{"id":900299,"date":"2026-10-30T20:40:23","date_gmt":"2026-10-30T20:40:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/900299\/"},"modified":"2026-10-30T20:40:23","modified_gmt":"2026-10-30T20:40:23","slug":"windsor-golfer-ties-course-record-in-first-round-finishes-in-tie-for-third-at-senior-pga-tourney","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/900299\/","title":{"rendered":"Windsor golfer ties course record in first round, finishes in tie for third at senior PGA tourney"},"content":{"rendered":"

Windsor golf pro Jason Schmuhl<\/a> finished in a tie for third place this week at the Senior PGA Professional Championship in Arizona.<\/p>\n

The impressive showing comes on the heels of his win at the Northern California Senior PGA Professional Championship back in August<\/a> \u2014 and earned him a spot in next year\u2019s premier tournament for players 50 and older.<\/p>\n

The first round of this past weekend\u2019s tournament went incredibly well for Schmuhl, 54, who carded a 62 that tied the course record at Superstition Mountain Golf and Country Club in Gold Canyon. His 10-under-par day also broke the event\u2019s record for a single-round match.<\/p>\n

\u201cI came in with a good game plan and I was just going to not worry about my score,\u201d Schmuhl said. \u201cI was just going to play golf, play free, play aggressive and everything went just perfectly through the first 10 holes.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"GOLDWindsor golfer Jason Schmuhl hits his tee shot on the 14th hole during the final round of the Senior PGA Professional Championship on Sunday at Superstition Mountain Golf and Country Club in Gold Canyon, Arizona. (Kelsey Grant – PGA of America)<\/p>\n

He finished the first round with eight birdies and an eagle.<\/p>\n

\u201cI wasn\u2019t even thinking about my score at all. I knew I was playing well. We had a guy going around with a group keeping score for everybody and he\u2019s going through the front nine scores and he goes, \u201cSchmuhl, you shot 29 on the front,\u201d and I\u2019m like, \u2018Yeah, I did,\u2019\u201d Schmuhl recalled about realizing how well things were going for him that first day.<\/p>\n

On the second and third days of the Oct. 22-25 event that featured a field of more than 260 golfers, Schmuhl \u2014 the head pro at Windsor Golf Club when he\u2019s not competing \u2014 shot even-par 72s.<\/p>\n

\u201cI would say I got a little bit tentative in the second and third rounds because I was playing with the lead,\u201d Schmuhl said. \u201cI just was a little bit off on the speed of my putts. I was leaving putts short. I was not playing quite as free as I did the first day.\u201d<\/p>\n

But he was pleased with his final round of play on Sunday, shooting a 68 to tie for third with Chris Moody of Utah.<\/p>\n

\u201cI had a good mental approach and I played a really nice solid round of golf where I never even came close to making a bogey. I didn\u2019t make as many birdies as I would like, but I had a good attitude and I played really steady in the final round,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

He noticed a difference when playing with the lead compared to when he was trailing.<\/p>\n

\u201cGolf is such a weird mental game and I think the switch was, I was behind and my goal was obviously to try to win. So I set a goal for myself to try to shoot a low score because I thought if I went out and shot 67 or 66, I would have a really good chance to win,\u201d Schmuhl said. \u201cBecause I had the lead, it was kind of like playing to hold on to the lead. It\u2019s like prevent defense in football.\u201d<\/p>\n

By the end of the weekend, Schmuhl recorded a 14-under-par 274 to finish just three strokes behind the leaders.<\/p>\n

Warren Pineo and Justin Hicks finished tied atop the leaderboard at 17-under-par, with Pineo eventually winning the championship after three playoff holes.<\/p>\n

Schmuhl defeated Pineo at the Northern California senior event back in August.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt seems like it\u2019s a little bit of a rivalry. I\u2019ve been in the section a lot longer than Warren has, but he\u2019s a great player,\u201d Schmuhl said.<\/p>\n

Schmuhl took home $20,800 for his share of the purse, but joked he won\u2019t be purchasing anything exciting with his winnings.<\/p>\n

\u201cMaybe a new roof on the house or something,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

By finishing in the top 35 this past weekend, Schmuhl qualified for the Senior PGA Championship in April. The event takes place at Concession Golf Club in Bradenton, Florida, from April 15-18.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have to have the same mental approach I had that first round.\u2029It\u2019s got to be relaxed. It\u2019s got to be free. It\u2019s got to be not worrying about the outcome or results and just just playing golf,\u201d Schmuhl said about the mindset he\u2019ll take into that tournament, which will feature top golfers from around the globe age 50 and older.<\/p>\n

But first, he\u2019ll tackle the Northern California Tournament of Champions event Nov. 16 at Lake Merced Golf Club in Daly City.<\/p>\n

Schmuhl has already clinched Senior Player of the Year honors for the Northern California PGA chapter and is still in contention for Player of the Year, which includes all age ranges. He\u00a0can win it at next month\u2019s tournament.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Windsor golf pro Jason Schmuhl finished in a tie for third place this week at the Senior PGA…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":900300,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[71],"tags":[427,99,377169],"class_list":["post-900299","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-golf","tag-sports","tag-windsor-golf-jason-schmuhl"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/900299","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=900299"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/900299\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/900300"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=900299"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=900299"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=900299"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}