4.13.2011

FARMVILLE, Va. – Former Longwood University men's golf All-American Tim White '83 will play in the 72nd Senior PGA Championship next month, May 24-29, at Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville, Kentucky. He qualified for the prestigious tournament with his top-35 finish at the 22nd Senior PGA Professional National Championship last October at the Toscana and Rancho La Quinta Country Clubs in Palm Springs, California. White tied for 21st with his rounds of 70-69-75-74--288 among the field of 264 that showcased PGA Professionals that are at least 50 years of age, and who qualified through one of the 41 PGA Sections. Tim is the Head Professional and Director of Golf Operations at the Lake Chesdin Golf Club in Chesterfield.

White earned NCAA Division III All-America 3rd-Team honors in 1980 during his sophomore year at Longwood, tying for 16th at the NCAA Division III Men's Golf Championships. He shot 72-76-74-74--296 for his top-20 finish, which is still a school record for 72 holes. White averaged 75.20 that season, and 75.93 during his collegiate career, an average that ranks among the top-10 all-time. His Longwood low round of 67 ranks in a tie for seventh-best in the program's history.

A Richmond native and Midlothian resident, White has been at Lake Chesdin since 1999. He previously worked at the Pocoshock Golf Course (now Providence Golf Club), Brandermill Country Club, and Birkdale Golf Club. Among his playing career highlights, White won the 1987 State Open of Virginia, the 1998, 2006, and 2009 Middle Atlantic Section of the PGA (MAPGA) Head Professional Championships, the 2009 and 2010 MAPGA Southern Chapter Senior Championships, was the 2010 MAPGA Senior Match-Play Champion, and was named the 2010 MAPGA Senior Player of the Year.