New England PGA Championship

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The New England PGA Championship is a golf tournament that is the championship of the New England section of the PGA of America. The New England section encompasses the states of Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont (The other New England state (Connecticut) has its own PGA Section). It has been played annually since 1921 at a variety of courses in those states.

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Leo Diegel's 29th and final PGA Tour victory is listed as the 1934 New England PGA. [1] However, the records of the New England PGA do not show him as the winner of that tourney in any year. [2]

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References

  1. Barkow, Al (1989). The History of the PGA TOUR . Copyright PGA Tour. Doubleday. ISBN   0-385-26145-4.
  2. "New England PGA Championship – Past Champions". New England PGA. Retrieved August 24, 2017.