2024 Senior PGA Professional Championship Recap-
Sunriver, Oregon – Eight of our Iowa PGA Members competed in the 2024 Senior PGA Professional Championship at the Sunriver Resort in Sunriver, Oregon (September 26-29, 2024). Schmid 9th place, McCarty T10th place and Gibb T17th place after the 72-hole championship.
Tracy Vest of Lake House Sports, Jeff Schmid (Exempt) of Brown Deer Golf Club, Sean McCarty of Brown Deer Golf Club, John Bermel of Pheasant Ridge Golf Course, Chad Proehl (Exempt) of Sugar Creek Golf Club, Chris Black of Hickory Grove Golf Course, Judd Gibb of Hanson’s Custom Golf and Bryan Luedtke of Bunker Links Golf Course.
Schmid, McCarty and Gibb are part of the corebridge financial PGA Team Top 35 that will compete in the 2025 Senior PGA Championship to be held on May 22-25, 2025 at Congressional Country Club in Bethesda, Maryland.
Thank you to Schmid, McCarty, Gibb, Black, Proehl, Vest, Luedtke and Bermel for representing the Iowa PGA Section on the big stage.
Round 1
McCarty’s first round he carded birdies on holes 9, 10, 11, 12, 14 and 18 including a bogey on hole 8. His first-round total score was 66.
Gibb’s first round he carded birdies on holes 14 and 18 including bogeys on holes 8 and 10. His first-round total score was 71.
Black’s first round he carded birdies on holes 1 and 5 including a bogey on hole 15. His first-round total score of 71.
Proehl’s first round he carded birdies on holes 10 and 16 including bogeys on holes 7 and 9. His first-round total score of 72.
Schmid’s first round he carded birdies on holes 7, 14 and 17; bogeys on holes 2 and 4 including a double bogey on hole 6. His first-round total score of 73.
Vest’s first round he carded birdies on holes 2, 10 and 14; bogeys on holes 11, 12 and 17 including a double bogey on hole 3. His first-round total score of 74.
Bermel’s first round he carded bogeys on holes 1, 5, 11, 12 and 13. His first-round total score of 76.
Luedtke’s first round he carded birdies on holes 6 and 7; bogeys on holes 2, 4, 8, 15 and 16 including double bogeys on holes 1 and 18. His first-round total score of 80.
Round 2
Schmid’s second round he carded birdies on holes 1, 8, 9 and 15 including bogeys on holes 14 and 18. His second-round total score of 70.
Vest’s second round he carded birdies on holes 1, 5, 13 and 16; bogeys on holes 6, 9, 15 and 18; an eagle on hole 10 including a double bogey on hole 11. His second-round total score of 72.
Proehl’s second round he carded birdies on holes 10, 11 and 18; bogeys on holes 5 and 7 including a double bogey on hole 14. His second-round total score of 72.
Gibb’s second round he carded birdies on holes 1 and 10 including bogeys on holes 5 and 9. His second-round total score of 72.
Black’s second round he carded birdies on holes 2, 6 and 8; bogeys on holes 3, 12, 13 and 18 including a double bogey on hole 7. His second-round total score of 74.
McCarty’s second round he carded birdies on holes 1 and 6; bogeys on holes 2, 5 and 14 including a double bogey on hole 15. His second-round total score of 75.
Luedtke’s second round he carded a birdie on hole 11 including bogeys on holes 2, 4, 7, 8 and 18. His second-round total score of 75.
Bermel’s second round he carded a birdie on hole 15; bogeys on holes 2, 9, 17 and 18 including a double bogey on hole 7. His second-round total score of 77.
The projected 36-hole cut was +3. Bermel and Luedtke fought hard.
Round 3
McCarty’s third round he carded birdies on holes 2, 9, 10, 15 and 17 including a bogey on hole 14. His third-round total score of 67.
Gibb’s third round he carded birdies on holes 3, 4, 7, 10, 11, 15 and 17; bogeys on holes 8 and 16 including a double bogey on hole 18. His third-round total score of 68.
Schmid’s third round he carded birdies on holes 1, 2, 5, 12, 14 and 17 including bogeys on holes 3, 9, 16 and 18. His third-round total score of 69.
Black’s third round he carded birdies on holes 1, 11, 15 and 16; bogeys on holes 3 and 12 including a double bogey on hole 10. His third-round total score of 71.
Vest’s third round he carded birdies on holes 5, 13 and 17 including bogeys on holes 6, 15, 16 and 18. His third-round total score of 72.
Proehl’s third round he carded birdies on holes 5, 9, 11 and 14; bogeys on holes 1,7, 13 and 16. His third-round total score of 73.
The projected 54-hole cut was +3. Vest fought hard.
Final Round
Schmid’s final round he carded birdies 4, 5, 6, 12, 14 and 18 including bogeys on holes 10 and 11. His four-day total scores was 73-70-69-67=279 and finished in 9th place.
McCarty’s final round he carded birdies on holes 1, 2, 8, 9 and 17; bogeys on holes 4,6, 13 and 15 including a double bogey on hole 10. His four-day total scores was 66-75-67-72=280 and finished T10th place.
Gibb’s final round he carded birdies on holes 6, 9, 15 and 17 including bogeys on holes 1, 4, 5 and 16. His four-day total scores was 71-72-68-71=282 and finished T17th place.
Black’s final round he carded birdies on holes 2, 5, 11 and 17; bogeys on holes 1, 4, 7 and 16 including a double bogey on hole 3. His four-day total scores was 71-74-71-73=289 and finished T56th place.
Proehl’s final round he carded bogeys on holes 12 and 17 including a double bogey on hole 14. His four-day total scores was 72-72-73-75=292 and finished T72nd place.
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