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 1926 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.
In 1924, the Metropolitan PGA hosted its first championship. It was a one-round tournament held at Rockaway Hunting Club which was won by Walter Hagen. Though sometimes referred to as the Metropolitan PGA Championship it is different from this event. [1] The "first annual" Metropolitan PGA Championship was held in 1926 at Salisbury Country Club in Salisbury, New York on Long Island. In the finals, playing against "strong winds," Joe Turnesa "played wonderful golf" to defeat Joe Sylvester 6 & 5. [2]
Year | Winner | Score | To par | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up | Venue | Ref. |
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2023 | Dylan Newman | 202 | −8 | Playoff | Matt Dobyns Peter Ballo | Nassau Country Club | |
2022 | Alex Beach | ||||||
2021 | Peter Ballo | ||||||
2020 | Jason Caron | ||||||
2019 | Peter Ballo | 205 | −5 | 6 strokes | Matt Dobyns | Sleepy Hollow Country Club | [3] |
2018 | Jason Caron | ||||||
2017 | Frank Bensel | 210 | E | 5 strokes | Josh Rackely | Metropolis Country Club | [4] |
2016 | Matt Dobyns | 197 | −16 | 10 strokes | Frank Bensel | Siwanoy Country Club | [5] [6] |
2015 | Matt Dobyns | ||||||
2014 | Anthony Casalino | 214 | −2 | 2 strokes | Frank Bensel | Glen Oaks Club | [7] |
2013 | Danny Balin | Frank Bensel | |||||
2012 | Danny Balin | Frank Bensel | |||||
2011 | Danny Balin | 208 | −2 | 2 strokes | Frank Bensel Nick Bova | Old Oaks | [8] |
2010 | Mark Brown | 207 | −6 | 2 strokes | Danny Balin | Piping Rock Club | [9] |
2009 | Frank Bensel | 1 stroke | Sean Farren | Quaker Ridge Golf Club | [10] | ||
2008 | Colin Amaral | 209 | −7 | 6 strokes | David Young | Glen Oaks Club | [11] |
2007 | Tony DeMaria | 215 | −1 | 1 stroke | Rick Hartmann | The Stanwich Club | [12] |
2006 | Ron Philo, Jr. | 216 | E | 1 stroke | Bob Rittberger Mark Mielke | Wee Burn Country Club | [13] |
2005 | Mark Brown | 207 | −6 | 1 stroke | Darrell Kestner | Metropolis Country Club | [14] |
2004 | Darrell Kestner | 201 | −9 | 8 strokes | Mark Mielke | Inwood Country Club | [15] |
2003 | Darrell Kestner | 215 | −1 | 2 strokes | Rick Hartmann Mike Gilmore | Atlantic Golf Club | [16] |
2002 | Charlie Bolling | 209 | −1 | 2 strokes | John Reeves | Country Club of Fairfield | [17] |
2001 | Mark Mielke | 204 | −9 | 3 strokes | Carl Alexander | Sunningdale Country Club | [18] |
2000 | Rick Hartmann | 212 | +2 | Playoff1 | Carl Alexander Heath Wassem | Hudson National Golf Club | [19] |
1999 | Jay McWilliams | 211 | −2 | 2 strokes | Mike Melton | Pine Hollow Country Club | [20] |
1998 | Carl Alexander | 208 | Playoff2 | Heath Wassem | Century Country Club | [21] | |
1997 | Darrell Kestner | 205 | −5 | 4 strokes | Dave Gosiewski | Fresh Meadow Country Club | [22] |
1996 | Bruce Zabriski | 202 | −11 | 1 stroke | Rick Hartmann | Piping Rock Club | [23] |
1995 | Darrell Kestner | 212 | Playoff | John DeForest | Quaker Ridge Golf Club | [24] | |
1994 | Darrell Kestner | 217 | +1 | 4 strokes | John DeForest | Stanwich Club | [25] |
1993 | Rick Vershure | ||||||
1992 | Mark Mielke | 216 | +3 | Playoff | Larry Rentz Mel Baum | Bethpage Black Course | [26] |
1991 | Ron McDougal | 200 | −10 | 7 strokes | Larry Rentz | Country Club of Fairfield | [27] |
1990 | Mel Baum | ||||||
1989 | Mel Baum | ||||||
1988 | Rick Meskell | 214 | −2 | 4 strokes | Jim Albus | Inwood Country Club | [28] |
1987 | Rick Vershure | ||||||
1986 | Don Reese | ||||||
1985 | Don Reese | 210 | E | 1 stroke | Kevin Morris Roger Ginsberg | Country Club of Fairfield | [29] |
1984 | Kevin Morris | 215 | +1 | 2 strokes | Rick Whitfield | [30] | |
1983 | Ed Sabo | 212 | +2 | 6 strokes | John Gentile | Quaker Ridge Golf Club | [31] [32] |
1982 | Jim Albus | 209 | −4 | 4 strokes | Kevin Morris | Century Country Club | [33] |
1981 | Jim Albus | 206 | −4 | 5 strokes | Don Massengale | Fresh Meadow Country Club | [34] |
1980 | Jimmy Wright | Playoff3 | David Glenz | Metropolis Country Club | [35] | ||
1979 | Jeff Steinberg | 214 | +4 | 1 stroke | Pete Davison | Nassau Country Club | [36] |
1978 | Austin Straub | 215 | 1 stroke | Marty Bohen | [37] | ||
1977 | Gene Borek | 1444 | +4 | 2 strokes | Austin Straub | Winged Foot Golf Club | [38] |
1976 | Jimmy Wright | 211 | −5 | 9 strokes | Rex Baxter | Glen Oaks | [39] |
1975 | Bill Collins | 218 | +2 | Jimmy Wright | Meadow Brook Golf Club | [40] | |
1974 | Jimmy Wright | 207 | −9 | 10 strokes | Tom Joyce Bob Bruno | Meadow Brook Golf Club | [41] |
1973 | Gene Borek | 284 | E | 3 strokes | Bob Bruno Roger Ginsburg | [42] | |
1972 | Jimmy Wright | 292 | +4 | 1 stroke | Ron Letellier | Inwood | [43] |
1971 | Tom Nieporte | 283 | −1 | 1 stroke | Don Massengale | [44] | |
1970 | Gene Borek | 276 | 5 strokes | [45] | |||
1969 | Craig Shankland | ||||||
1968 | Mike Krak | 284 | E | 4 strokes | Wes Ellis | Pine Hollow Country Club | [46] |
1967 | Terry Wilcox | 277 | −3 | 2 strokes | Doug Ford | Nassau Country Club | [47] |
1966 | Mike Krak | 287 | 3 strokes | Bill Collins | Century Country Club | [48] | |
1965 | Jerry Pittman | 294 | 4 strokes | Doug Ford Tom Nieporte | Middle Bay | [49] | |
1964 | Billy Farrell | 287 | −1 | 2 strokes | Mickey Homa | Fairview Country Club | [50] |
1963 | Doug Ford | 287 | +3 | 7 strokes | Buck Adams Steve Doctor Tom Nieporte | Lido | [51] |
1962 | Dave Marr | 285 | Playoff5 | Doug Ford | Westchester Country Club | [52] [53] | |
1961 | Ed Merrins | 286 | Playoff6 | Shelley Mayfield | Meadowbrook Golf Club | [54] | |
1960 | Doug Ford | Al Brosch | Winged Foot Golf Club | [55] | |||
1959 | Doug Ford | 280 | E | 1 stroke | Al Brosch | Rockaway Hunting Club | [56] |
1958 | Doug Ford | 278 | 2 strokes | Mickey Homa | Briar Hall Country Club | [57] | |
1957 | Doug Ford | 210 | 1 stroke | Al Feminelli | Concord International Golf Club | [58] | |
1956 | Bill Collins | 285 | +1 | 3 strokes | Jim Turnesa | Dellwood Country Club | [59] |
1955 | Harry Cooper | 285 | −3 | 2 strokes | Claude Harmon Mike Turnesa | Fairview Country Club | [60] |
1954 | Steve Doctor | 289 | 2 strokes | Claude Harmon | Winged Foot Golf Club | [61] | |
1953 | Clarence Doser | 37th hole | Mickey Homa | [62] | |||
1952 | Al Brosch | 137 | −5 | 2 strokes | Dick DeMane Claude Harmon | Innis Arden Golf Club | [63] |
1951 | Claude Harmon | 283 | Pete Cooper | Cold Spring Country Club | [64] | ||
1950 | Al Brosch | 136 | −4 | 6 strokes | Willie Goggin | Willows Country Club | [65] |
1949 | Mike Turnesa | 2 up | Playoff7 | Al Brosch | Ardsley Country Club | [66] [67] [68] | |
1948 | Clarence Doser | ||||||
1947 | Al Brosch | 279 | −9 | 8 strokes | Pat Cici | Cold Spring Country Club | [69] [70] |
1946 | Claude Harmon | ||||||
1945 | Clarence Doser | ||||||
1944 | Willie Goggin | 215 | Playoff8 | Herman Barron Frank Strazza | [71] | ||
1943 | No tournament due to World War II | ||||||
1942 | Craig Wood | 210 | 9 strokes | Al Brosch | Fresh Meadow Country Club | [72] | |
1941 | Al Brosch | ||||||
1940 | Jimmy Hines | ||||||
1939 | Gene Sarazen | 10 & 9 | Jimmy Hines | [73] | |||
1938 | Al Brosch | ||||||
1937 | Herman Barron | 294 | 6 strokes | Henry Ciuci Leo Mallory | Fenway Golf Club | [74] | |
1936 | Paul Runyan | ||||||
1935 | Paul Runyan | ||||||
1934 | Leo Mallory | ||||||
1933 | Walter Scheiber | ||||||
1932 | Willie Klein | ||||||
1931 | Paul Runyan | Gene Sarazen | [73] | ||||
1930 | Joe Turnesa | ||||||
1929 | Walter Kozak | 3 & 1 | Jim Turnesa | [75] | |||
1928 | Gene Sarazen | Craig Wood | [73] | ||||
1927 | Gene Sarazen | 292 | 3 strokes | Leo Diegel | [76] | ||
1926 | Joe Turnesa | 6 & 5 | Joe Sylvester | Salisbury Country Club | [2] |
Source: [77]
1 Hartmann defeated Alexander and Wassem on first sudden-death playoff hole with a bogey.
2 Alexander defeated Wassem on the first sudden-death playoff hole with a par.
3 Wright defeated Glenz on the first sudden-death playoff hole.
4 Rain-shortened event. The second round was cancelled due to rain.
5 Marr (72) defeated Ford (75) in an 18-hole playoff.
6 Merrins (71) defeated Mayfield (75) in an 18-hole playoff.
7Turnesa tied Brosch after the first 35-hole playoff. Turnesa won the second playoff.
8 Goggin (67) defeated Barron (71) and Strazza (73) in an 18-hole playoff.
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