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RYDER CUP’S DEBUT AT VALHALLA GOLF CLUB; 90th PGA CHAMPIONSHIP

AT OAKLAND HILLS HIGHLIGHT 2008 PGA OF AMERICA CALENDAR OF EVENTS

PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. – The PGA of America will celebrate its 92nd year with a calendar of events that feature the first visit by golf’s preeminent event, the Ryder Cup, at Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville, Ky.; and bringing the 90th PGA Championship, the season’s final major, for a third appearance at Oakland Hills Country Club in Bloomfield Township, Mich.

The 37th Ryder Cup, the biennial match-play meeting between the finest Tour professionals of the United States and those of Europe, will be conducted Sept. 16-21, at Valhalla Golf Club, which has been the site of two previous PGA Championships (1996, 2000) and the 2004 Senior PGA Championship.

Defending Champion Tiger Woods will lead golf’s perennially strongest field to Oakland Hills, Aug. 7-10, when the 90th PGA Championship returns to a course that hosted PGA Championships in 1972 and 1979, won by Gary Player and David Graham, respectively.

The 69th Senior PGA Championship, another of the premier PGA of America spectator events, will make its first visit to venerable Oak Hill Country Club in Rochester, N.Y., May 22-25, and mark the first senior major conducted on a course that has hosted virtually every significant U.S. golf event.

Defending Champion Denis Watson will head the strongest field in senior golf at Oak Hill’s East Course, which was the site of the 1980 and 2003 PGA Championship and the 1995 Ryder Cup.

The PGA of America’s championship calendar also features the 41st PGA Professional National Championship, June 19-22, at Reynolds Plantation in Greensboro, Ga. The showcase event for PGA Professionals, makes its first visit to Georgia since 1979, with a 312-member field led by defending champion Chip Sullivan of Troutville, Va.

The Junior Ryder Cup, which brings together some of the premier U.S. junior players to face those from Europe, Sept. 15-16, at The Club at Olde Stone in Bowling Green, Ky.

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The 26th PGA Grand Slam of Golf, boasting the most difficult qualifying requirement in the game – a major championship – returns to Tucker’s Town, Bermuda, Oct. 14-15, at Mid Ocean Club and Fairmont Southampton.

The nation’s premier Senior PGA Professionals will meet, Oct. 2-5, in the 20th Callaway Golf Senior PGA Professional National Championship, conducted for the first time on the West Coast at Toscana Country Club in Indian Wells, Calif., and Andalusia Country Club in La Quinta, Calif.

The PGA McGladrey Team Championship, the Association’s nationwide grass roots amateur best-ball event, returns its national championship, Oct. 20-22, to world-renowned Pinehurst (N.C.) Resort.

The 32nd TaylorMade-adidas Golf PGA Assistant Professional Championship, Oct. 30 to Nov. 2, will return to The PGA Golf Club’s Wanamaker Course in Port St. Lucie, Fla.

The 2008 calendar also features the PGA Fall Expo, Aug. 25-28, in Las Vegas; the 21st PGA Minority Collegiate Golf Championship, May 8-11, at The PGA Golf Club in Port St. Lucie and the 33rd Junior PGA Championship, Aug. 12-16, at a site to be announced.

For a complete list of 2008 PGA of America events, please visit .

Since 1916, The PGA of America's mission has been twofold; to establish and elevate the standards of the profession and to grow interest and participation in the game of golf.

By establishing and elevating the standards of the golf profession through world-class education, career services, marketing and research programs, the Association enables PGA Professionals to maximize their performance in their respective career paths and showcases them as experts in the game and in the $195 billion golf industry.

By creating and delivering dramatic world-class championships and exciting and enjoyable golf promotions that are viewed as the best of their class in the golf industry, The PGA of America elevates the public's interest in the game, the desire to play more golf, and ensures accessibility to the game for everyone, everywhere.

The PGA of America brand represents the very best in golf.

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