Alex Beach, PGA Assistant Professional at Baltusrol Golf Club in Springfield, NJ and 2012 graduate of the PGA Golf Management Program at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln will tee it up in the 99th PGA Championship at Quail Hollow and compete against the world’s best.
Alex earned his spot in the season’s fourth major by winning the 2016 New Jersey PGA Section Championship,which qualified him for the 2017 PGA Professional Championship where he finished in a tie for 9th place out of 312 competitors. The top 20 players in the PGA Professional Championship earn exemptions into the PGA Championship. “To make it back here , and just compete healthy, it’s just been an incredible week. Making the PGA [Championship] is the cherry on top...” Beach said in an interview with the Golf Channel after his final round.
Alex was one of 40 PGA Golf Management University alumni(all programs) in the field, 4 of which are graduates of the UNL Program. The other UNL alumni in the field were: Nicholas Inutsuka (’14), Aaron Johnson (’13) and Kevin Moberg (’08) PGA Professional Championship LeaderboardWatch:
http://www.pga.com/professionalchampionship/scoring/leaderboard
Top 20 PGA Professionals React (Beach, 1:47):
http://www.pga.com/news/pga/20-pga-pros-qualify-pga-championship-quail-hollow-video
Final Round Highlights (Beach, 6:51):
http://www.golfchannel.com/video/pga-professional-championship-final-round-highlights/
More details at: http://pgm.unl.edu/