Meet the 20 PGA of America Golf Professionals Playing in the PGA Championship

2025 PGA Professional Champion Tyler Collet will lead the Corebridge Financial Team made up of PGA of America Golf Professionals who will tee it up in the 2025 PGA Championship at Quail Hollow.

The low 20 scorers at this year's PGA Professional Championship earned exemptions into the 2025 PGA Championship and a position on the 2025 Corebridge Financial Team. They are listed below in order of finish, including the number of career PGA Championship appearances for each.

Tyler Collet (Vero Beach, Fla.) - John’s Island Club, South Florida Section - 4th

Jesse Droemer (Houston, Texas, ) - Riverbend Country Club, Southern Texas Section - 2nd

Brian Bergstol (Nazareth, Pa.) - Shawnee Inn & Golf Resort, Philadelphia Section - 1st

Michael Block (Mission Viejo, Calif.) - Arroyo Trabuco Golf Club, Southern California Section - 7th

Dylan Newman (Westbury, N.Y.) - Meadow Brook Club, Metropolitan Section - 2nd

Brandon Bingaman (Dallas, Texas) - Gleneagles Country Club, Northern Texas Section - 2nd

Ryan Lenahan (New Hudson, Mich.) - Walnut Creek Country Club, Michigan Section - 1st

Andre Chi (Queens, N.Y.) - Deepdale Golf Club, Metropolitan Section - 1st

John Somers (Trinity, Fla.) - Southern Hills Plantation Club, North Florida Section - 3rd

Justin Hicks (Wellington, Fla.) - Stonebridge Golf & Country Club, South Florida Section - 1st

Rupe Taylor (Virginia Beach, Va.) - Virginia Beach National Golf Club, Middle Atlantic Section - 1st

Tom Johnson (San Francisco, Calif.) - Meadow Club, Northern California Section - 1st

Nic Ishee (Columbus, Miss.) - Old Waverly Golf Club, Gulf States Section - 2nd

Eric Steger (Westfield, Ind.) - Pebble Brook Golf Club, Indiana Section - 1st

Bob Sowards (Dublin, Ohio) - Kinsale Golf and Fitness Club, Southern Ohio Section - 12th

Bobby Gates (The Woodlands, Texas) - Summit Golf School, Southern Texas Section - 1st

Greg Koch (Orlando, Fla.) - Ritz-Carlton Golf Club-Grand Lakes Orlando, North Florida Section - 3rd

Timothy Wiseman (Corydon, Ind.) - Old Capital Golf Club, Indiana Section - 1st

Larkin Gross (Fairfax, Va.) - Westwood Country Club, Middle Atlantic Section - 3rd

Michael Kartrude (Port. St. Lucie, Fla.) - The Bear’s Club, South Florida Section - 1st

Collet will be competing in his fourth PGA Championship after competing in 2021, ‘22 and ‘24.

Block will appear in his seventh PGA Championship after finishing T-15 and earning Low PGA of America Golf Professional honors in 2023 at Oak Hill Country Club.

Sowards is slated to play his 12th PGA Championship, which matches the record for most appearances by a player qualifying as a PGA of America Golf Professional. The 56-year-old is also a member of the Corebridge Financial Team headed to the 2025 Senior PGA Championship at Congressional Country Club.

Steger is the son of 38-year PGA Member Scott Steger who played in the 1994 PGA Championship at Southern Hills.

Ten of the PGA of America Golf Professionals will be competing in their first PGA Championship.

For additional information on the PGA Professional Championship, visit here.