Omar Uresti won the PGA Professional Championship Wednesday to earn a spot in the PGA Championship and six PGA Tour events.
But, according to Golf Digest, Uresti's victory hasn't sat well with some PGA teaching professionals, who believe former tour players like Uresti shouldn't be allowed to play in their national championship.
Since Uresti was a PGA Tour player for more than 20 years, he has an A-3 life member status in the Southern Texas Section of the PGA of America.
Darrell Fuston, who sits on the board of directors for the Southern Texas section and is the director of golf at The Woodlands (Texas) Country Club, told Digest that the problem is not Uresti, but the rule.