PGA Professional Championship

[1][2] The leading 20 players in the event receive an entry into that year's PGA Championship.

The top five finishers are also given entry into the second round of the PGA Tour Qualifying Tournament.

Paolozzi placed inside the top 20 in 2016, but was not given entry due to the "Whaley Rule," where women must play from the same tees as the men during both the sectional and national tournaments.

The format has varied over years:[4] From 1968 to 1996 the tournament was played in the fall, anywhere from late September to early December.

If there is a tie for 20th place, a playoff occurs until exactly twenty advance to the PGA Championship.

The other players making the cut in the 1996 club professional championship were eligible to play in the 1997 event.