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Paul Claxton
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- Age
- 56
- Turned Pro
- 1993
- Hometown
- Vidalia, Ga.
- College
- University of Georgia
PGA Club Professional
- PGA Membership
- 1995
- PGA Section
- Georgia
- Home Club
- Richmond Hill Golf Club - Richmond Hill Ga.
- PGA Classification
- A-1, PGA Head Professional
Bio
PGA Head Golf Professional at Richmond Hill Golf Club…T-26 finish in the 2023 Senior PGA Professional Championship to earn a berth on the Corebridge Financial Team…Winner, 2021 Senior PGA Professional Championship at PGA Golf Club; 2020 and '21 Georgia Senior Open; Member of the PGA TOUR in 1997, 2002, 2005, and 2008...Played in 108 PGA TOUR events making 42 cuts with 8 T-25th finishes...Played in the 2017 PGA Championship and five KitchenAid Senior PGA Championships...Best finish: 12th at the 1997 CVS Charity Classic & T-15th in the 2005 Valero Texas Open; 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 Web.Com 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-23rd 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).