Harbor Shores Trophy

Paul Claxton

United States
United States of America
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Paul Claxton

United States
United States of America
Age
56
Turned Pro
1993
Hometown
Vidalia, Ga.
College
University of Georgia

PGA Club Professional

PGA Membership
1995
PGA Section
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).