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.
Past Champions
| 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 Pendreth – Kent State University |
| 2013 Nick Palladino – University of Rochester |
| 2012 Thomas Pieters – Illinois |
| 2011 Albin Choi – North Carolina State |
| 2010 Kyle Peterman – W. 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 |
| 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 – UNLV |
| 1997 Michael Boyd – University of Tulsa |
| 1996 Jason Enloe – SMU |
| 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 |
| 1978 Mike Mercier – Oak Hill |
| 1977 Chip Lillich – Oak Hill |
| 1976 Fred Ridley – Tampa, FL |
| 1975 Rob Ladd – Locust Hill |
| 1974 Bill Gerber – LaFayette CC |
| 1973 Mike Ford – Rollins University |
| 1972 George Burns III – Plandome CC |
| 1971 Terry Diehl – Oak Hill |
| 1970 Mickey Gallagher – Stone Hedges |
| 1969 Terry Diehl – Oak Hill |
| 1968 Byron H. Morgan – Monroe |
| 1967 Carl DiCesare – Genesee Valley |
| 1966 Don Allen – CCR |
| 1965 Don Allen – CCR |
| 1964 John P. Konsek – Brookfield |
| 1963 C. Stewart Wallace Jr. – Ithaca |
| 1962 James Campbell – Oak Hill |
| 1961 J. Peter Bush – CCR |
| 1960 Jack Thornton – Oak Hill |
| 1959 John Konsek – Brookfield |
| 1958 Warren Simmons – Monroe |
| 1957 Don Allen – CCR |
| 1956 Frank Breslin – Brook Lea |
| 1955 Don Allen – CCR |
| 1954 George Trainor – CCR |
| 1953 Robert Hill – Oak Hill |
| 1952 Robert Hill – Oak Hill |
| 1951 Hank Wheat III – Geneva |
| 1950 Sam Urzetta – Irondequoit |
| 1949 Sam Urzetta – Midvale |
| 1948 Sam Urzetta – Midvale |
| 1947 Robert Riegel – Glendale, CA |
| 1946 Pete Haas – Monroe |
| 1945 No Tournament |
| 1944 No Tournament |
| 1943 No Tournament |
| 1942 No Tournament |
| 1941 Cliff Goodrich – Brook Lea |
| 1940 George Trainor – Monroe |
| 1939 Arnold Zimmerman – Bath |
| 1938 Jack Tucker – Monroe |
| 1937 Fred Allen – Monroe |