New Jersey PGA Championship
Encyclopedia
The New Jersey PGA Championship is a golf
tournament that is the section championship of the New Jersey
section of the PGA of America. It has been played annually since 1928 at a variety of courses around the state. The format from 1932 to 1934 and 1954 to 1957 was match play
. Since 1958, the format has been stroke play
. It was considered a PGA Tour
event in the 1920s and 1930s.
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 New Jersey
New Jersey
New Jersey is a state in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. , its population was 8,791,894. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania and on the southwest by Delaware...
section of the PGA of America. It has been played annually since 1928 at a variety of courses around the state. The format from 1932 to 1934 and 1954 to 1957 was match play
Match play
Match play is a scoring system for golf in which a player, or team, earns a point for each hole in which they have bested their opponents; this is as opposed to stroke play, in which the total number of strokes is counted over one or more rounds of 18 holes...
. Since 1958, the format has been stroke play
Stroke play
Stroke play, also known as medal play, is a scoring system in the sport of golf. It involves counting the total number of strokes taken on each hole during a given round, or series of rounds...
. 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.
Winners
- 2011 Sam Kang
- 2010 Frank Esposito, Jr.
- 2009 Frank Esposito, Jr.
- 2008 Brent Studer
- 2007 Frank Esposito, Jr.
- 2006 Bill BrittonBill BrittonWilliam Timothy Britton is an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour for fifteen years during the 1980s and 1990s....
- 2005 Bill BrittonBill BrittonWilliam Timothy Britton is an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour for fifteen years during the 1980s and 1990s....
- 2004 Joey Rassett
- 2003 Frank Esposito, Jr.
- 2002 Steve Sieg
- 2001 Mike Burke, Jr.
- 2000 Chris Dachisen
- 1999 Mike Burke, Jr.
- 1998 Brent Studer
- 1997 John Klocksin
- 1996 Robin Kohberger
- 1995 Gary Ostrega
- 1994 Jamie Fordyce
- 1993 Bill King
- 1992 Mike Burke, Jr.
- 1991 Steve Sieg
- 1990 Ed Whitman
- 1989 Peter OosterhuisPeter OosterhuisPeter A. Oosterhuis is an English professional golfer and golf analyst.-Early years, amateur golf:Oosterhuis was born in London...
- 1988 Bill King
- 1987 Ed Whitman
- 1986 David Glenz
- 1985 David Glenz
- 1984 Gary Ostrega
- 1983 Ed Whitman
- 1982 Ed Whitman
- 1981 Pat Schwab
- 1980 Carlton White
- 1979 Tom Ulozas
- 1978 Babe Lichardus
- 1977 Babe Lichardus
- 1976 Bill Ziobro
- 1975 Gary Head
- 1974 Charles Huckaby
- 1973 John Buczek
- 1972 Dick Pearce
- 1971 Pat Schwab
- 1970 Pat Schwab
- 1969 Bob Shields
- 1968 Pat Schwab
- 1967 Stan Mosel
- 1966 Babe Lichardus
- 1965 Babe Lichardus
- 1964 Wes EllisWes EllisWesley Ellis, Jr. was an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s....
- 1963 Wes EllisWes EllisWesley Ellis, Jr. was an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s....
- 1962 Wes EllisWes EllisWesley Ellis, Jr. was an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s....
- 1961 Wes EllisWes EllisWesley Ellis, Jr. was an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s....
- 1960 Al MengertAl MengertAl Mengert is a former American professional golfer.As an amateur, Mengert was runner-up in the 1952 U.S. Amateur to Jack Westland....
- 1959 Harold Sanderson
- 1958 Jake Zastko
- 1957 Emery Thomas
- 1956 Stan Mosel
- 1955 Otto Greiner
- 1954 Fred Backer
- 1953 Babe Lichardus
- 1952 Lou BarbaroLou BarbaroLouis Barbaro was a professional golfer and club pro....
- 1951 Emery Thomas
- 1950 Emery Thomas
- 1949 Vic GhezziVic GhezziVictor J. Ghezzi was an American golfer. He won 11 times on the PGA Tour including one major championship, the 1941 PGA Championship. He was selected for three Ryder Cup teams, 1939, 1941, and 1943 but each was canceled due to World War II...
- 1948 Angelo Petraglia
- 1947 Gene KunesGene KunesEugene Laverne Kunes was an American professional golfer.Kunes was born in Erie, Pennsylvania. He made his living as a club professional while occasionally playing on the early PGA Tour...
- 1946 Jack Mitchell
- 1945 Emery Thomas
- 1944 Dave O'Connell
- 1943 Emery Thomas
- 1942 Johnny Kinder
- 1941 Frank WalshFrank Walsh (golfer)Frank Walsh was an American professional golfer, who is notable for losing the 1932 PGA Championship to Olin Dutra.Walsh was born in Chicago, Illinois.-Tournament wins:this list may be incomplete...
- 1940 Frank WalshFrank Walsh (golfer)Frank Walsh was an American professional golfer, who is notable for losing the 1932 PGA Championship to Olin Dutra.Walsh was born in Chicago, Illinois.-Tournament wins:this list may be incomplete...
- 1939 Vic GhezziVic GhezziVictor J. Ghezzi was an American golfer. He won 11 times on the PGA Tour including one major championship, the 1941 PGA Championship. He was selected for three Ryder Cup teams, 1939, 1941, and 1943 but each was canceled due to World War II...
- 1938 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 ....
- 1937 Johnny Kinder
- 1936 Vic GhezziVic GhezziVictor J. Ghezzi was an American golfer. He won 11 times on the PGA Tour including one major championship, the 1941 PGA Championship. He was selected for three Ryder Cup teams, 1939, 1941, and 1943 but each was canceled due to World War II...
- 1935 Maurrie O'Connor
- 1934 Johnny Kinder
- 1933 Johnny Kinder
- 1932 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 ....
- 1931 Clarence Clark
- 1930 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 ....
- 1929 Jack Forrester
- 1928 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 ....