All Championship fields are filled on a first-come first-served basis.  

All CLASS A MEMBERS may enter into any Winter Championship after 8:00 AM CT on November 6, 2024.  

All ASSOCIATES may enter into any Winter Championship after 8:00 AM CT on December 11, 2024.  If you wish to register for a team event with an Associate Member as one or more of your team members,  you will be able to register for the event after December 11th.

Quarter/Half Century Championships

• Quarter Century A Championship (Ages 64 & Under) .......................... 132 player max. field

• Quarter Century B Championship (Ages 65 & Over) ............................. 132 player max. field

Senior Stroke Play Championships

• Senior Stroke Play A Championship (Ages 59 & Under) ........................ 132 player max. field

• Senior Stroke Play B Championship (Ages 60 & Over) ........................... 132 player max. field

Senior-Junior Team Championship .................................................................. 312 player max. field  (156 teams)

Four-Ball Stableford Team Championship ........................................................ 208 player max. field  (104 teams)

Stroke Play Championship ....................................................................................... 240 player max. field

Women's Stroke Play Championships ................................................................ 120 player max. field

All Members (except Class A-3, Honorary Members, Reserve, Retired Members (RM), Life Member Century (LMC), Class F Members,  and/or suspended Members) and Associates (Associates must have COMPLETED Level 1 and be in good standing) are eligible - provided they are eligibly employed and have not played  in more than ***four (4) combined tournaments as listed below:

Professional Tours listed below count against the maximum number of events. Players must not exceed the maximum number of events the rolling 12 months prior to each respective Entry Deadline (ex: Stroke Play Championship: February 2, 2023 to February 2, 2024).

All Pro Tour (APT), Women's All Pro Tour (*beginning Jan. 1, 2024), Advocates Professional Golf Association Tour (APGA) (*beginning Jan. 1, 2024), Asian Tour, Dakotas Tour, DP World Tour, Epson Tour (LPGA), European Challenge Tour, European Legends Tour, GPro Tour, JPGA Senior Tour, JPGA Tour, Korn Ferry Tour, Ladies European Tour (LET), LPGA Tour, Outlaw Tour (*beginning Jan. 1, 2024), PGA TOUR Americas (Formerly MacKenzie Tour and PGA Tour Latin America), PGA Australia Tours, PGA New Zealand Tours, PGA TOUR, PGA TOUR Champions, The Safari Tour and The Sunshine Tour tournaments between April 3, 2023, and April 2, 2024. The U.S. Open, U.S. Senior Open, U.S. Women’s Open, PGA Championship, KitchenAid Senior PGA Championship and KPMG Women’s PGA Championship are not included in the ***4-tournament count; 

*The APGA, Women’s All Pro Tour, and the Outlaw Tour are included beginning January 1, 2024.  Any events prior to January 1, 2024 from these 3 tours do not count towards the tournament limit.

**Beginning January 2024, the maximum number of combined “Professional Tours” that a PGA Member may participate in, and still remain eligible to compete in PGA Member Championships, will be reduced from eight (8) to a total of four (4). This 4-tournament rule will be applied to all respective Championships & Player of the Year eligibility date ranges. (Exception: The current year’s PPC champion will be allowed a total maximum of eight (8) tournaments during their winning year only. Reason: The PPC Champion earns exemptions into six (6) PGA TOUR open tournaments with their win, which leaves room for them to qualify for two (2) additional events during the year.) (Board Meeting, June 2022)

***In addition, a special exception will be made for any PGA member finishing in the Top 15  of the PGA Championship, Top 15 of the KitchenAid Senior PGA Championship and/or the Top 10 of the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship, that would exempt them into the following year’s Championship, also allowing that member a maximum of eight (8) tournaments instead of four (4), for one year only, provided the member does not transfer into an A-3 classification and/or accept any temporary membership that a respective tour may offer. Reason: Such a strong finish in these major Championships may provide additional playing opportunities which could result in exceeding the 4-tournament rule for that year. These additional opportunities increase the spotlight on PGA Members and their playing accomplishments, and have a resulting positive impact on our membership overall. (Board Meeting, June 2023)

For players that have earned the eight (8) tournament max:

• • The eight (8) tournament rule will be applied to the applicable individual(s) for a period of eighteen (18) months.

  • The eighteen (18) month applicability period shall start on the day after the event in which the exemption is achieved (i.e., PGA Championship, Senior PGA Championship or Women's PGA Championship).

• For each event/award where eligibility is conditioned on compliance with the standard four (4) tournament rule, each exempted individual's eligibility will be conditioned on compliance with the eight (8) tournament rule, which will be applied by reviewing the number of counted events the applicable individual competed in during the twelve (12) months leading up to the date when eligibility is finalized for the applicable event/award. This application of the rule will result in a twelve (12) month, rolling look-back for the applicable events/awards during the eighteen (18) month applicability period.

  • Immediately upon expiration of the eighteen (18) month applicability period, the individual's eligibility for applicable events/awards will revert to being conditioned on the 4 tournament rule, which will be applied by reviewing the number of counted events the applicable individual competed in during the 12 month period leading up to the date when eligibility is finalized for the applicable event/award.

• The application of the eight (8) tournament rule is renewable if the qualifications are achieved again by the individual in a subsequent event.

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PGA Tournament Corporation, Inc., reserves the right to determine whether or not any player is so employed and to reject any player's event registration.

Any player earning exempt (only) playing privileges on the PGA, Champions, LPGA, Futures or Korn Ferry TOURS, and has participated in an event that the player gained entry in solely through their exempt (only) playing privileges, will be INELIGIBLE to play in the PGA Winter Championships.  For clarification, any player who has gained exempt status for these tours will be eligible to participate in the PGA Winter Championships until the exemption has actually been used to play in such a respective “TOUR” event.  

To compete in the PGA Quarter Century Championship, the player must be a Quarter Century member on the first day of competition.

Eligible Players: Except as set forth below, all Master Professional, Class A, Class B, Apprentice, Life, Senior, Senior Life, Senior Master Life, Class A-2, and Class B-2 members, who are eligibly employed, in good standing and are not suspended from membership privileges, shall be eligible to play in Membership tournaments. The LPGA headquarters membership records must reflect this status at the time of entry, on the entry deadline date and at the time of the event a member has qualified for. The PGA reserves the absolute right to deny any entry at any time in an event if the LPGA determines that an individual is not eligibly employed as required herein. 

The Senior Division includes members who are age 50 and older by the first day of competition. 

Ineligible Players: Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the LPGA Professionals Bylaws, the following members are not eligible to play in Membership tournaments: 

1. LPGA A-T, Honorary, Retired, Alumni, Affiliate, Inactive and Active Association Tournament Division members; 

2. Any member who has competed in four (4) *** or more LPGA Tour co-sponsored or approved tournaments, Epson Tour sanctioned tournaments, Legends Tour tournaments or tournaments on any professional tour outside the United States, in each case excluding qualifying tournaments (all of the foregoing collectively referred to as “Counted Tournaments”), in the aggregate, during the twelve months immediately preceding the tournament in which she is seeking entry. The U.S Women’s Open, U.S Women’s Senior Open, LPGA Senior Championship and KPMG Women’s Championship are NOT included in the 4-tournament count ***.

Associates who have completed Level 1 in the Professional Golf Management Program (PGM) and are in good standing are welcome to enter the PGA Winter Championships. If a waiting list exists for any Championship, players will be filled to the field on a first registered, first entered basis regardless of Member Classification. 

For Team competitions, priority will be given to those teams that consist of 2 PGA Members only (registration opens for Class A Members on November 6, 2024).   PGA Member/Associate teams and/or 2 Associates forming a team will be able to register for all team Championships after December 11, 2024 and will fill the field immediately (will NOT be waitlisted until the entry deadline).  

All female Associates who have completed Level 1 in the Professional Golf Management Program (PGM) and are in good standing, will be allowed to enter the Women’s Stroke Play Championship, but will NOT be eligible to earn the exemption into the KPMG Women's PGA Championship. 

Notify PGA:  If you must withdraw from the Championship, please advise us as soon as possible, so that we may inform the next alternate of the available spot.  

To Withdraw Prior to the Entry Deadline: Use the same registration link you used to enter at www.PGATournaments.com on the respective event page. 

To Withdraw After the Entry Deadline:  Please contact JoAnna Ehret, PGA; jehret@pgahq.com

The following refund policy has been established for the 2025 PGA Winter Championships.

Withdraw before entry deadline – Entry fee, minus a $25 administration fee will be returned for each event.

Withdraw after the deadline – NO REFUND