Regional Tournaments
Ridgewood Country Club has hosted many tournaments for the Metropolitan and New Jersey State Golf Associations, and for the New Jersey section of the PGA. Since the move to Midland Avenue, Ridgewood’s courses have been the battlefield for two Met Opens, three Met Amateurs, one New Jersey Open, six New Jersey Amateurs, and one New Jersey PGA Championship. The years and winners are listed below:
1933 N.J. PGA Johnny Kinder
1934 N.J. Amateur J. Wolcott Brown
1937 N.J. Amateur Ian MacCallum
1938 Met Amateur Frank Strafaci
1947 N.J. Amateur Chet Sanok
1951 N.J. Amateur Billy Dear, Jr.
1952 Met Amateur Joseph Marra
1960 Met Open Al Mengert
1960 N.J. Amateur Frank Cortazzo
1966 N.J. Amateur Walt Zembriski
1970 Met Open Jim Albus
1979 N.J. Open Art Silverstrone
1985 Met Amateur George Zahringer III
1994 Met Open Charlie Cowell
2000 Met Amateur David Kwon
2003 N.J. Open Greg Farrow
2009 Met Open Andrew Giuliani