UNI Golf Coach To Play in PGA Professional Championship
4/26/2019 1:15:00 PM | General, Men's Golf, Women's Golf
BLUFFTON, South Carolina – UNI head men's and women's golf coach, John Bermel, will participate in the 2019 PGA Professional Championship held from April 28 through May 2 at Belfair.
The 2019 PGA Professional Championship presented by Cadillac, Club Car and OMEGA, features a $550,000 purse. The 2019 Champion will have their name inscribed on the base of the Walter Hagen Cup. The 2019 PGA Professional Champion receives exemptions into the 2019 PGA Championship, the 2019 PGA Cup, and six PGA Tour events over a 12 month period.
The low 20 scorers in the Championship earn a berth in the 2019 PGA Championship, May 13-19, at Bethpage Black in Farmingdale, New York.
Bermel has been a consistent player on the Iowa PGA routinely finishing in the top 10 and 31 first place finishes since 2009. Bermel was a three time NCAA Division III All-American and four-year varsity letter winner at Central College in Pella, Iowa.
After graduating from Central in 1984, he served as Assistant Golf Professional at three highly respected Iowa courses between 1986 and 1989 -- the Mason City Country Club, the Des Moines Golf and Country Club, and Sunnyside Country Club in Waterloo. While at Mason City, he was chosen the 1987 Assistant Golf Professional of the Year.
In 1990, Bermel became the head golf professional at Beaver Hills Country Club in Cedar Falls, a position he held until December 1995. He currently is the head professional at Pheasant Ridge Golf Course, also in Cedar Falls. In addition to his vast technical expertise, he also is quite a competitor. He was the Iowa Section PGA Champion in 1990, 1993, 2000, 2004, 2006, and a five-time runner-up and competed in the 1994 and 1996 PGA Championship tournaments. Bermel qualified and played in the 2012 U.S. Senior Open at Indianwood Golf and Country Club in Lake Orion, Mich.
In July 2009, Golf Digest named Bermel "The Best Teacher" of golf in the state of Iowa, based on a poll of golf instructors. In 2012, Bermel was named the Iowa PGA Professional of the Year. Bermel was the recipient of the Labron Harris Sr. Award presented by E-Z-GO in cooperation with The PGA of America and the Golf Coaches Association of America in 2011. He was inducted into the Central College Hall of Honor in 2013 and inducted into the Iowa Golf Hall of Fame in 2014.
The 2019 PGA Professional Championship presented by Cadillac, Club Car and OMEGA, features a $550,000 purse. The 2019 Champion will have their name inscribed on the base of the Walter Hagen Cup. The 2019 PGA Professional Champion receives exemptions into the 2019 PGA Championship, the 2019 PGA Cup, and six PGA Tour events over a 12 month period.
The low 20 scorers in the Championship earn a berth in the 2019 PGA Championship, May 13-19, at Bethpage Black in Farmingdale, New York.
Bermel has been a consistent player on the Iowa PGA routinely finishing in the top 10 and 31 first place finishes since 2009. Bermel was a three time NCAA Division III All-American and four-year varsity letter winner at Central College in Pella, Iowa.
After graduating from Central in 1984, he served as Assistant Golf Professional at three highly respected Iowa courses between 1986 and 1989 -- the Mason City Country Club, the Des Moines Golf and Country Club, and Sunnyside Country Club in Waterloo. While at Mason City, he was chosen the 1987 Assistant Golf Professional of the Year.
In 1990, Bermel became the head golf professional at Beaver Hills Country Club in Cedar Falls, a position he held until December 1995. He currently is the head professional at Pheasant Ridge Golf Course, also in Cedar Falls. In addition to his vast technical expertise, he also is quite a competitor. He was the Iowa Section PGA Champion in 1990, 1993, 2000, 2004, 2006, and a five-time runner-up and competed in the 1994 and 1996 PGA Championship tournaments. Bermel qualified and played in the 2012 U.S. Senior Open at Indianwood Golf and Country Club in Lake Orion, Mich.
In July 2009, Golf Digest named Bermel "The Best Teacher" of golf in the state of Iowa, based on a poll of golf instructors. In 2012, Bermel was named the Iowa PGA Professional of the Year. Bermel was the recipient of the Labron Harris Sr. Award presented by E-Z-GO in cooperation with The PGA of America and the Golf Coaches Association of America in 2011. He was inducted into the Central College Hall of Honor in 2013 and inducted into the Iowa Golf Hall of Fame in 2014.