Year: 2026
Philadelphia PGA Women’s Committee Presents: A Conversation With Paige Cribb, PGA
The Philadelphia PGA Women’s Advisory Committee invites you to join us for a special Zoom discussion featuring Paige Cribb, PGA, current PGA of America District 10 Director.
During this interactive session, Paige will share her personal journey into PGA governance, the leadership experiences that have shaped her career, and the opportunities available for PGA Professionals looking to become more involved at the Section and National levels.
To make this an engaging conversation, we encourage every attendee to come prepared with one question for Paige. Whether you’re curious about leadership, governance, career development, or her experiences in the golf industry, this is a wonderful opportunity to learn from one of the PGA’s most respected leaders.
We hope you’ll join us for what promises to be an inspiring and informative morning. To register, click on the below button.
A Conversation With Paige Cribb, PGA
Thursday July 9
8:00 – 9:00 a.m.
Join via Google Meet
Video call link:
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About Paige Cribb, PGA
Paige Cribb, PGA, MBA, served as the PGA of America District 10 Director, representing the Carolinas, Kentucky, and Mid-Atlantic PGA Sections on the PGA Board of Directors. She is the Director of Student Support for the PGA Golf Management Program at Coastal Carolina University and has been a PGA Member since 1997. A past President of the Carolinas PGA Section—and the first woman to serve in that role—Paige has dedicated her career to developing future PGA Professionals, advancing golf education, and providing servant leadership throughout the Association.
About the Philadelphia PGA Section
The Philadelphia PGA Section, covering eastern Pennsylvania, southern New Jersey and Delaware, is one of 41 geographical managing entities of the PGA of America. This Section manages nearly 900 PGA of America Members and Associates who are employed at over 300 golf facilities in our region.
Contact: Matt Frey, PGA, Director of Operations, mfrey@pgahq.com
PGA of America Golf Professional Lamar Saxon and Team Win 2026 Philadelphia PGA Pro-Junior Team Championship
Blue Bell, Pa. (June 30, 2026) — Kennett Square Golf and Country Club’s Lamar Saxon, PGA, Grant Burkhart, Paul Sanfrancesco, and Patrick Puskar captured the 2026 Philadelphia Pro-Junior Team Championship at Bluestone Country Club after posting an impressive 17-under-par.
Yardley Country Club’s J.T. Wambold, Tommy Carpenter, Maddie Cabot, and Brady Weltz finished second only one stroke back. John F. Byrne Golf Course’s golf professional, Rocco Sgrillo, and junior golfers Joey Conrad, Ethan Clark, and Jake Smaron placed third at 12-under-par. Tavistock Country Club’s Matt Cocco, PGA, Brady Cobb, Andrew Walker, and Nick DiMedio finished fourth at 10-under-par.
In a tie for fifth place was Bellewood Country Club’s Kyle Miller, PGA, Max Berish, Adam Smith and Brett Wade; Radnor Valley Country Club’s John Esher-Hagel, PGA, Sebastian Leone, Thomas Manzi, and Mike Manzi; Cedarbrook Country Club’s Jim Parella, PGA, Jonathon Schultz, Taylor Becht, Baylor Keim; and Merion Golf Club’s Nick Iacono, PGA, Owen Ciesielka, Brody Campbell, and Grant MacColl.
To view the full 2026 Philadelphia PGA Pro-Junior Team Championship leaderboard, click here.
The 2026 Philadelphia PGA Pro-Junior Team Championship is supported by the PGA Tour, Golf Max, and TKS Golf Sales / Tom Gleason. The Philadelphia PGA Section and its PGA Professionals thank our host, Bluestone Country Club, their members, management, host PGA Professionals, and staff, as well as our partners, as the event would not have been possible without their support.
About the Philadelphia PGA Section
The Philadelphia PGA Section, covering eastern Pennsylvania, southern New Jersey and Delaware, is one of 41 geographical managing entities of the PGA of America. This Section manages nearly 900 PGA of America Members and Associates who are employed at over 590 golf facilities in our region.
Contact: Matt Frey, PGA, Communications Director, mfrey@pgahq.com
The Fairway Feed (S2E1)
Welcome to the Fairway Feed, the Philadelphia PGA Section’s video bulletin designed to keep you connected, informed, and engaged with everything happening within our PGA of America Golf Professional community.
Think of the Fairway Feed as your regular dose of essential Section news, delivered directly to your inbox. We’ll be sharing updates on tournaments, events, educational opportunities, member news, and important announcements you won’t want to miss.
About the Philadelphia PGA Section
The Philadelphia PGA Section, covering eastern Pennsylvania, southern New Jersey and Delaware, is one of 41 geographical managing entities of the PGA of America. This Section manages nearly 900 PGA of America Members and Associates who are employed at over 300 golf facilities in our region.
Contact: Matt Frey, PGA, Director of Operations, mfrey@pgahq.com
PGA of America Golf Professional Brian Bergstol and Amateur Jake Haberstumpf Win 2026 Philadelphia PGA Pro-Scratch Championship
York, Pa. (June 29, 2026) — The Philadelphia PGA traveled across the Susquehanna River to the Country Club of York where PGA of America Golf Professional Brian Bergstol from Shawnee Inn & Golf Resort and his amateur partner Jake Haberstumpf claimed victory in the 2026 Philadelphia PGA Pro-Scratch Championship. The pair had an outstanding round of 11-under-par, carding zero bogeys, in the better ball of partners format.
The team who took second place only one stroke back was Dupont Country Club’s Michael Caldwell and his partner Jason Henzes. In third place at 9-under-par was PGA Professional Jeff Fick and Brandon Raihl from Moselem Springs Golf Club. Rounding out the top five in a tie for fourth place at 7-under-par was Life Member Terry Hertzog, PGA and Zak Drescher; Manufacturers’ Golf & Country Club’s Rob Wolfers, PGA and Jim Schmidt; and Rocco Sgrillo and Michael Sgrillo from John F. Byrne Golf Course.
To view the full leaderboard for the 2026 Philadelphia PGA Pro-Scratch, click here.
The 2026 Philadelphia PGA Pro-Scratch is supported by Johnnie-O,PRG, Ohana Farm LLC and TSG Consulting / Draft Kings. The Philadelphia PGA Section and its PGA of America Golf Professionals thank our partners, host Country Club of York, their owners, membership, management, and staff, as the event would not have been possible without their support.
About the Philadelphia PGA Section
The Philadelphia PGA Section, covering eastern Pennsylvania, southern New Jersey and Delaware, is one of 41 geographical managing entities of the PGA of America. This Section manages nearly 900 PGA of America Members and Associates who are employed at over 300 golf facilities in our region.
Contact: Matt Frey, PGA, Director of Operations, mfrey@pgahq.com
Merion’s Joanna Coe Among Eight PGA of America Golf Professionals and LPGA Professionals Set to Compete in 2026 KPMG Women’s PGA Championship as Corebridge Financial Team
CHASKA, Minn. (June 24, 2026) — The 2026 KPMG Women’s PGA Championship will feature the Corebridge Financial Team of eight PGA of America Golf Professionals and LPGA Professionals competing at Hazeltine National Golf Club in Chaska, Minn., June 25-28.
Set to compete against the world’s best women golfers, Corebridge Financial Team members earned a spot in the field by way of the 2025 LPGA Professionals Championship and the 2026 PGA Women’s Stroke Play Championship.
Kim Paez, PGA, won the LPGA Professionals Championship at Hermitage Golf Course, in Hickory, Tenn., last July to earn her second appearance in the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship. Allie Knight, PGA/LPGA, won the PGA Women’s Stroke Play Championship at PGA Golf Club in Port St. Lucie, Fla., in February and will make her sixth appearance. With Knight already exempt from her 5th-place finish at the LPGA Professionals Championship, Joanna Coe, PGA claimed the spot in a two-hole playoff victory.
“We’re incredibly proud of the PGA of America and LPGA Professionals competing this week in the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship,” said Acting PGA of America President Nathan Charnes, PGA. “Our eight women on the Corebridge Financial Team represent women golf professionals everywhere on one of the biggest stages in the game. Their efforts in teaching, coaching and golf operations directly correlate to the massive growth the game has experienced in more women and girls playing golf. We wish the team the best of luck this week at Hazeltine National Golf Club.”
2026 Corebridge Financial Team Members
Joanna Coe, PGA Director of Instruction at Merion Golf Club in Ardmore, Pa., is competing in her seventh KPMG Women’s PGA Championship following a two-hole playoff win at the PGA Women’s Stroke Play Championship. In April, Coe competed in her fifth PGA Professional Championship at Bandon Dunes and is coming off a successful 2025 season, earning the Philadelphia PGA Section’s Women’s Player of the Year title for the fourth consecutive year. Last June she won the Monday qualifier to get into the 2025 ShopRite LPGA Classic, a feat she also accomplished 16 years ago as an amateur. Coe won the 2024 Women’s Philadelphia PGA Professional Championship just 12 weeks after giving birth. Coe was named to Golf Digest’s 2025-26 Best Young Teachers in America and 2026-27 Best Teachers in Every State lists.
Sandra Changkija, PGA/LPGA Assistant Professional at Sugar Mill Country Club in New Smyrna Beach, Fla., is competing in her 10th KPMG Women’s PGA Championship this week. She earned her way to Hazeltine with a T-6 finish in the LPGA Professionals Championship. She won the 2025 Women’s PGA Professional of the Year Award, becoming the second two-time winner (2022) of the Award (Stephanie Connelly Eiswerth, 2023-24). She also won the 2025 North Florida PGA Player of the year and Women’s Player of the Year Honors. She made Association history in November at PGA Golf Club in Port St. Lucie, Fla., when she became the first woman to win the Assistant PGA Professional Championship. Before becoming a PGA of America and LPGA Professional, she played on the LPGA Tour from 2012-19.
Nicole Felce, PGA/LPGA, is the Assistant Golf Professional at Countryside Country Club in Clearwater, Fla. Following a fourth-place finish at the LPGA Professionals Championship, she will compete in her second KPMG Women’s PGA Championship after debuting at Fields Ranch East last year. In May of 2025, she became an LPGA Class A Member and then was elected to Class A Membership with the PGA of America in February 2026. Felce competed at LPGA Q-School in the summer of 2022 in Palm Springs, Calif., and earned partial status on the Epson Tour during the 2023 season. She began competing in junior golf tournaments at the age of six and set a scoring record at the 2016 FCG Callaway Jr. World Championship with a three-round 12-under 204 in the Girls 11-12 division.
Loretta Giovannettone, PGA Teaching Professional at Loblolly in Hobe Sound, Fla., and Weekapaug Golf Club in Westerly, R.I., will compete in her second career KPMG Women’s PGA Championship this week after an 8th-place finish in the LPGA Professionals Championship. She made her Major Championship debut in 2023 at Baltusrol Golf Club in Springfield, N.J. She finished runner-up in the 2025 South Florida PGA Women’s Section Championship. Her caddie this week is her best friend and PGA of America Professional Lizzy Blomgren, a First Tee PGA Coach in the Metropolitan PGA Section.
Allie Knight, PGA/LPGA Professional Teaching Professional at Fairways and Greens Golf Center in Knoxville, Tenn., is appearing in her sixth-consecutive KPMG Women’s PGA Championship (2021-25). A member of the Tennessee PGA Section, Knight finished 5th at the LPGA Professionals Championship before winning the PGA Women’s Stroke Play Championship. In April she competed in the PGA Professional Championship at Bandon Dunes and finished T-62. Earlier in her competitive career, Knight made 16 cuts on the Epson Tour and qualified for two U.S. Women’s Amateur Championships.
Kim Paez, PGA Player Development Manager for PING, will play in her second career KPMG Women’s PGA Championship thanks to her victory at the LPGA Professionals Championship. The Northern Texas PGA Section Member also played in her second PGA Professional Championship at Bandon Dunes in April. In 2023 she became the first woman to win the Southwest PGA Professional Championship and the fourth woman to ever win a PGA Section Championship. The win earned her a sponsor exemption to play in the 2024 Ford Championship presented by KCC on the LPGA Tour. The 2025 NTPGA Women’s Player of the Year also teaches junior golf clinics at The Ronny Golf Park at the NTPGA headquarters. On the bag this week at Hazeltine is her husband, Nick, who is a PGA of America Associate.
Natalie Vivaldi, PGA Teaching Professional at Goal Hill Park in Oceanside, Calif., is playing in her second consecutive KPMG Women’s PGA Championship following her 2025 Major Championship debut. Representing the Southern California PGA Section, she won twice during the 2026 SCPA Women’s Stroke Play Series as well as the 2025 SCPGA Youth Player Development Award and back-to-back SCPGA Women’s Player of the Year honors (2023-24). Vivaldi played college golf at San Diego State University and the University of Colorado.
Allie White, PGA/LPGA Director of Golf at Lancaster Golf Club in Ohio will appear in her third-consecutive KPMG Women’s PGA Championship. She finished runner-up in the LPGA Professionals Championship following wins in the 2024 and 2023 editions. Not a stranger to Women’s Majors, White competed in two U.S. Women’s Opens (‘21, ‘09). She also made the cut in the 2024 Dana Open, one of the longest-running events on the LPGA Tour’s schedule, and has played in over 100 Epson Tour, LPGA and Ladies European Tour events combined.
Stephanie Connelly Eiswerth, PGA/LPGA, also finished in the top eight at the 2025 LPGA Professionals Championship, but will instead play in the 2027 KPMG Women’s PGA Championship at Congressional Country Club after taking a maternity exemption under the LPGA policy.
Corebridge Financial has partnered with the PGA of America as the sponsor of the PGA of America Member teams in the Association’s three Major Championships: KPMG Women’s PGA Championship, PGA Championship and Senior PGA Championship. The three groups are recognized collectively as the Corebridge Financial Team.
For more information on the Corebridge Financial Team competing at the 2026 KPMG Women’s PGA Championship, click here.
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Philadelphia PGA Professional Joanna Coe to Compete in KPMG Women’s PGA Championship
Lower Gwynedd, Pennsylvania (June 24, 2026) — PGA of America Golf Professional Joanna Coe of Merion Golf Club in Ardmore, Pennsylvania, will compete in the 2026 KPMG Women’s PGA Championship taking place June 25-28 at Hazeltine National Golf Club in Chaska, Minnesota.
Coe earned her place in the championship at the 2026 Women’s Stroke Play Championship, securing a spot on the Corebridge Financial Team and the opportunity to compete against the world’s best players at Hazeltine National Golf Club.
She tees off Thursday, June 25 at 8:55 A.M. off of hole one and Friday, June 26 at 2:20 P.M. off of hole ten.
Please join us in cheering on Joanna throughout her championship week!
Thursday, June 25
Official App / Site: 6:00 a.m.- 5:00 p.m.
Golf Channel: 11:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Golf Channel: 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Friday, June 26
Official App / Site: 6:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Golf Channel: 11:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Golf Channel: 6:00 p.m. – 8:00p.m.
Saturday, June 27
Official App / Site: 6:00 a.m.- 5:00 p.m.
Peacock: 10:00 a.m. – 12:00p.m.
NBC/Peacock: 12:00 – 3:00 p.m.
CBS: 3:00 – 5:00 p.m.
Sunday, June 28
Official App / Site: 6:00 a.m.- 5:00 p.m.
Peacock: 9:00 am. – 1:00 p.m.
NBC: 1:00 – 4:00 p.m.
About the Philadelphia PGA Section
The Philadelphia PGA Section, covering eastern Pennsylvania, southern New Jersey and Delaware, is one of 41 geographical managing entities of the PGA of America. This Section manages nearly 900 PGA of America Members and Associates who are employed at over 300 golf facilities in our region.Contact: Matt Frey, PGA, Director of Operations, mfrey@pgahq.com
PGA of America Golf Professional Jeff Kiddie Captures 2026 Philadelphia Senior PGA Professional Championship
Pottstown, P.A. (June 23, 2026) — PGA of America Golf Professional Jeff Kiddie of Aronimink Golf Club in Newtown Square, Pennsylvania, captured the 2026 Philadelphia Senior PGA Professional Championship at Bellewood Country Club. Kiddie posted rounds of 70 and 68 to finish at 4-under-par 138 and earn a seven-stroke victory, securing the first individual Philadelphia PGA Section win of his career.
Kiddie entered the final round atop the leaderboard after opening the championship with a 1-under-par 70. Despite periods of rain throughout the day, he remained steady and was the only player in the field to finish under par.
With Aronimink hosting this year’s PGA Championship last month, Kiddie had not played much leading up to the championship.
“This was the first time I’ve been able to play in this championship, as it normally conflicts with our women’s Member-Member event at [Aronimink],” Kiddie said following his round. “To win this championship, with so many awesome names on that trophy, it really means a lot.
“I’ve played first rounds at new courses pretty well,” Kiddie continued. “I really liked the golf course, and it played very well. I was a little nervous to start. I didn’t sleep great, and didn’t have a great warm-up, but starting birdie-eagle settled me down a bit.”
Kiddie went on to thank his family, wife Tricia and his kids, Aronimink Golf Club and all of its members, which he referred to as the best club in the Section, the Section staff, Bellewood Country Club for hosting, and the event partners.
With this victory, Kiddie secured a playing spot in the pre-qualifier event for the new PGA Tour Champions event, the Jefferson Lehigh Valley Classic, later this year.
This championship also served as a qualifier for the 2026 Senior PGA Professional Championship at Superstition Mountain Golf & Country Club, October 22-25. Seven Philadelphia PGA Professionals earned their spots in the national championship field, including Kiddie, Dave McNabb of Applebrook Golf Club, Hugo Mazzalupi of the Radnor Golf Foundation, Frank Bensel of Galloway National Golf Club, Dave Quinn of Laurel Creek Country Club, Chris Kreuger of Kings Creek Country Club, and Brendan Post, University of Delaware. John Pillar was exempt into the championship. Alternates include: Terry Hertzog, Bent Creek Country Club; Mark Sheftic, Sunnybrook Golf Club; Brian Kelly, Titleist Fit Crew; John Pillar, Country Club at Woodloch Springs; and John Cooper, Green Valley Country Club.
In the Super Senior Division, Wayne Phillips of Lehigh Country Club captured the title after posting a two-day total of 2-over-par 144. Phillips finished three strokes ahead of Harvey Williams of Glen Oak Country Club who earned runner up at 5-over-par. Bill Sautter of The Philadelphia Cricket Club and Rob Shuey tied for third place at 9-over-par, while Dan Barker rounded out the top 5 at 11-over-par.
View the full 2026 Philadelphia Senior PGA Professional Championship leaderboard by clicking here.
The 2026 Philadelphia Senior PGA Professional Championship is supported by supported by PXG, Golf Channel, Ohana Farm, and SCNS Sports Foods. The Philadelphia PGA Section and its PGA of America Golf Professionals thank our partners, Bellewood Country Club, its membership, management, staff, and host PGA of America Golf Professionals, as the event would not have been possible without their support.
About the Philadelphia PGA Section
The Philadelphia PGA Section, covering eastern Pennsylvania, southern New Jersey and Delaware, is one of 41 geographical managing entities of the PGA of America. This Section manages nearly 900 PGA of America Members and Associates who are employed at over 590 golf facilities in our region.
Contact: Matt Frey, PGA, Director of Operations, mfrey@pgahq.com