GOOSE CREEK GOLF CLUB
JULY 14-15, 2025
CHAMPIONSHIP INFO & FORMAT
FORMAT
36-HOLES OF STROKE PLAY
FIELD SIZE/ELIGIBILITY
Event is open to SCPGA members who are 50 years of age and older. Must be eligibly employed, in good standing and classified in one of the following active membership classifications or have Life Member status in one of the following classifications (LM, LMA, LMM or LMMA), at the time of entry and their Section’s entry deadline date.
PRACTICE ROUND
Practice rounds and rates are at the availability and discretion of Goose Creek Golf Club. Please contact the golf shop (951) 735-3982 for more information.
STARTING TIMES
Starting times will begin at 8:30AM off the 1st tee and 10th tee for both rounds.
PURSE
The anticipated purse is $30,000.
TEES
For the Senior Section Championship, all men will play from the Championship tee decks with yardage tentatively around 6,700 - 6,850. All women will play at approximately 85% of this total yardage. If you’re a woman competing from the 85% yardage provided, you will be eligible to qualify for the Senior PPC but not the Senior PGA Championship.
WHAT’S ON THE LINE?
The top 11 finishers will advance to the 37th Senior PGA Professional Championship. This includes the Senior Section Champion. 5 alternates.
PGA Golf Club - Wanamaker & Ryder Courses
Port St. Lucie, Florida
October 23-26, 2025
THANK YOU PARTNERS!
COURSE OVERVIEW
GOOSE CREEK GOLF CLUB, JURUPA VALLEY, CA
CLUB ESTABLISHED: 1999
ARCHITECT: Lee Schmidt & Brian Curley
DIRECTOR OF GOLF: Ross Fisher, PGA
ASSISTANT PROFESSIONAL: Jerry Crowell, PGA, Scott Martinez
SUPERINTENDENT: Rudy Cardenas, GCSAA
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It is a tremendous honor for Goose Creek Golf Club to host the SCPGA Senior Section Championship for the third time. We are extremely pleased to both welcome you and serve as the financial sponsor of this prestigious event. We recognize the lasting impact PGA Professionals have on the game of golf and the industry as a whole. This Championship provides a meaningful opportunity for us to give back to our fellow PGA Members, and we are proud to support such a distinguished field of competitors. Our entire staff is committed to ensuring that your experience here is exceptional and that the Championship is a resounding success. We look forward to a great week of competition, camaraderie, and celebration of the game we all love.
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Ross Fisher, PGA | Director of Golf, Goose Creek Golf Club
2024 CHAMPIONSHIP RECAP
STEVE HOLMES, PGA, COMES FROM BEHIND TO CLAIM VICTORY
LA HABRA, CA (July 23, 2024) — Steve Holmes, PGA, of Rustic Canyon Golf Course, completed the comeback to claim the 2024 SCPGA Senior Section Championship at Hacienda Golf Club.
With this victory, Holmes has secured an exemption to compete in the prestigious 2025 Hoag Classic Newport Beach, a PGA TOUR Champions event at the scenic Newport Beach Country Club on March 17-23, 2025. In addition, Holmes will lead 10 SCPGA Section members at the Senior PGA Professional Championship that will be held in September in Oregon.
Entering the day, Holmes was one stroke off the lead with a 1-over-par 72 from the opening round. With a bunched-up leaderboard at the top and multiple players in contention, Holmes turned on the after-burners down the back nine stretch with an eagle on 10 and birdies on 12, 15, and 16. Holmes finished his day with a tournament-low 6-under-par 65 to take a four-shot lead over the field of 74 players with a 5-under-par 137 total. It marks Holmes’ first SCPGA Senior Section Championship title.
Special thanks to Wade Berzas, PGA, General Manager at Hacienda Golf Club, along with Head Golf Professional Kyle Mendoza, PGA, for hosting this event as an SCPGA Centennial Charter Club Course.
Thank you to our rules officials: Gary Albin, Rick Kueter, Robert Bittner
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA PGA
SENIOR PROFESSIONAL
PAST CHAMPIONS
2013 - CHRIS STARKJOHANN
2010 - CHRIS STARKJOHANN
2009 - JERRY WISZ
2008 - JERRY WISZ
2007 - CHRIS STARKJOHANN
2006 - CHRIS STARKJOHANN
2005 - JERRY WISZ
2004 - BUTCH SHEEHAN
2003 - DICK MCCLEAN
2002 - DICK MCCLEAN
2001 - JIMMY POWELL
2000 - BILL FEIL
1999 - MONTE SANDERS
1998 - TERRY WILCOX
1997 - JAY HYON
1996 - JAY HYON
1995 - JIM PETRALIA
1994 - TOM BARBER
1993 - JIM PETRALIA
1992 - DAVE EVANS
1991 - SKIP WHITTET
1990 - JACK HOLLIS
1989 - CHUCK GREEN
1988 - JIMMY POWELL
1987 - MANUEL QUEZADA
1986 - CHUCK GREEN
1985 - CHUCK GREEN
1984 - CORKY DAHL
1983 - MONTE SANDERS
1982 - PAUL MCGUIRE
1981 - CARROLL SHARP
1980 - HOWIE JOHNSON
1979 - CARROLL SHARP
1978 - JIM BLAKELEY
1977 - HOWIE JOHNSON
1976 - CARROLL SHARP
1975 - MORGAN FORTRELL
1974 - ERIC MONTI
1973 - JIM BLAKELEY
1972 - GUY COGLE
1971 - WILLIE BARBER
1970 - JOE CALWELL
1969 - WILLIE BARBER
1968 - PAUL RUNYAN
1967 - MARSHALL HOLT
1966 - ZELL EATON
1965 - HAROLD WILEY
1964 - SMILEY QUICK
1963 - CECIL HARRIS
1962 - PAUL RUNYAN
1961 - SMILEY QUICK
1960 - PAUL RUNYAN
