Metropolitan PGA Championship
Encyclopedia
The Metropolitan PGA Championship is a golf
tournament that is the section championship of the Metropolitan section of the PGA of America. It has been played annually since 1924 at a variety of courses around the New York City metropolitan area
. It was considered a PGA Tour
event in the 1920s and 1930s. It is also known as simply the Metropolitan PGA or Met PGA.
Golf
Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....
tournament that is the section championship of the Metropolitan section of the PGA of America. It has been played annually since 1924 at a variety of courses around the New York City metropolitan area
Metropolitan area
The term metropolitan area refers to a region consisting of a densely populated urban core and its less-populated surrounding territories, sharing industry, infrastructure, and housing. A metropolitan area usually encompasses multiple jurisdictions and municipalities: neighborhoods, townships,...
. It was considered a PGA Tour
PGA Tour
The PGA Tour is the organizer of the main men's professional golf tours in the United States and North America...
event in the 1920s and 1930s. It is also known as simply the Metropolitan PGA or Met PGA.
Winners
- 2011 Danny Balin
- 2010 Mark Brown
- 2009 Frank Bensel
- 2008 Colin Amaral
- 2007 Tony DeMaria
- 2006 Ron Philo, Jr.
- 2005 Mark Brown
- 2004 Darrell KestnerDarrell KestnerDarrell Kestner is an American professional golfer.Kestner was born in Welch, West Virginia. He attended Concord College. He turned professional in 1975....
- 2003 Darrell KestnerDarrell KestnerDarrell Kestner is an American professional golfer.Kestner was born in Welch, West Virginia. He attended Concord College. He turned professional in 1975....
- 2002 Charlie Bolling
- 2001 Mark Mielke
- 2000 Rick Hartmann
- 1999 Jay McWilliams
- 1998 Carl Alexander
- 1997 Darrell KestnerDarrell KestnerDarrell Kestner is an American professional golfer.Kestner was born in Welch, West Virginia. He attended Concord College. He turned professional in 1975....
- 1996 Bruce ZabriskiBruce ZabriskiBruce Zabriski is an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour, European Tour and the Nationwide Tour.Zabriski joined the European Tour in 1985 and would play on the Tour until 1987. His best finish came at the Benson & Hedges International Open where he finished in a tie for 6th...
- 1995 Darrell KestnerDarrell KestnerDarrell Kestner is an American professional golfer.Kestner was born in Welch, West Virginia. He attended Concord College. He turned professional in 1975....
- 1994 Darrell KestnerDarrell KestnerDarrell Kestner is an American professional golfer.Kestner was born in Welch, West Virginia. He attended Concord College. He turned professional in 1975....
- 1993 Rick Vershure
- 1992 Mark Mielke
- 1991 Ron McDougal
- 1990 Mel Baum
- 1989 Mel Baum
- 1988 Rick Meskell
- 1987 Rick Vershure
- 1986 Don Reese
- 1985 Don Reese
- 1984 Kevin Morris
- 1983 Ed Sabo
- 1982 Jim AlbusJim AlbusJames Christian Albus is an American golfer.Albus was born in Staten Island, New York. He attended first New Dorp High School, and went on to Bucknell University, where he was a successful baseball player. It was while he was at college that he took up golf, which was unusually late for a future...
- 1981 Jim AlbusJim AlbusJames Christian Albus is an American golfer.Albus was born in Staten Island, New York. He attended first New Dorp High School, and went on to Bucknell University, where he was a successful baseball player. It was while he was at college that he took up golf, which was unusually late for a future...
- 1980 Jimmy WrightJimmy Wright (golfer)Jimmy Wright is an American professional golfer.-Biography:Wright was born on a farm in Bentonville, Arkansas. At the age of 10, he moved to Enid, Oklahoma where he spent most of his youth. He started caddying at a local golf course when he was 12 and began playing golf the following year. He shot...
- 1979 Jeff Steinberg
- 1978 Austin Straub
- 1977 Gene Borek
- 1976 Jimmy WrightJimmy Wright (golfer)Jimmy Wright is an American professional golfer.-Biography:Wright was born on a farm in Bentonville, Arkansas. At the age of 10, he moved to Enid, Oklahoma where he spent most of his youth. He started caddying at a local golf course when he was 12 and began playing golf the following year. He shot...
- 1975 Bill CollinsBill Collins (golfer)William R. Collins was an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour in the 1950s and 1960s and the Senior PGA Tour in the 1980s....
- 1974 Jimmy WrightJimmy Wright (golfer)Jimmy Wright is an American professional golfer.-Biography:Wright was born on a farm in Bentonville, Arkansas. At the age of 10, he moved to Enid, Oklahoma where he spent most of his youth. He started caddying at a local golf course when he was 12 and began playing golf the following year. He shot...
- 1973 Gene Borek
- 1972 Jimmy WrightJimmy Wright (golfer)Jimmy Wright is an American professional golfer.-Biography:Wright was born on a farm in Bentonville, Arkansas. At the age of 10, he moved to Enid, Oklahoma where he spent most of his youth. He started caddying at a local golf course when he was 12 and began playing golf the following year. He shot...
- 1971 Tom NieporteTom NieporteThomas Nieporte is an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour in the 1950s and 1960s.Nieporte grew up in the Cincinnati suburb of North College Hill, Ohio. He attended the Ohio State University and was a distinguished member of the golf team, winning the NCAA Championship in 1951...
- 1970 Gene Borek
- 1969 Craig Shankland
- 1968 Mike Krak
- 1967 Terry WilcoxTerry WilcoxTerry Wilcox is an American professional golfer.Wilcox grew up in Ada, Oklahoma. He played college golf at Oklahoma State University, graduating in 1962....
- 1966 Mike Krak
- 1965 Jerry PittmanJerry PittmanJerry Pittman is an American professional golfer.Pittman grew up in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He played college golf at Southern Methodist University....
- 1964 Billy Farrell
- 1963 Doug FordDoug Ford (golfer)Douglas Michael Ford, Sr. born Fortunato is an American professional golfer and two-time major golf champion.Ford was born in West Haven, Connecticut. He turned professional in 1949 and won for the first time in 1952 at the Jacksonville Open.The win in Jacksonville was an unusual one...
- 1962 Dave MarrDave MarrDavid Francis Marr, Jr. was an American professional golfer and sportscaster, best known for winning the 1965 PGA Championship.-Early years:...
- 1961 Ed Merrins
- 1960 Doug FordDoug Ford (golfer)Douglas Michael Ford, Sr. born Fortunato is an American professional golfer and two-time major golf champion.Ford was born in West Haven, Connecticut. He turned professional in 1949 and won for the first time in 1952 at the Jacksonville Open.The win in Jacksonville was an unusual one...
- 1959 Al BroschAl BroschAlfred "Red" Brosch was an American professional golfer.Brosch worked pirmarily as a club pro but also played on the PGA Tour. He was the first player to shoot a round of 60 on the Tour, in the third round of the 1951 Texas Open...
- 1958 Doug FordDoug Ford (golfer)Douglas Michael Ford, Sr. born Fortunato is an American professional golfer and two-time major golf champion.Ford was born in West Haven, Connecticut. He turned professional in 1949 and won for the first time in 1952 at the Jacksonville Open.The win in Jacksonville was an unusual one...
- 1957 Doug FordDoug Ford (golfer)Douglas Michael Ford, Sr. born Fortunato is an American professional golfer and two-time major golf champion.Ford was born in West Haven, Connecticut. He turned professional in 1949 and won for the first time in 1952 at the Jacksonville Open.The win in Jacksonville was an unusual one...
- 1956 Bill CollinsBill Collins (golfer)William R. Collins was an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour in the 1950s and 1960s and the Senior PGA Tour in the 1980s....
- 1955 Harry CooperHarry Cooper (golfer)Harry E. Cooper was a prominent PGA Tour golfer of the 1920s and 1930s. After he retired from competitive golf, he became a well-regarded instructor, into his 90s....
- 1954 Steve Doctor
- 1953 Clarence Doser
- 1952 Al BroschAl BroschAlfred "Red" Brosch was an American professional golfer.Brosch worked pirmarily as a club pro but also played on the PGA Tour. He was the first player to shoot a round of 60 on the Tour, in the third round of the 1951 Texas Open...
- 1951 Claude HarmonClaude HarmonEugene Claude Harmon, Sr. was an American golfer.Harmon was born in Savannah, Georgia, and spent much of his boyhood in the Orlando area. A youthful prodigy, Harmon qualified for the U.S. Amateur at age 15 in 1931...
- 1950 Al BroschAl BroschAlfred "Red" Brosch was an American professional golfer.Brosch worked pirmarily as a club pro but also played on the PGA Tour. He was the first player to shoot a round of 60 on the Tour, in the third round of the 1951 Texas Open...
- 1949 Mike TurnesaMike TurnesaMichael C. Turnesa was one of seven famous golfing brothers: Phil , Frank , Joe , Mike , Doug , Jim , and Willie . All but Willie turned professional.Turnesa's first job in golf came in the pro shop at the Metropolis Country Club...
- 1948 Clarence Doser
- 1947 Al BroschAl BroschAlfred "Red" Brosch was an American professional golfer.Brosch worked pirmarily as a club pro but also played on the PGA Tour. He was the first player to shoot a round of 60 on the Tour, in the third round of the 1951 Texas Open...
- 1946 Claude HarmonClaude HarmonEugene Claude Harmon, Sr. was an American golfer.Harmon was born in Savannah, Georgia, and spent much of his boyhood in the Orlando area. A youthful prodigy, Harmon qualified for the U.S. Amateur at age 15 in 1931...
- 1945 Clarence Doser
- 1944 Willie GogginWillie GogginWillie Goggin was an American professional golfer, who is notable for losing the 1933 PGA Championship to Gene Sarazen.-Tournament wins:this list is incomplete*1935 Northern California Open*1936 Northern California Open...
- 1943 No tournament
- 1942 Craig WoodCraig Wood (golfer)Craig Ralph Wood was an American professional golfer in the 1930s and 1940s, the winner of 21 PGA Tour titles including two major championships and a member of three Ryder Cup teams ....
- 1941 Al BroschAl BroschAlfred "Red" Brosch was an American professional golfer.Brosch worked pirmarily as a club pro but also played on the PGA Tour. He was the first player to shoot a round of 60 on the Tour, in the third round of the 1951 Texas Open...
- 1940 Jimmy HinesJimmy HinesJames J. Hines was an American professional golfer.Hines was born in Mineola, New York. He won nine times on the PGA Tour and was selected to the 1939 Ryder Cup team but the event was cancelled due to World War II....
- 1939 Gene SarazenGene SarazenGene Sarazen was an American professional golfer, one of the world's top players in the 1920s and 1930s. He is one of five golfers to win all the current major championships in his career, the Career Grand Slam:U.S...
- 1938 Al BroschAl BroschAlfred "Red" Brosch was an American professional golfer.Brosch worked pirmarily as a club pro but also played on the PGA Tour. He was the first player to shoot a round of 60 on the Tour, in the third round of the 1951 Texas Open...
- 1937 Herman BarronHerman BarronHerman Barron was an American professional golfer best known for being the first Jewish golfer to win a PGA Tour event.-Biography:...
- 1936 Paul RunyanPaul RunyanPaul Scott Runyan was an American professional golfer. He was among the world's best players in the mid-1930s, won two PGA Championships, and is a member of the World Golf Hall of Fame. Runyan was also a golf instructor....
- 1935 Paul RunyanPaul RunyanPaul Scott Runyan was an American professional golfer. He was among the world's best players in the mid-1930s, won two PGA Championships, and is a member of the World Golf Hall of Fame. Runyan was also a golf instructor....
- 1934 Leo Mallory
- 1933 Walter Scheiber
- 1932 Willie Klein
- 1931 Paul RunyanPaul RunyanPaul Scott Runyan was an American professional golfer. He was among the world's best players in the mid-1930s, won two PGA Championships, and is a member of the World Golf Hall of Fame. Runyan was also a golf instructor....
- 1930 Joe Turnesa
- 1929 Walter Kozak
- 1928 Gene SarazenGene SarazenGene Sarazen was an American professional golfer, one of the world's top players in the 1920s and 1930s. He is one of five golfers to win all the current major championships in his career, the Career Grand Slam:U.S...
- 1927 Gene SarazenGene SarazenGene Sarazen was an American professional golfer, one of the world's top players in the 1920s and 1930s. He is one of five golfers to win all the current major championships in his career, the Career Grand Slam:U.S...
- 1926 Joe Turnesa
- 1924 Walter HagenWalter HagenWalter Charles Hagen was a major figure in golf in the first half of the 20th century. His tally of eleven professional majors is third behind Jack Nicklaus and Tiger Woods . He won the U.S. Open twice, and in 1922 he became the first native-born American to win the British Open, which he went on...