It was mid-morning Monday when Chris Sanger settled into a spot on the Oak Hill driving range in preparation for his first practice round for this week’s PGA Championship.
Sanger, a 37-year-old club professional at Woodstock Golf Club, a 9-hole course located about two hours north of Manhattan that doesn’t even have a practice range, soon realized as he was practicing that on his left was Matthew Fitzpatrick, the reigning U.S. Open champion, and on his right was Collin Morikawa, a two-time major championship winner.
Sanger is one of the 20 club professionals in the 156-player field at the PGA, having been one of the last to qualify when he made a knee-knocker bogey putt on his final hole of the PGA Professional Championship on May 3 at Twin Warriors Golf Club in New Mexico to secure his spot. a pro from Westchester Country Club in HarrisonSanger’s story is much different than the 19 other club pros here, his journey to Oak Hill more remarkable than most.
“It’s an exceptional story,’’ Judd Noto, the pro who for seven years preceded Sanger at Woodstock and now works at nearby Canandaigua Country Club, told The Post. “[Woodstock is] under 6,000 yards long. When you look at the courses that these other [club] pros are at, some are 36-hole facilities with a fancy driving range, chipping areas and putting areas. Sanger is believed to be the first club pro from the Northeastern New York PGA Section to make it into a PGA Championship.
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