Kentucky PGA Section releases 2022 tournament schedule.

LOUISVILLE, KY (January 18, 2022) – The Kentucky PGA Section’s schedule for the 2022 tournament season is now available to view.

This year’s fixture of events features some traditional tournaments and venues while also welcoming exciting facilities to the event slate that have not been seen in several years. Among them, The Club at Olde Stone and Keene Trace Golf Club.

The season will begin at Belterra Golf Club in Florence, Indiana for the annual Kaiser Cup featuring the previous season’s twelve best Member Professionals against the top dozen Associates and Assistant Professionals. That event will take place on April 4-5.

State Opens will take place from the end of June through the end of July. The Kentucky Senior Open will be the first of these events to take place on June 27-28 at The University Club at Arlington in Richmond. Two weeks later, the Kentucky Women’s Open will head east with Bellefonte Country Club hosting this event for the first time on July 11-12. Persimmon Ridge Golf Club will then host the Kentucky Open for the second consecutive year on July 26-28, marking the 103^rd edition of the most prestigious tournament in the state.

The late summer and early fall will then be highlighted by the year’s Section Championships. Seniors will once again lead this group of tournaments as the Kentucky Senior PGA Professional Championship occurs on August 8-9 at Frankfort Country Club. After Labor Day on September 6, Wildwood Country Club will be the site of the National Car Rental Kentucky Assistant PGA Professional Championship plus the Kentucky Women’s PGA Professional Championship. The 71^st playing of the Kentucky PGA Professional Championship will then be contested at The Club at Olde Stone on September 12-13; the first time since 2015 the tournament will be held at the esteemed facility.

The season finale event, the Pro-Pro Series Championship presented by Golf Pro Payments, will be held on October 31-November 1 at Keene Trace Golf Club. Both the Champions Trace and Keene Run layouts will be played during this event to wrap up 2022.

Registration for all tournaments will open on Tuesday, March 8. Please note that all dates and venues are subject to change. Major championships are denoted with bold text while qualifiers are italicized.

Further questions about the Kentucky PGA’s tournament schedule can be directed towards Ray Moehlman, PGA Director, Professional Competitions via email or by calling (502) 243-8295 ext. 20303.

About the Kentucky PGA:

The Kentucky PGA Section (KPGA) is one of forty-one Sections across the country representing the PGA of America and its Members. It is also one of three organizations encompassed within Golf House Kentucky, which also includes the Kentucky Golf Association (KGA) and Kentucky Golf Foundation (KGF). The KPGA contains more than 275 Members and more than 30 Associates working in various roles across Kentucky; all of whom share the goal of bettering the game and its players. The KPGA and its Members assist with the organization of many chief growth-of-the-game initiatives including PGA HOPE and PGA Jr. League among others. The Section also operates more than thirty tournaments throughout the golf season, including the Kentucky Open and qualifiers for the Barbasol Championship.

Media Contact:
Ethan Fisher, PGA | Golf House Kentucky | efisher@kygolf.org | (502) 792-9703