Rich Berberian Jr.

PGA Classification: A-8
PGA Section: New England
PGA Membership: 2014

Facility: Vesper Country Club, Tyngsboro, Mass.

Notes: PGA Assistant Professional at Vesper Country Club...Competing in his ninth consecutive and career PGA Professional Championship...Winner, 2016 PGA Professional Championship at Turning Stone Resort Casino in Verona, New York, making a 33-foot birdie putt on the 18th green...Has competed in five PGA Championships (2020, '19, '18, '17, '16)...Winner, 2017 and '16 PGA Professional Player of the Year...Winner, 2023 New England PGA Player of the Year...His fifth NEPGA POY honor (2021, '19, '17, '16)...Named the New England PGA's Player of the Decade (2011-20)...Winner, 2023 New England PGA Championship, his fifth NEPGA Championship title (2021, '18, '15, '14)...Shot a 59 in the opening round of the 2023 NEPGA Championship en route to an 18-under finish, the lowest score in the tournament's 103-year history...Played on the 2017 U.S. PGA Cup Team...Made the cut in the 2017 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am (T-66); the Puerto Rico Open (71st); and the Barbasol Championship (83rd, MDF)...Posted a 71-69, earning one of four 2015 U.S. Open qualifying spots at Old Oaks Country Club and Century Country Club in Purchase, New York...Won National Championship on the 69th birthday of his father, PGA Life Member Richard Berberian Sr., who competed in 1988, '90 PGA Professional Championship and five (1997-2001) Senior PGA Professional Championships...Is one of six PGA Professional Champions whose father was a PGA Professional...He was introduced to the game of golf by his father, who has been his son's coach throughout his career.