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FACT SHEET

45th PGA PROFESSIONAL NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP

Presenting sponsors: Club Car, Mercedes-Benz, OMEGA

Dates: June 24-27, 2012
Site: Bayonet Black Horse - Seaside, Calif.
Bayonet (site of final two rounds)
Exclusive Media Partner: Golf Channel
Contributing Partner: PGA Tour
Defending Champion: David Hutsell, Baltimore, Md.
Television Schedule: Golf Channel (All Times Eastern)
First Round: Sunday, June 24 9:30 - 11:30 p.m. Replay: Monday, June 25 4:00 a.m. - 6:00 a.m. Second Round: Monday, June 25 3:30 - 6:00 p.m. Replay: Tuesday, June 26 3:00 a.m. - 5:00 a.m. Third Round: Tuesday, June 26 4:00 - 7:00 p.m. Replay: Wednesday, June 27 3:00 a.m. - 5:00 a.m. Final Round: Wednesday, June 27 4:00 - 7:00 p.m. Replay: Thursday, June 28 3:00 a.m. - 5:00 a.m.
Prize Money and Awards
The 2012 PGA Professional National Championship features a $550,000 purse. The 2012 Champion's name will be inscribed on the Walter Hagen Cup, which is enshrined at the PGA Museum of Golf in Port St. Lucie, Fla. The 2012 PGA Club Professional Champion receives exemptions for the following:

 The 2012 PGA Championship

 The 2013 PGA Cup

 Six PGA Tour events over a 12-month period

The Walter Hagen Cup
Presented to the PGA Club Professional Champion, the Walter Hagen Cup is named after the legendary golfer, five-time PGA Champion and one of the 35 charter members of The PGA of America. Hagen elevated the role of the PGA Professional throughout his career. The Haig's inspirational career is reflected by today's PGA Professionals in the national championship - displaying playing skills under a national spotlight while also serving their respective clubs and golf communities as managers, merchandisers, and respected teachers of the game. The PGA Club Professional Champion receives a replica of the crystal Walter Hagen Cup, which is 14½ inches high, 12 inches wide, and weighs 17½ pounds.
Method of Play
Stroke play, four rounds, 18 holes daily on two courses. The entire field of 312 will compete on each course at least once in the first two rounds. Following the first 36 holes of play, the field will be reduced to the low 70 scorers and those tied for 70th place. Those players will compete in the final two rounds at Bayonet Course. In the event of a tie for first place upon completion of play, there will be a hole-by-hole
playoff beginning on the 18th hole. If the tie remains, play continues to Hole 16, and 17, and repeated until a
winner is determined. A playoff to break the tie for the low 20 scorers will begin on Hole No. 10, and continue through 18, if necessary.
Eligibility
The field of 312 will be limited to those PGA members who are eligibly employed as golf professionals and in certain pre-established membership classifications as of May 9, 2012. The PGA of America reserves the right to determine whether any applicant is so employed and to reject any applicant who does not meet the requirements. No player will be eligible if he or she has played in more than 10 combined PGA Tour, Senior PGA Tour, Nationwide Tour, LPGA, PGA European Tour, Canadian Tour, Australia/New Zealand Tour, JPGA Tour, The Sunshine Tour (South Africa), The Asian Tour, The Safari Tour, The PGA Challenge Tour, European Seniors Tour, JPGA Senior Tour, WPGT, JLPGA, Golden Bear Tour, Hooter's Tour (Professional Winter and Carolina Series), Adams Golf Pro Tour Series, Dakotas Tour, Gateway Tours (Beach and Desert), Heartland Players Senior Tour, LPGT, Tarheel Tour (egolf Tour) and SBC Futures Tour events between May 7, 2011 - May 8, 2012. (The U.S. Open, U.S. Senior Open, PGA Championship, and Senior PGA Championship are not included in the 10-tournament count). The Callaway Golf PGA Assistant Champion will be exempt into the national field, provided that he or she was a PGA member at the time of entry into the PGA Professional National Championship.
PAR AND YARDAGES: The Bayonet and Black Horse Courses will be used during the Championship's first two rounds. Bayonet will host the final two rounds. Bayonet will play 7,105 yards and to a par of 36-36-72, while Black Horse will play to 6,904 yards to a par of 36-36-72.
BAYONET GOLF COURSE - HOLE-BY-HOLE (Par-72, 7,105 Yards)

HOLE	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	TOTAL
PAR	5	4	4	3	4	3	4	3	4	36
YARDAGE	548	440	368	205	348	224	395	602	450	3,580
HOLE	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	TOTAL
PAR	5	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	5	36
YARDAGE	518	389	420	480	195	372	394	227	530	3,525

BLACK HORSE GOLF COURSE - HOLE BY HOLE (Par-72, 6,904 Yards)

HOLE	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	TOTAL
PAR	5	3	4	4	3	4	4	5	4	36
YARDAGE	536	220	394	447	200	266	396	552	422	3,433
HOLE	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	TOTAL
PAR	4	4	5	4	4	3	4	3	5	36
YARDAGE	418	452	509	426	368	182	330	198	588	3,471

Rules and Regulations
The Rules of Golf, which govern play, are determined by the United States Golf Association and applied by The PGA of America Board of Directors. The Championship is subject to the overall supervision of the board and the PGA Rules Committee.
ARCHITECTS: Bayonet and Black Horse Courses are the respective designs of Maj. Gen. Robert B. McClure and Maj. Gen. Edwin Carnes, each who served terms as Commanding General of the former Fort Ord near Seaside, Calif. In 1954, Maj. Gen. McClure designed Bayonet Golf Course, which was named after the Seventh Infantry "Light Fighter" Division (nicknamed "Bayonet Division"). Black Horse Golf Course, named in honor of the 11th Cavalry Regiment (nicknamed "Black Horse"), was designed in 1964 by Maj. Gen.
Carnes.

The National Championship Returns to Northern California

Bayonet and Black Horse Welcomes Nation's Finest PGA Professionals
Bayonet and Black Horse Golf Courses in Seaside, Calif., a pair of challenging venues that overlook California's famed Monterey Peninsula to host the 45th PGA Professional National Championship presented by Club Car, Mercedes-Benz and OMEGA, marking the 11th time that The PGA of America's showcase event for PGA Professionals will be contested in California, and first since 1996.
Bayonet and Black Horse Golf Courses, named in honor of two U.S. Army divisions, occupy property that was once part of the former Fort Ord military base near Seaside, Calif. The courses earned national recognition in 2010 when they hosted the Second Stage of PGA Tour Qualifying School and a U.S. Open qualifying event.
Bayonet Golf Course features an uphill, dogleg right, 450-yard, par-4 ninth hole that exemplifies the course's significant challenge following the Gene Bates' redesign, which included new Jacklin T1 bentgrass throughout both courses. Black Horse presents players with the challenging par-3 15th, which was created in its renovation and overlooks the bay to fit into one of the premier holes on the Monterey Peninsula.

Golfweek named Bayonet and Black Horse to its roster of "Best New Courses of 2009" in the highly competitive renovation category.

Bayonet Course will host the final two National Championship rounds, which will be televised by Golf
Channel.
Bayonet was designed by Maj. Gen. Robert B. McClure in 1954, redesigned by Bates and opened in 2007. The course was named in honor of the Seventh Infantry Light Fighter Division (Bayonet Division). The par-
72, 7,105-yard design, with its narrow corridors and steep bunkering, is considered one of the most difficult tests of golf on the Monterey Peninsula.
Retaining its classic, tree-lined character, while showcasing Bates' elegant bunkering and graceful greens, the new Bayonet offers expanded views of the bay. Although the overall length of Bayonet has increased only 16 yards, the strategic and visual impact created by Bates' bunkering is immeasurable. The front nine, which debuted in May of 2007, is different from the original layout in several ways -- mostly notably the order that the holes are played has changed and a spectacular new ninth hole has been created. Overall, the addition of Bates' classic bunkering, punctuated by snow-white sand, and removal of the Kikuyu and poa annua grasses in the fairways and greens have produced a substantial improvement to Bayonet's playing conditions.
With the removal of the Kikuyu and poa annua, all of the new turf is Jacklin T1 Bentgrass, a type that is superior in density and performance that will allow not only for better roll, but also will harmonize with the state-of-the-industry drainage and irrigation systems installed on all 36 holes.
One of the most dramatic design changes to the greens is the more level-putting surface on what was the par-4 seventh hole (now the fifth hole on the side).
Black Horse Golf Course, a 1964 design by Maj. Gen. Edwin Carnes, was named in honor of the 11th Cavalry Regiment (Black Horse), which was stationed at the Presidio of Monterey (1919-1940). Carnes was the commanding general of Fort Ord from 1963 to 1965. Today, Black Horse is a 6,904-yard, par-72 layout that was renovated in 1998 by Chris Gray and redesigned by Bates in 2008. It features sweeping vistas of the Pacific Ocean and highlighted by fescue-framed fairways, bunker with distinctive, serrated edges and slick contoured greens.
The redesign of Bayonet and Black Horse Golf Courses began with the removal of the Kikuyu and poa annua, with Jacklin T1 Bentgrass, a strain that is superior in density and performance and will allow not only for better roll, but will harmonize with the state-of-the-industry drainage and irrigation systems installed on all 36 holes.
Showcasing Bates' elegant bunkering and graceful greens, the new Black Horse offers expanded views of the bay. Distinctively different than its previous design, Black Horse has been transformed from a series of tightly tree-lined holes to a more open, flowing and comfortable environment. Moreover, the strategic and visual impact is nonetheless developing into the ideal complement to Bayonet.
Black Horse is comprised of new tees, fairways, greens, and bunkering on each hole. It follows much of the original route, but takes several new directions, mostly notably are the 14th (par 4) and 15th (par 3). The 15th is an entirely new and repositioned par-3, already noted as being one of the signature holes on the property. Facing the bay with a wide view of the water and city as its backdrop, the hole also will play into
a prevailing wind. A series of bunkers protect the right side of the green, with collection areas both left and rear.
About The PGA Professional National Championship
The PGA Professional National Championship began in 1968 to provide additional playing opportunities for PGA Professionals. Since its origin, it has become a showcase event for PGA Professionals, featuring some of the finest players in the Association. Formerly a 360-player field, the format of The PGA Club Professional Championship was converted in 1997 to a larger nationwide event that today features the finest 156 players at the peak of their games.
In 1997, The Championship created local Sectional Club Professional Championships, four new Regional Professional Championships, and moved its dates to one month prior to the PGA Championship. The PGA Professional National Championship now features an expanded field of 312 players.
The field competes on two courses at premier sites throughout the nation. The Championship features a total purse of more than $1.5 million that is awarded in Section and national championships.
Prior to 1997, the PGA Professional National Championship was held after the golf season had ended across much of the U.S. The Championship has been conducted in 16 states in the previous 44 years: Arizona, California, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Missouri, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina and Wisconsin. The list of Champions over the past
44 years includes Sam Snead, Bob Rosburg, Ed Dougherty, Bruce Fleisher and the late Larry Gilbert. Former Tour professionals Rex Baxter Jr., Don Massengale, Laurie Hammer, Larry Webb, Bob Boyd, Brett Upper, Bruce Zabriski and Jeff Freeman also have won The National Championship.
In 1997, The 30th PGA Club Professional Championship was the first to be televised live by The Golf Channel to millions of viewers in this country, along with viewers in Canada, China, Japan, Korea, Latin America, Malaysia, the Middle East, Scandinavia and Singapore. The 45th PGA Club Professional Championship has a potential audience of 110 million.

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