 1993
- Hometown
- Claxton, Ga.
- College
- University of Georgia
PGA Club Professional
- PGA Membership
- 1995
- PGA Section
- Georgia
- 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).