PGA Professional Championship (Great Britain and Ireland)

PGA Professional Championship (Great Britain and Ireland)
Tournament information
Established1973
Organised byThe PGA
Formatstroke play
Current champion
England Paul Hendriksen (2023)

The PGA Professional Championship is a golf tournament run by The PGA for club professionals. It was first played in 1973 as the MacGregor PGA Club Professionals' Championship.[1] The leading nine players in the event became the Great Britain and Ireland team for the first Diamondhead Cup, the forerunner of the PGA Cup, played against a United States team at Pinehurst later in the year.[2]

  1. ^ "'Forgotten men' given tournament". The Glasgow Herald. 10 July 1973. p. 4.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference p1973 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).