Alex Beach leads contingent of 20 PGA Professionals to play in the 101st PGA Championship

BLUFFTON, S.C. –  Alex Beach of Stamford, Connecticut, who won the 2019 PGA Professional Championship on Wednesday, leads a group of 20 PGA Professionals who have earned their way to the 2019 PGA Championship, May 16-19, at Bethpage Black in Farmingdale, New York.
  
A 29-year-old PGA Assistant Professional at Westchester Country Club in Rye, New York, Beach will make his second PGA Championship appearance after his debut in 2017.
  
Beach leads a contingent of five players from the Metropolitan PGA Section, which counts Bethpage Black as one of its Section facilities. In addition to Beach are: 2019 PGA Professional Championship runner-up Danny Balin of Irvington, New York; Jason Caron of Oyster Bay, New York; Brian Mackey of Chestnut Ridge, New York; and Rob Labritz of Pound Ridge, New York.

SCORES: Final leaderboard from the PGA Pro Champ

Three players will make their sixth appearance in the PGA Championship: Rod Perry of Port Orange, Florida; Rob Labritz of Pound Ridge, New York; and Balin.
 
Six players competed in a playoff for the final two spots. Andrew Filbert of Naples, Florida, emerged with a birdie on the first playoff hole, while Tyler Hall of Clifton, New Jersey, secured the final spot with a birdie on the third extra hole.
 
Nine players will make their PGA Championship debut, while six players will return to the PGA Championship after competing last year.