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PGA of America Golf Professional John Pillar of the Country Club at Woodloch Springs in Hawley, Pennsylvania, played the weekend in the 86th Senior PGA Championship at the Concession Golf Club in Bradenton, Florida, after successfully making the cut. Ten Corebridge Financial Team Members, including Pillar, advanced to the final two rounds of the men’s senior major championship.
Pillar is one of 36 PGA of America Golf Professionals playing under the Corebridge Financial Team moniker this week. Corebridge Financial has partnered with the PGA of America to sponsor the PGA of Member teams in the Association’s three Major Championships: PGA Championship, Senior PGA Championship and KPMG Women’s PGA Championship.
Galloway (New Jersey) National Golf Club’s PGA Director of Instruction Frank Bensel also competed in this week’s Senior PGA Championship.
The PGA director of golf at Country Club at Woodloch Springs, Section past president, Hall of Fame Member and Playing Legend, Pillar is competing in his second Senior PGA Championship (2021). Pillar finished T-32 in 2025 Senior PGA Professional Championship to earn a spot in the 2026 Senior PGA Championship.
Pillar has twice earned the Section’s title of Rolex / The Haverford Trust Company Robert “Skee” Riegel Senior Player of the Year (2024, 2025) and has won the Philadelphia Senior PGA Professional Championship four times (2019, 2020, 2024, 2025). –Matt Frey, PGA
