Tiger Woods

1993 Semi-Finalist

Dustin Johnson

2007 Champion

Thomas Pieters

2012 Champion 

Andy Ogletree

2019 Champion 

Tiger Woods

1993 Semi-Finalist

Dustin Johnson

2007 Champion

Thomas Pieters

2012 Champion 

Andy Ogletree

2019 Champion 

The Monroe Invitational Championship is one of the longest running, high level amateur tournaments in the United States. The tournament began in 1937 and has been held annually every year except during World War II (1942-1945). Tiger Woods played in the Monroe in 1993 when it was a match play event. Tiger was defeated by eventual champion Tom Creavy in the semifinals. Many of the world’s greatest golfers and major champions have also played in the Monroe. Dustin Johnson (2007), Thomas Pieters (2012) and Andy Ogletree (2019) are among the prestigious list of Monroe Champions. Several U.S. Amateur champions are also Monroe Champions, including Ogletree, Sam Urzetta, Robert “Skee” Riegel and Fred Ridley. Ridley, the 1976 Monroe winner, went on to become Chairman of Augusta National.

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Past Champions

2024 Cooper Smith – University of South Florida
2023 Marshall Meisel – Wake Forest
2022 Bartley Forrester – Georgia Tech
2021 C.J. Easley – Auburn University
2020 No Tournament
2019 Andy Ogletree – Georgia Tech
2018 Kevin O’Connell – Cary, N.C.
2017 Derek Bard – University of Virginia
2016 Sean Crocker – University of Southern California
2015 Adam Ball – Virginia Commonwealth University
2014 Taylor Pendrith – Kent State University
2013 Nick Palladino – University of Rochester
2012 Thomas Pieters – University of Illinois
2011 Albin Choi – North Carolina State
2010 Kyle Peterman – Western Illinois University
2009 Bo Hoag – Ohio State University
2008 Phillip Mollica – Clemson University
2007 Dustin Johnson – Coastal Carolina University
2006 Phillip Mollica – Clemson University
2005 Michael Sim – Australia National Team
2004 Kyle Reifers – Wake Forest University
2003 Brent Delahoussaye – Clemson University
2002 D.J. Trahan – Clemson University
2001 Erik Compton – University of Georgia
2000 Reg Millage – Virginia Commonwealth
1999 Michael Morrison – University of Georgia
1998 Bill Lunde – University of Las Vegas
1997 Michael Boyd – University of Tulsa
1996 Jason Enloe – Southern Methodist University
1995 Dan Stone – University of Florida
1994 Bud Still – University of Arkansas
1993 Tom Creavy – E. Orleans, MA
1992 Mike Emery – University of Tennessee
1991 Jean-Paul Hebert – University of Texas
1990 Bobby Gage – E. Tennessee State
1989 Ryoken Kawagishi – Kyoto, Japan
1988 Chris DiMarco – University of Florida
1987 Nolan Henke – Florida State University
1986 Bob Friend – Louisiana State University
1985 John Kircher – Monroe Golf Club
1984 Bob Hughes – University of S. Carolina
1983 Brian Kamm – Florida State University
1982 Dave Boeff – Florida State University
1981 Paul Bonacchi –  E. Rochester, NY
1980 Jeff Sluman – Florida State University
1979 Mike Phillips – Green Hills Country Club
1978 Mike Mercier – Oak Hill Country Club
1977 Chip Lillich – Oak Hill Country Club
1976 Fred Ridley – University of Florida
1975 Rob Ladd – Locust Hill Country Club
1974 Bill Gerber – LaFayette Country Club
1973 Mike Ford – Rollins University
1972 George Burns III – Plandome Country Club
1971 Terry Diehl – Oak Hill Country Club
1970 Mickey Gallagher – Stone Hedges
1969 Terry Diehl – Oak Hill Country Club
1968 Byron H. Morgan – Monroe Golf Club
1967 Carl DiCesare – Genesee Valley Club
1966 Don Allen – Country Club of Rochester
1965 Don Allen – Country Club of Rochester
1964 John P. Konsek – Brookfield Country Club
1963 C. Stewart Wallace Jr. – Ithaca
1962 James Campbell – Oak Hill Country Club
1961 J. Peter Bush – Country Club of Rochester
1960 Jack Thornton – Oak Hill Country Club
1959 John Konsek – Brookfield Country Club
1958 Warren Simmons – Monroe Country Club
1957 Don Allen – Country Club of Rochester
1956 Frank Breslin – Brook Lea Country Club
1955 Don Allen – Country Club of Rochester
1954 George Trainor – Country Club of Rochester
1953 Robert Hill – Oak Hill Country Club
1952 Robert Hill – Oak Hill Country Club
1951 Hank Wheat III – Geneva
1950 Sam Urzetta – Irondequoit Country Club
1949 Sam Urzetta – Midvale Country Club
1948 Sam Urzetta – Midvale Country Club
1947 Robert Riegel – Glendale, CA
1946 Pete Haas – Monroe Golf Club
1945 No Tournament
 1944 No Tournament
1943 No Tournament
1942 No Tournament
1941 Cliff Goodrich – Brook Lea Country Club
1940 George Trainor – Monroe Golf Club
1939 Arnold Zimmerman – Bath
1938 Jack Tucker – Monroe Golf Club
1937 Fred Allen – Monroe Golf Club