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Rob Labritz

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• Birthdate 5/31/1971 (52)
• Birthplace Hartford, Connecticut
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New York club pro lives the dream by taking medalist honors in Champions Tour Q School

Rob Labritz has competed in eight PGA Championships, including this year's event at Kiawah Island.

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There are hundreds of PGA professionals around the world who grind on the range day after day and play in their section tournaments, dreaming that it seasons them for the big leagues once they turn 50 years old. The odds are incredibly long, considering the talent pool of proven tour pros and the miniscule number of opportunities for fulltime status.

Yet, every once in a while, someone pulls of a stunning breakthrough that lends hope to all of those who still believe. This year’s PGA Tour Champions Qualifying School finals produced not one, but two of those stories.

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On Friday in Lutz, Fla., longtime New York PGA teaching pro Rob Labritz not only exceled in his first senior Q School he dominated it, closing with a bogey-free eight-under-par 64 at TPC Tampa Bay to earn medalist honors with a 17-under total.

The top five finishers earned fully exempt status for the 2022 PGA Tour Champions season, and among the other four qualifiers was Roger Rowland, a 54-year-old pro from Jacksonville, Fla., who closed with a 65 to finish solo fourth at nine under. Rowland never played on the PGA Tour and last competed on the Korn Ferry Tour in 2000. He has five senior starts since 2018, with a T-43 as his best finish.

Also getting their fulltime cards after tying for second at 14 under were former PGA Tour player David Branshaw, 52, and Thailand’s Thongchai Jadee, who had to return to Q School after playing a limited schedule in 2020-21 because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Tom Gillis, 53, finished alone in fifth at eight under.

The sixth through 30th finishers are eligible to compete in Champions Tour open qualifiers. Included in that group are Guy Boros, Skip Kendall, Paul Stankowski, Esteban Toledo and Ken Duke. Among the notable players among the 71 who finished all four rounds and didn’t earn status were Harrison Frazar, Omar Uresti, Olin Browne and Frank Lickliter.

Labritz, 50, is a highly regarded pro who is the director of golf at GlenArbor Golf Club in Bedford Hills, N.Y. His impressive resume includes eight appearances in the PGA Championship, including twice being the low club professional (in 2010 Whistling Straits and ’19 at Bethpage Black). Labritz also has three victories in the New York State Open.

After the third round, Labritz considered what reaching the Champions Tour would mean and said, “This is what I’ve worked for my entire life. Every time I’m out hitting golf balls, I’m thinking of this. I’m thinking of the shots I need to hit to make sure this happens. It’s super important, but it’s super fun, too. I’m doing what I love, and there’s nothing better.”

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Rob Labritz spent 18 years 'manifesting' goal of reaching PGA Tour Champions

PHOENIX — Rob Labritz zipped around Phoenix Country Club in two hours, 45 minutes on Thursday, signing for a 2-under 69 to open the Charles Schwab Cup Championship.

But while he played fast in the opening round of the PGA Tour Champions season finale, his journey getting to the senior circuit was nearly two decades in the making.

As the 36th and last man to make the field, Labritz played solo (markers aren’t allowed anymore) after  Steve Stricker’s withdrawal  the day before led to an odd number of players. But Labritz didn’t seem to mind.

“I used to get 18 holes in with a cart in under an hour at GlenArbor, at my home course,” he said of the private course in Westchester, New York, where he was the long-time director of golf.

A club pro for 32 years in all, Labritz is finally a full-time professional golfer. There were attempts made at a PGA Tour career but that wasn’t meant to be.

“I went to Q school three or four times, I played in eight PGA Championships, won tons of state opens, everything up in the Met section,” he said after his round Thursday. “As a director of golf, I was pretty bored, to be honest. We built a high-end private club, which is phenomenal, but after 32 years I started getting a little…” and before he finished that thought, he revealed a long-held goal.

“Eighteen years ago I made a decision to try to get to the Champions tour. I started manifesting it,” he said. “Every night I would go into my room, right before I went to bed and sit there for five minutes and just envision it happening. I did that for 18 years. And here we are.”

Without a trace of remorse for decisions that he made, Labritz explained that life just happened.

“I felt like I was close but I always knew I was a part-time player because I had a full-time job. As a director of golf, I coached more than a thousand, 1,400 hours a year for 23 years, so think about how many hours I was putting into the job, 60-80 hours a week,” he said.

“When you have a wife and three kids and a mortgage, it’s hard to just say ‘OK, I’m going to go practice. You figure out the money.'”

Playing in his 52nd event this week in his second year on the Champions tour, Labtriz has figured out the money, having earned more than $1.1 million. But more than that, what he’s doing validates all those nights he envisioned such a future.

“I’m in dream heaven right now.”

No more worrying about those long work weeks. No more trying to figure out how to find time to practice. It’s full speed ahead as a player.

“It’s all about getting the ball in the hole right now,” he said.

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Westchester Pro Rob Labritz Wins a Spot on the PGA Tour Champions

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Glenarbor golf club pro rob labritz has finally achieved his lifelong dream of qualifying to play on the pga tour..

Westchester local Rob Labritz has achieved his lifelong dream of qualifying to play on the PGA Tour. The 50-year-old Director of Golf at GlenArbor Golf Club in Bedford won the PGA Tour Champions qualifying tournament to earn playing privileges on the senior circuit where he’ll be competing against the likes of Phil Mickelson, Fred Couples, and Bernhard Langer. Labritz carded the low score in the tournament, winning by three strokes and finishing with a bogey-free, seven-birdie round of 64.

“I’ve been envisioning this happening. And it did, which is crazy,” Labritz said after his triumph at TPC Tampa Bay. Some 30 years ago, the ebullient club pro started his campaign to compete at the highest levels. He never quite made the final leap, although he showed his mettle playing in eight PGA Championships and finishing as low club pro in 2010 and 2019, the only two-time club pro winner since the PGA of America limited the Championship exemptions to 20 players in 2006. His over-burdened trophy shelf includes glassware and hardware from numerous Met PGA championships, Westchester Opens, and three New York State Opens, among many others.

“I feel super-confident,” Labritz told me in September as he was preparing for his run at the Champions Tour. “My game is good, my health is good, my family and the folks at GlenArbor couldn’t be more supportive, and, most of all, I just feel it all coming together.”

Labritz was one of only five players to earn status on the PGA Tour Champions at the tournament.

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• Career victories
• 2021 PGA TOUR Champions Qualifying School
• 2021, '16, '13, '12 Met PGA Professional Championship
• 2021, '16 Westchester Open
• 2021 Mass Open
• 2019 Rhode Island Open
• 2019 Hoffhine Memorial
• 2017, '16, '15, '03 Westchester PGA Championship
• 2016, '11, '08 New York State Open Championship
• 2015, '13 Treiber Memorial Tournament of Champions
• 2013, '12, '08 Met PGA Polo Head Pro Championship
• 2006 New York State PGA Championship
• 2004 Golden Bear Tour Waterford Classic
• 2001 Hampshire Invitational
• 1997 Golden Bear Tour Teardrop Championship
• 1995 Gold Coast Golf Tour Challenge Cup Series
• 1993 South Florida Section PGA Apprentice Championship
• 1993 Southeast Chapter PGA Assistant Stableford Championship
• 4 PGA Winter Tournament Series Events
• Achievements
• 2022 Member of PGA TOUR Champions
• 2019, '10 PGA Championship - Low Club Pro
• 2016, '13, '08 Met PGA Player of the Year
• 2016, '15, '13, '08, '03, '02 WGA Player of the Year

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PGA Tour goes to Mexico, Champions has 2nd playoff event in Florida

Ryo Ishikawa of Japan hits his tee shot on the second hole in the final round of the PGA Tour Zozo Championship at the Narashino Country Club in Inzai on the outskirts of Tokyo, Sunday, Oct. 22, 2023. (AP Photo/Tomohiro Ohsumi)

FILE - Steve Stricker celebrates with the trophy after winning a Champions Tour golf tournament, Sunday, May 14, 2023, in Hoover, Ala. Stricker won three of the four senior majors he played this year and already has set a record for most earnings in a season.(AP Photo/Butch Dill, File)

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WORLD WIDE TECHNOLOGY CHAMPIONSHIP

Site: Los Cabos, Mexico.

Course: El Cardonal at Diamante. Yardage: 7,452. Par: 72.

Prize money: $8.2 million. Winner’s share: $1.476 million.

Television: Thursday-Saturday, 4-7 p.m. (Golf Channel); Sunday, 3-6 p.m. (Golf Channel).

Defending champion: Russell Henley.

FedEx Cup champion: Viktor Hovland.

Last tournament: Collin Morikawa won the Zozo Championship.

Notes: The tournament moves from Mayakoba, which is now a LIV Golf venue, to El Cardonal at Diamante, which was designed by Tiger Woods’ architecture firm. ... Cameron Young at No. 17 in the world is the highest-ranked player in the field. Young is playing for the first time since the BMW Championship on Aug. 20. He was left off the Ryder Cup team. ... Ryo Ishikawa is in the field based on his top-10 finish in the Zozo Championship. Ryo Hisatsune also had a top 10 at the Zozo Championship but chose not to play to concentrate on the European tour and his bid to earn a PGA Tour card. ... With three events left in the season, Nos. 51 through 60 in the FedEx Cup Fall get into the first two $20 million events. Thomas Detry at No. 60 is not playing. Mark Hubbard is playing at No. 61, one point behind. ... Ludvig Aberg is No. 56 in the world ranking. The top 50 at the end of the year get into the Masters.

Next week: Butterfield Bermuda Championship.

Online: https://www.pgatour.com/

PGA TOUR CHAMPIONS

Timbertech championship.

Site: Boca Raton, Florida.

Course: The Old Course at Broken Sound Club. Yardage: 6,943. Par: 71.

Prize money: $2.2 million. Winner’s share: $350,000.

Television: Friday-Saturday, 1-4 p.m. (Golf Channel); Sunday, noon to 3 p.m. (Golf Channel).

Defending champion: Bernhard Langer.

Charles Schwab Cup leader: Steve Stricker.

Last tournament: Harrison Frazar won the Dominion Energy Charity Classic.

Notes: Steve Stricker has clinched the Charles Schwab Cup without having played in the postseason. He is not in the field, though he might play the Charles Schwab Cup Championship next week. ... Kevin Sutherland is out with an ailing back, leaving only 52 players in the field for the second playoff event. ... The top 36 advance to the Schwab Cup finale next week in Arizona. Rob Labritz is holding down the 36th spot by about $14,000 over Lee Janzen. Points are double the dollars for the postseason. ... Jerry Kelly is the only player in the top 10 of the Schwab Cup standings who has not won this year. ... Stricker with six wins is among four players with multiple victories this year. The others are Stephen Ames with four, and Bernhard Langer and David Toms with two wins apiece. ... This is the last year in Florida. The second playoff event next year will have a new sponsor and be played in Arkansas.

Next week: Charles Schwab Cup Championship.

Online: https://www.pgatour.com/pgatour-champions

LPGA TOUR AND JAPAN LPGA

Toto japan classic.

Site: Ibaraki, Japan.

Course: Taiheiyo Club (Minori). Yardage: 6,608. Par: 72.

Prize money: $2 million. Winner’s share: $300,000.

Television: Wednesday-Thursday, 11 p.m. to 2 a.m. (Golf Channel); Friday, 10:30 p.m. to 2:30 a.m. (Golf Channel); Saturday, 11 p.m. to 2 a .m. (Golf Channel).

Defending champion: Gemmy Dryburgh.

Race to CME Globe leader: Celine Boutier.

Last week: Celine Boutier won the Maybank Championship.

Notes: This is the fourth and final tournament on the LPGA’s fall Asia swing. The Toto Japan Classic is the oldest of the Asian-based events on the LPGA schedule, dating to 1976. ... The tournament was 54 holes until converting to 72 holes in 2021. ... Annika Sorenstam won the tournament five years in a row from 2001 through 2005. ... Celine Boutier leads the LPGA Tour with four victories this year, including a major. ... With her win last week in Malaysia, Boutier moved three points ahead of double major winner Lilia Vu in the race for LPGA player of the year. Neither of them is playing this week. ... Atthaya Thitikul has 12 finishes in the top 10 this year. ... The field features only two from the top 10 in the women’s world ranking — Hyo Joo Kim at No. 7 and Lydia Ko at No. 9. ... The LPGA Tour returns to Florida next week for the final event before the season finale.

Next week: The Annika.

Online: https://www.lpga.com/ and https://www.lpga.or.jp/en/

EUROPEAN TOUR

Last week: Sami Valimaki won the Commercial Bank Qatar Masters.

Next week: Nedbank Golf Challenge.

Race to Dubai leader: Rory McIlroy.

Online: https://www.europeantour.com/dpworld-tour/

OTHER TOURS

Challenge Tour: Rolex Challenge Tour Grand Final, Club de Golf Alcanada, Mallorca, Spain. Previous winner: Nathan Kimsey. Television: Thursday-Saturday, 7 a.m. to noon (Golf Channel); Sunday, 5:30-10:30 a.m. (Golf Channel). Online: https://www.europeantour.com/challenge-tour/

Japan Golf Tour: Mynavi ABC Championship, ABC Golf Club, Hyogo, Japan. Defending champion: Mikumu Horikawa. Online: https://www.jgto.org/en/

Asian Tour: Volvo China Open, Hidden Grace GC, Shenzen, China. Defending champion: Jin Zhang (2021). Online: https://asiantour.com/

PGA Tour of Australasia: Queensland PGA Championship, Nudgee GC (Kurrai), Nudgee, Australia. Defending champion: Aaron Wilkin. Online: https://pga.org.au/

Sunshine Tour: Vodacom Origins of Golf Finals, Pezula Championship Course, Knysna, South Africa. Defending champion: Combrinck Smit. Online: https://sunshinetour.com/

Legends Tour: Farmfoods European Senior Masters, La Manga Club (South), Cartagena, Spain. Defending champion: Paul Lawrie. Online: https://www.legendstour.com/

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Rob Labritz

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Makes his eighth career start in the PGA Championship, sixth in 12 years dating to 2010...Eight career PGA Championship appearances are tied with Danny Balin for most among the 2021 Team of 20 at The Ocean Course...Has played in the following PGA Championships: 2020/TPC Harding Park; 2019/Bethpage Black; 2016 Baltusrol; 2013/Oak Hill; 2010/Whistling Straits; 2003/Oak Hill; 2002/Hazeltine…Has twice finished as the PGA Championship’s Low PGA Club Professional: 2010/Whistling Straits (T-68) and 2019/Bethpage Black (T-70)...In the 2013 PGA Professional Championship, made the No. 1 spot in “Shot of the Day” on ESPN’s Sportscenter after holing out for birdie at Crosswater Club in Sunriver, Oregon (the timely shot came during a six-way playoff for the last of 20 berths in the PGA Championship)...Was an undefeated member of the 2003 U.S. PGA Cup Team (5-0-0)...named 2002, ‘03, ‘08, ‘13, ‘15, and ‘16 Westchester Golf Association Player of the Year…Finished T-50 in the 2003 Australian Masters...Was the 2004 medalist in the Canadian PGA Tour Q-School and a Canadian Tour Member in ‘04 and ‘05...Winner, 2008, ‘13, ‘16 New York State Open (all at Bethpage Black); 2016 Westchester Open...Three-time Metropolitan PGA Section Professional Champion…2008, ’13, ‘16 Metropolitan PGA Section Player of the Year…Played collegiately at Central Connecticut State University.

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The Galleri Classic unveils its 2024 PGA TOUR Champions Field

The majority of the field for The Galleri Classic Presented by Spotlight 29 Casino was finalized on Friday with 74-of-78 players set for the second-annual PGA TOUR Champions golf tournament, contested March 29-31 on the Dinah Shore Tournament Course at iconic Mission Hills Country Club.

The Galleri Classic, named after title sponsor GRAIL’s multi-cancer early detection test, is a 54-hole event and next week’s winner will be awarded $330,000 from a $2.2 million purse.

Those entered into next week’s Galleri Classic include 2023 PGA TOUR Champions Player of the Year and Charles Schwab Cup winner Steve Stricker, 2023 Galleri Classic champion David Toms, World Golf Hall of Famers and past World No. 1s Fred Couples, Ernie Els and Vijay Singh, World Golf Hall of Famer Retief Goosen, past World No. 1s David Duval and Tom Lehman, two-time major champion and long-hitting fan favorite John Daly and 2023 Galleri Classic runner-up and 2022 Charles Schwab Cup champion Steven Alker. Stricker will raise awareness of multi-cancer early detection as an ambassador for Galleri.

Daily ticket options for The Galleri Classic, including official Pro-Am rounds on Wednesday and Thursday (March 27-28) and three rounds of competition from March 29-31, are on sale at the tournament’s website,  www.TheGalleriClassic.com .

Stay with News Channel 3 for complete coverage of the 2024 Galleri Classic.

“PGA TOUR Champions golf in the Coachella Valley is a perfect match, as evidenced by last year’s inaugural Galleri Classic, and we are confident our 2024 sequel can be even better than the original,” said Michelle DeLancy, tournament director of The Galleri Classic. “We believe The Galleri Classic is already one of the circuit’s premier events, and we have the golf course and a field of legends, major champions and personalities to prove it.”

The Galleri Classic awarded sponsor exemptions to 1991 PGA Championship and 1995 Open Championship winner John Daly, Notah Begay III, Boo Weekley, Mario Tiziani (tied for fifth place in the 2023 Galleri Classic) and Jeff Brehaut.

The Galleri Classic’s final three spots will be determined within the Coachella Valley on Tuesday, March 26 at the tournament’s 18-hole open qualifying event, held at Bermuda Dunes Country Club (Classic course) in Bermuda Dunes, Calif.

By the numbers, The Galleri Classic field features:

• Six World Golf Hall of Famers – Vijay Singh (Class of 2006), Jose Maria Olazabal (Class of 2009), Ernie Els (Class of 2011), Fred Couples (Class of 2013), Mark O’Meara (Class of 2015) and Retief Goosen (Class of 2019).
• Five of the 25 World No. 1-ranked golfers in the Official World Golf Ranking (since it began in 1986) – Fred Couples, Tom Lehman, Ernie Els, David Duval and Vijay Singh.
• Nineteen (19) major champions on the PGA TOUR and 24 PGA TOUR Champions major winners. The following eight golfers have won major titles on the PGA TOUR and PGA TOUR Champions:
• Tom Lehman (1996 Open Championship; three senior majors)
• Fred Couples (1992 Masters; two senior majors)
• Vijay Singh (2000 Masters, 1998 and 2004 PGA Championship; one senior major)
• Retief Goosen (2001 and 2004 U.S. Open; one senior major)
• Mark O’Meara (1998 Masters and 1998 Open Championship; one senior major)
• Darren Clarke (2011 Open Championship; one senior major)
• Jim Furyk (2003 U.S. Open; one senior major)
• David Toms (2001 PGA Championship; one senior major)

Other major champions on the PGA TOUR (without a senior major): Mark Calcavecchia, John Daly, David Duval, Ernie Els, Lee Janzen, Justin Leonard, Jose Maria Olazabal, Corey Pavin, Jeff Sluman, Mike Weir and Y.E. Yang.

• Eight champions in the Coachella Valley at The American Express (PGA TOUR) – Brian Gay (2013), Justin Leonard (2005), Mike Weir (2003), Joe Durant (2001), David Duval (1999), Fred Couples (1998), Corey Pavin (1987, 1991) and Jay Haas (1988).

The Galleri Classic Presented by Spotlight 29 Casino field (74 of 78 players)

• Alker, Steven
• Allan, Steve
• Allen, Michael
• Ames, Stephen
• Andrade, Billy
• Appleby, Stuart
• Austin, Woody
• Barron, Doug
• Begay III, Notah +
• Bertsch, Shane
• Bransdon, David
• Brehaut, Jeff +
• Broadhurst, Paul
• Calcavecchia, Mark
• Cejka, Alex
• Clarke, Darren
• Couples, Fred
• Daly, John +
• Dawson, Marco
• DiMarco, Chris
• Durant, Joe
• Duval, David
• Flesch, Steve
• Frost, David
• Gonzalez, Ricardo
• Goosen, Retief
• Goydos, Paul
• Green, Richard
• Hensby, Mark
• Jaidee, Thongchai
• Janzen, Lee
• Jiménez, Miguel Angel
• Jobe, Brandt
• Karlsson, Robert
• Kelly, Jerry
• Labritz, Rob
• Lehman, Tom
• Leonard, Justin
• Maggert, Jeff
• Mayfair, Billy
• McCarron, Scott
• Mediate, Rocco
• O'Meara, Mark
• Olazábal, José María
• Pampling, Rod
• Pavin, Corey
• Pernice Jr., Tom
• Pride, Dicky
• Quigley, Brett
• Sauers, Gene
• Singh, Vijay
• Slocum, Heath
• Sluman, Jeff
• Stankowski, Paul
• Stricker, Steve
• Sutherland, Kevin
• Tanigawa, Ken
• Tiziani, Mario +
• Toms, David
• Triplett, Kirk
• Verplank, Scott
• Weekley, Boo +
• Wi, Charlie
• Wright, Michael
• 3 Tuesday qualifiers (TBD)
• + Sponsor Exemption

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Rob Labritz perseveres from PGA club pro to PGA TOUR Champions member

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Rob Labritz might be a PGA club professional, but he never has strayed from being a competitive golfer.

The director of golf at the Gary Player-designed GlenArbor Golf Club in Bedford Hills, New York, he also has played in whatever nearby events were available. He prepped for PGA TOUR Champions Q-School in early December by winning the Massachusetts Open, Rhode Island Open, Met Professional Championship and Westchester Open, which just happened to be at GlenArbor.

Labritz is not a guy who lacks for confidence in his game. So the fact he closed Q-school with a 7-under 64 in the final round to finish three strokes ahead of the field about six months after turning 50 shouldn’t have come as a surprise.

Only, it did. Because as Bernhard Langer will tell anyone who will listen, the hardest tour in golf to get on and stay on is PGA TOUR Champions. Only 78 players are permitted in most events, and 36 of those spots are reserved for the top 36 on the previous year’s money list. Most of the other spots go to past champions based on a handful of factors, chief among them a player’s standing on the PGA TOUR’s all-time money list.

Only five players are awarded full status via Q-school. What they do with it from there is up to them.

Because GlenArbor is a world-class course that has hosted a slew of various professional events in his years as its director of golf, Labritz has come to be friendly with several prominent pros. He said Gary Player was one of the first to call and congratulate him on being the medalist at Q school, as did Tom Watson.

Labritz said longtime friend Jerry Kelly has been coaching him up on what to expect as he transitions to a full-time member of PGA TOUR Champions.

“This is just the coolest thing,” said Labritz, whose emotional call to his wife after securing his status went viral on social media. “And for guys like Gary Player and Tom Watson to reach out … I’m living a dream.

“Jerry Kelly and I have been friends for a long time, and he has helped me with what to know and where to stay and how to navigate which is … it’s tricky.”

Labritz has three children: a 19-year-old son at LSU (look for David Toms to introduce himself), a daughter who’s 8, and an 11-month old baby girl he called a “quarantine pregnancy.” So when he’s not busy at GlenArbor, he’s busy at home. Some PGA TOUR Champions winnings would go a long way toward feeding that extra mouth at home.

Labritz said he has been preparing to make a run at the Champions Tour for a long time. He was the medalist at the Canadian Tour school in 2004 and played well in two years on the Canadian Tour, but after a divorce he decided he wanted to be around for his son and took the job at GlenArbor.

“I got offered this great job at this beautiful place and that was that,” Labritz said. “But the desire to compete never left. I’ve always competed in the Met section, always tried to win every event I played in. I just had limited time to practice as an instructor and a director of golf.

“But now I’ll have more time to put into my game. It will be interesting to see where I can take it.”

He plans to play out of GlenArbor, returning when the PGA TOUR Champions schedule allows to continue his duties at the club.

“I have the greatest team on the planet,” Labritz said about the GlenArbor staff. “They’re used to me competing as often as I can, though this will be a lot different.”

So what does Labritz say he has in the way of expectations?

“I’m gonna go out there and win. I wanna win senior majors,” Labritz said. “I want to finish in the top 36 and I want to win. In my belly, my heart on my sleeve … I’m not a cocky person by any means, but I believe in my ability and what I’ve seen in preparing for this.

“And I’m going to have a great time doing it. It’s not gonna be put your head down and not talk to anybody. I want to get to know some guys and have a good time. We’re 50 and we play golf for a living. How cool is that? That’s the difference I’ve seen in qualifiers. You don’t hear guys swearing or throwing clubs. Guys are just really nice.”

Labritz says his game is built around being a very good ball-striker who likes to “work the ball a lot.” He said the great majority of his practice time in preparation for PGA TOUR Champions will be on his short game.

“I’m a pretty consistent player, have been throughout my career at the section level,” Labritz said. “I’m still relatively long, good around the greens, and I’m a good putter. I give myself 40 seconds to hit every shot and enjoy the heck out of just being able to play golf.”