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Roy Biancalana with the Zeigfield Troy trophy. Photo by Nick Novelli.
ROY BIANCALANA of the Blackberry Oaks Golf Club in Bristol has won the 2022 Illinois PGA Section-Senior PGA Championship.
Biancalana shot scores of 69-70 for a two day total of 139 (-5) to win the championship by 4 shots at the Bryn Mawr Country Club.
So Biancalana will lead a group of nine Illinois PGA Section professionals to compete in the 34th Senior PGA Professional Championship. The championship will be contested at the Twin Warriors Golf Club at Hyatt Regency Tamaya Resort and Spa, and the Santa Ana Golf Club, both in Santa Ana Pueblo, New Mexico from October 13-16.
“My mindset was to stay healthy,” said Biancalana. “I’ve had back spasms the last couple of weeks, and I also sprained my ankle a few months ago. So I just wanted to stay healthy and stay in the moment and hit the shots I needed to hit. I knew if I played decent, I could qualify for the championship. This was the first time I have won this event and it feels good.”
Biancalana will be joined at the Senior Professional PGA in New Mexico by Mike Small (University of Illinois Men’s Golf Coach), Rich Dukelow (Ridge Golf Club), Steve Murray (Forest Hills Country Club), John Varner (Beverly Country Club), Mike Troy (Zigfield Troy), David Paeglow (Kishwaukee Country Club), Danny Mulhearn (Glen Oak Country Club), David Thompson (Crystal Lake Country Club).
Small was already exempt due to his 3rd place finish in the 33rd Senior PGA Professional Championship.
Dukelow was the only other player in the field to break par-finishing at 1 under par (143). Paeglow, Mulhearn and Thompson were the last players into the Senior PGA professional championship, by earning their spots by surviving a 3 for 6 places playoff.
The Senior PGA Professional Championship will have a field of 264 contestants, and a purse of $300,000. It was first played in 1989 for players 50 years of age and older. The top 35 finishers earn a position in the Senior PGA Championship. So for more details see IPGA.com.