Never Too Late: IGA Champs Director Heads to PGA Professionals Championship

Kyle Weeks setting up the Meadow Creek Golf Resort ahead of the 2025 Tournament of Champions | Matthew Cerio

Kyle Weeks has spent much of his career driving across Idaho and Oregon on his way to Pro-Ams and PGA Section events. Chasing his ball for a score that matters is at the heart of why he made a career out of golf. And it’s an itch he can’t stop scratching, no matter how much the rest of his life keeps delivering joy. 

“Maybe it’s too late,” the IGA Director of Rules and Competitions said, forced to reflect on the state of his competitive ambitions from behind the wheel of a green-and-white, IGA-branded Toyota Highlander on his way to a Pro-Am event at Canyon Springs. “I never felt as sharp as I did before.”  

The thought that it might be too late was, in part, the product of a career shift that put him in the driver's seat of that car. With two daughters under five years old at home, the Saturday-Sunday grind of a club professional promised to steal him from moments he refused to be stolen from. But preserving weekends with his wife and daughters would also mean fewer chances to play on Mondays and Tuesdays, when most club professionals trade tee sheets and landlines for competitive reps.  

His trip to Twin Falls, however, was driven by something he learned at the Rocky Mountain Section PGA Professional Championship this fall: it’s never too late.   

Despite air-mailing the final green and scraping it in for six, Weeks finished two-under par in a tie for third at the Valley Club, punching his ticket to the 2026 PGA Professionals Championship — an event he’s had circled since he was elected to Class-A PGA Membership in 2012.   

“I knew there was good golf in there,” Weeks said. “It was just going to be a lot harder to find.”  

From time to time, through the glass walls of the office where Weeks spends most of his days organizing IGA Championships, you’ll catch him searching for that good golf with a roller and a kettle bell. Investing more in his health and fitness, he says, has been good for his game in lieu of time on the golf course. The occasional pro-am and money game with friends can only keep you so sharp.  

His wife, Lindsey, sees that hard work through a longer lens. She’s watched her husband grow into a deeply attentive father, a man dedicated to raising kind, inspired and creative young women. She says they’ve worked together to carve out space and time for him to stay dedicated to his craft and hopes to see her daughter adopt his grit.      

“I want them to learn that hard work and perseverance are invaluable,” Lindsey said. “That no matter what life throws at you, you should never let it strip away what you love.”    

However sharp he may find himself at Bandon Dunes at the end of April, Weeks says he’s truly humbled to have earned a spot in the field alongside pedigreed professionals from across the country. And the location may be all the more meaningful.     

“I can’t imagine a better place than Bandon Dunes to play in my first one,” Weeks said. “I’ve been in love with the place since the first time I stepped foot on it in 2016. I’ve been back 10 times since. So, this one is pretty special.”  

And while the familiarity with the venue leaves him mentally prepared to tackle the golf courses (Bandon and Pacific Dunes), he admits the opportunity is somewhat overwhelming. He’s invited good friends to join Lindsey and the kids on the coast for the week. He’s enlisted a close friend and former-fellow-professional to carry his bag. He intends to make a memory of the occasion. 

“I don’t totally know what to expect yet,” he said. “I’m just going to try to insert as many cliches as I can, put a tee in the ground and try to get the ball somewhere forward on the first couple of holes and see if I can settle in and play simple golf and see what happens.” 

The 2026 PGA Professionals Championship will take place April 26th-29th at Bandon Dunes Golf Resort, with the top 20 finishers advancing to the PGA Championship (yes, with Rory, Scottie and crew) at Aronimink Golf Club May 14th-17th.   

“The magnitude of this moment is one that I’m not sure we will understand until we see him standing on the course,” Lindsey said. “I feel like Kyle may have thought that maybe he had missed his prime... my hope is that this experience further ignites his excitement for competitive golf and what his game can become in the coming years.”