- Monroe Golf Club
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Monroe Golf Club is a Donald Ross designed course in the Town of Pittsford, Monroe County, New York, near Rochester. It is home to the annual Monroe Invitational Tournament, a highly regarded amateur event.
Monroe Golf Club was recently ranked #96 in Golf Week's 2011 Top 100 Classic Golf Course National Ranking.
MGC is very nearby the well known Oak Hill Country Club, also a Donald Ross design in Pittsford.
In the semi-finals of the 1993 Monroe Invitational Championship, 17 year old Tiger Woods hit a miraculous low, rising cut four iron that sliced some 70 yards under, around and over the maples left of the fairway. The ball traveled 210 yards to just 8 feet from the hole. Tom Creavy made 3, Woods a 4, and Creavy went on to win the match and the 1993 MIC Championship that year.
Woods' match play loss at Monroe was his only match play loss over a five year period beginning with his three consecutive U.S. Junior Amateurs and ending with his three consecutive U.S. Amateurs.
Coordinates: 43°05′47″N 77°29′47″W / 43.09639°N 77.49639°W
Categories:- Golf clubs and courses in New York
- Golf clubs and courses designed by Donald Ross
- Sports venues in Monroe County, New York
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