{"id":822048,"date":"2026-08-22T11:44:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-22T11:44:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/822048\/"},"modified":"2026-08-22T11:44:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-22T11:44:11","slug":"windsor-golf-pro-wins-northern-california-pga-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/822048\/","title":{"rendered":"Windsor golf pro wins Northern California PGA event"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jason Schmuhl, the head professional at Windsor Golf Club<\/a>, captured the Northern California PGA Senior Professional Championship<\/a> this week by finishing 11 under par to claim the title at the Del Rio Country Club in Modesto.<\/p>\n

Schmuhl had a strong opening round, shooting a 64 \u2014 eight under par \u2014 to take the lead. He held onto the top spot through Tuesday\u2019s second round despite a late charge from another contender.<\/p>\n

It wasn\u2019t smooth sailing at first, as Schmuhl said he three-putted holes three and four from about 10 feet out.<\/p>\n

\u201cThen the nerves kind of settled down, and I was able to play some really good golf after that,\u201d Schmuhl said.<\/p>\n

Schmuhl had a nine shot lead with three holes to go. Warren Pineo, a pro at the Montreax Golf and Country Club in Reno and Schmuhl\u2019s chief rival in the second and final round, closed with two birdies and an eagle to finish six under par.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s tough sometimes to play on a lead, because you end up playing a little bit differently, trying to protect your lead,\u201d Schmuhl said. \u201cThe stats are pretty crazy on the PGA tour \u2014 with the exception of like Tiger Woods and Phil (Mickelson), usually the guy that\u2019s leading going into the final round does not win.<\/p>\n

\u201cI had a game plan and I was just gonna play conservative, try not to make a bogey, and I accomplished that.\u201d<\/p>\n

The victory earned Schmuhl an automatic berth in the PGA of America\u2019s Senior Professional Championship, scheduled for Oct. 22-25 at Superstition Mountain Golf and Country Club in Arizona.<\/p>\n

Schmuhl was the only competitor from Sonoma County among the field of 35 golfers playing in Modesto.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt always feels good to represent Sonoma County. I wish there were more guys in Sonoma County who participated in a lot of those tournaments,\u201d Schmuhl said.<\/p>\n

Schmuhl will now represent the area on the national stage when he competes against senior professionals from across the country at the October tournament.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m looking forward to playing another national championship,\u201d he said. \u201cI\u2019ve played in quite a few of them, the regular ones, and then this will be my fourth senior that I\u2019ve played in.\u201d<\/p>\n

After turning 50 \u2014 the minimum age for competing in the Senior PGA \u2014 Schmuhl appeared in the 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024 editions of the PGA Senior Professional Championship.<\/p>\n

His goal is simple: \u201cI\u2019m hoping to win it.\u201d<\/p>\n

He also hopes to qualify for the Senior PGA Championship in 2027, just like he did in his first year competing at the senior level.<\/p>\n

Next year\u2019s Senior PGA tournament will be held in April in Sarasota, Florida.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jason Schmuhl, the head professional at Windsor Golf Club, captured the Northern California PGA Senior Professional Championship this…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":822049,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[71],"tags":[427,348442,348443,99],"class_list":["post-822048","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-golf","tag-jason-schmuhl","tag-northern-california-pga-senior-professional-championship","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/822048","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=822048"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/822048\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/822049"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=822048"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=822048"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=822048"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}