New Jersey State Open
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The New Jersey State Open Championship is the New Jersey
state open golf
tournament, open to both amateur and professional golfers. It is organized by the New Jersey State Golf Association. It has been played annually since 1921 at a variety of courses around the state. It was considered a PGA Tour
event in the 1920s and 1930s.
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...
state open golf
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, open to both amateur and professional golfers. It is organized by the New Jersey State Golf Association. It has been played annually since 1921 at a variety of courses around the state. 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 Kevin Foley
- 2010 Brian Gaffney
- 2009 Brett Jones
- 2008 Mark McCormick
- 2007 Brian Komline (amateur)
- 2006 Jason Lamp
- 2005 Brian Komline (amateur)
- 2004 Ed Whitman
- 2003 Greg Farrow
- 2002 Baker Maddera
- 2001 Chris Dachisen
- 2000 John DiMarco
- 1999 Frank Esposito, Jr.
- 1998 Kenneth MacdonaldKenneth MacDonaldKenneth MacDonald was an English actor who was best known for the parts of Gunner Nobby Clark in It Ain't Half Hot Mum and Mike Fisher in Only Fools and Horses.-Personal life:...
(amateur) - 1997 Chris Dachisen
- 1996 Ed Whitman
- 1995 Ed Whitman
- 1994 Greg Hamilton
- 1993 Greg Hamilton
- 1992 Charlie Cowell
- 1991 Ed Whitman
- 1990 David Glenz
- 1989 Steve Sieg
- 1988 David Glenz
- 1987 Jamie Howell
- 1986 David Glenz
- 1985 Gary Ostrega
- 1984 David Glenz
- 1983 Jack KieferJack KieferLeo C. "Jack" Kiefer was an American professional golfer who won two Senior PGA Tour events in the 1990s....
- 1982 Russell Helwig
- 1981 Bob Issler
- 1980 Russell Helwig
- 1979 Art Silvestrone, Jr.
- 1978 Tom Ulozas
- 1977 Mike Stubblefield
- 1976 Jack KieferJack KieferLeo C. "Jack" Kiefer was an American professional golfer who won two Senior PGA Tour events in the 1990s....
- 1975 Jack KieferJack KieferLeo C. "Jack" Kiefer was an American professional golfer who won two Senior PGA Tour events in the 1990s....
- 1974 John Buczek
- 1973 Art Silvestrone, Sr.
- 1972 Art Silvestrone, Sr.
- 1971 Babe Lichardus
- 1970 Billy Ziobro (amateur)
- 1969 Babe Lichardus
- 1968 Ron Howell
- 1967 Pat Schwab
- 1966 Mike Burke, Sr.
- 1965 Babe Lichardus
- 1964 Lester Ward
- 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 Billy Farrell
- 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 Lou BarbaroLou BarbaroLouis Barbaro was a professional golfer and club pro....
- 1958 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....
- 1957 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....
- 1956 Chester Sanok (amateur)
- 1955 Stan Mosel
- 1954 David Baldwin (amateur)
- 1953 Lou BarbaroLou BarbaroLouis Barbaro was a professional golfer and club pro....
- 1952 Babe Lichardus
- 1951 Chester Sanok (amateur)
- 1950 Emery Thomas
- 1949 Emery Thomas
- 1948 Jack Mitchell
- 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 Frank Kringle
- 1944 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...
- 1943 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...
- 1942 Charles Whitehead
- 1941 Jack Mitchell
- 1940 Johnny Kinder
- 1939 Jim Barnes
- 1938 Ted Turner
- 1937 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...
- 1936 Johnny FarrellJohnny FarrellJohn Joseph Farrell was an American professional golfer, best known for winning the 1928 U.S. Open.Farrell was born in White Plains, New York. He turned professional in 1922.In 1928, Farrell won the U.S. Open...
- 1935 Byron NelsonByron NelsonJohn Byron Nelson, Jr. was an American PGA Tour golfer between 1935 and 1946.Nelson and two other well known golfers of the time, Ben Hogan and Sam Snead, were born within seven months of each other in 1912...
- 1934 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 ....
- 1933 Clarence Clark
- 1932 Johnny Kinder
- 1931 Johnny Kinder
- 1930 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....
- 1929 Johnny Golden
- 1928 Johnny Golden
- 1927 Johnny Golden
- 1926 Clarence Hackney
- 1925 Clarence Hackney
- 1924 Clarence Hackney
- 1923 Dave Campbell
- 1922 Martin J. O'Loughlin
- 1921 Peter O'Hara