PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. – Golf fans will be able to purchase tickets at a discounted rate through Jan. 1, to attend the 70th Senior PGA Championship, the most historic and prestigious event in senior golf, which will be contested May 21-24, 2009, at Canterbury Golf Club in Beachwood, Ohio, approximately 10 miles southeast of Cleveland.
The Senior PGA Championship brings together both the game’s foremost senior professionals as well as many of the legendary players who compete in the season’s first senior major. Tickets will be available until Jan. 1, 2009, at $10 for Tuesday and Wednesday practice rounds; $25 for each competitive round, Thursday through Sunday, or $80 for a weekly package.
Tickets will be sold at a higher gate price after Jan. 1, 2009.
Founded in 1937, the Senior PGA Championship was first conducted at Augusta National Golf Club at the invitation of legendary Bobby Jones. The Championship perennially attracts the deepest international field and its list of Champions includes virtually the greatest players to play the game.
Canterbury Golf Club, designed by Herbert Strong and opened for play in 1921, is recognized by Golf Digest as one of the top 100 courses in America, and next year will join Oak Hill Country Club of Rochester, N.Y., as the only courses to host all U.S. men’s rotating championships.
"The combination of Canterbury Golf Club and the rich tradition of the Senior PGA Championship will make a spectacular setting for what promises to be one of our finest Senior PGA Championships," said PGA of America President Brian Whitcomb. "We encourage golf fans throughout Ohio and the country to bring their families and be a part of the next page of history at Canterbury Golf Club."
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