Connecticut PGA Championship
The Connecticut PGA Championship is a golf tournament that is a championship of the Connecticut section of the PGA of America.[1] The tournament has been played annually since 1929 mostly in Connecticut, although it's been held four times in Massachusetts. Dennis Coscina, who has competed on the Senior tour and is long-time teaching pro, holds the record for most wins with eight. PGA Tour winners who have also won the Connecticut PGA Championship include Gene Kunes and Joe Turnesa.
Some controversy exists regarding the winner of the 2002 Championship, Suzy Whaley. By winning the Connecticut PGA that year, she became the first woman in 58 years to qualify for a PGA event, the Greater Hartford Open. The controversy had to do with the fact that she was allowed to play the course off tees 699 yards shorter than the men she competed against. This discrepancy has since been addressed by the PGA with what's commonly called the "Whaley Rule".[2]
Winners[]
Year | Champion | Venue | Location |
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2021 | Wampanoag Country Club | West Hartford, Connecticut | |
2020 | Wampanoag Country Club | West Hartford, Connecticut | |
2019 | Keney Park Golf Course | Hartford, Connecticut | |
2018 | Keney Park Golf Course | Hartford, Connecticut | |
2017 | Keney Park Golf Course | Hartford, Connecticut | |
2016 | Keney Park Golf Course | Hartford, Connecticut | |
2015 | Wethersfield Country Club | Wethersfield, Connecticut | |
2014 | The Orchards Golf Club | South Hadley, Massachusetts | |
2013 | Mohegan Sun Country Club | Uncasville, Connecticut | |
2012 | Ellington Ridge Country Club | Ellington, Connecticut | |
2011 | Black Hall Club | Old Lyme, Connecticut | |
2010 | Lyman Orchards Golf Club | Middlefield, Connecticut | |
2009 | Wethersfield Country Club | Wethersfield, Connecticut | |
2008 | Wampanoag Country Club | West Hartford, Connecticut | |
2007 | Ellington Ridge Country Club | Ellington, Connecticut | |
2006 | Longmeadow Country Club | East Longmeadow, Massachusetts | |
2005 | Race Brook Country Club | Orange, Connecticut | |
2004 | Country Club of Waterbury | Waterbury, Connecticut | |
2003 | New Haven Country Club | Hamden, Connecticut | |
2002 | Suzy Whaley | Ellington Ridge Country Club | Ellington, Connecticut |
2001 | Black Hall Club | Old Lyme, Connecticut | |
2000 | Hartford Golf Club | West Hartford, Connecticut | |
1999 | Wethersfield Country Club | Wethersfield, Connecticut | |
1998 | Wampanoag Country Club | West Hartford, Connecticut | |
1997 | Ellington Ridge Country Club | Ellington, Connecticut | |
1996 | Ellington Ridge Country Club | Ellington, Connecticut | |
1995 | Ellington Ridge Country Club | Ellington, Connecticut | |
1994 | Ellington Ridge Country Club | Ellington, Connecticut | |
1993 | Ellington Ridge Country Club | Ellington, Connecticut | |
1992 | Ellington Ridge Country Club | Ellington, Connecticut | |
1991 | Ellington Ridge Country Club | Ellington, Connecticut | |
1990 | Ellington Ridge Country Club | Ellington, Connecticut | |
1989 | Ellington Ridge Country Club | Ellington, Connecticut | |
1988 | Ellington Ridge Country Club | Ellington, Connecticut | |
1987 | Ellington Ridge Country Club | Ellington, Connecticut | |
1986 | Richter Park Golf Course | Danbury, Connecticut | |
1985 | TPC at Connecticut | Cromwell, Connecticut | |
1984 | Manchester Country Club | Manchester, Connecticut | |
1983 | Woodbridge Country Club | Woodbridge, Connecticut | |
1982 | The Golf Club of Avon | Avon, Connecticut | |
1981 | The Farms Country Club | Wallingford, Connecticut | |
1980 | Cliffside Country Club | Simsbury, Connecticut | |
1979 | Ellington Ridge Country Club | Ellington, Connecticut | |
1978 | Hop Meadow Country Club | Simsbury, Connecticut | |
1977 | Brooklawn Country Club | Fairfield, Connecticut | |
1976 | Tumble Brook Country Club | Bloomfield, Connecticut | |
1975 | Hartford Golf Club | West Hartford, Connecticut | |
1974 | Black Hall Club | Old Lyme, Connecticut | |
1973 | Wallingford Country Club | Wallingford, Connecticut | |
1972 | Ellington Ridge Country Club | Ellington, Connecticut | |
1971 | Country Club of Fairfield | Fairfield, Connecticut | |
1970 | Longmeadow Country Club | East Longmeadow, Massachusetts | |
1969 | Brooklawn Country Club | Fairfield, Connecticut | |
1968 | The Orchards Golf Club | South Hadley, Massachusetts | |
1967 | Ellington Ridge Country Club | Ellington, Connecticut | |
1966 | Brooklawn Country Club | Fairfield, Connecticut | |
1965 | Oak Lane Country Club | Woodbridge, Connecticut | |
1964 | Hop Meadow Country Club | Simsbury, Connecticut | |
1963 | Wampanoag Country Club | West Hartford, Connecticut | |
1962 | Ellington Ridge Country Club | Ellington, Connecticut | |
1961 | Crestview Country Club | Agawam, Massachusetts | |
1960 | Torrington Country Club | Torrington, Connecticut | |
1959 | Torrington Country Club | Torrington, Connecticut | |
1958 | The Country Club | Farmington, Connecticut | |
1957 | The Country Club | Farmington, Connecticut | |
1956 | Shennecossett Golf Course | Groton, Connecticut | |
1955 | Shennecossett Golf Course | Groton, Connecticut | |
1954 | Norwich Golf Club | Norwich, Connecticut | |
1953 | Indian Hill Country Club | Newington, Connecticut | |
1952 | Norwich Golf Club | Norwich, Connecticut | |
1951 | Norwich Golf Club | Norwich, Connecticut | |
1950 | Wethersfield Country Club | Wethersfield, Connecticut | |
1949 | Norwich Golf Course | Norwich, Connecticut | |
1948 | Rockledge Country Club | West Hartford, Connecticut | |
1947 | Norwich Golf Club | Norwich, Connecticut | |
1946 | Wampanoag Country Club | West Hartford, Connecticut | |
1945 | Avon Golf Club | Avon, Connecticut | |
1942–44 | No tournament | ||
1941 | Indian Hill Country Club | Newington, Connecticut | |
1940 | Woodbridge Country Club | Woodbridge, Connecticut | |
1939 | Indian Hill Country Club | Newington, Connecticut | |
1938 | Indian Hill Country Club | Newington, Connecticut | |
1937 | Indian Hill Country Club | Newington, Connecticut | |
1936 | Joe Turnesa | Torrington Country Club | Torrington, Connecticut |
1935 | Joe Turnesa | Rockledge Country Club | West Hartford, Connecticut |
1934 | The Country Club | Farmington, Connecticut | |
1933 | Gene Kunes | The Country Club | Farmington, Connecticut |
1932 | Country Club of Waterbury | Waterbury, Connecticut | |
1931 | Gene Kunes | Indian Hill (Sequin) Country Club | Newington, Connecticut |
1930 | Indian Hill (Sequin) Country Club | Newington, Connecticut | |
1929 | Wampanoag Country Club | West Hartford, Connecticut |
References[]
- ^ "The Connecticut PGA Championship" (PDF). Connecticut PGA. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 8, 2015. Retrieved June 29, 2014.
- ^ "P.G.A. Revises Rule For Women on Tees". The New York Times. January 29, 2003.
External links[]
- Golf in Connecticut
- PGA of America sectional tournaments
- Recurring sporting events established in 1929
- 1929 establishments in Connecticut
- Sports competitions in Hartford, Connecticut