Sun Country PGA Championship

The Sun Country PGA Championship is a golf tournament that is the championship of the Sun Country section of the PGA of America. The section was formed in 1974, encompassing the area of New Mexico and western Texas. The championship tournament was started in 1961 when it was only a chapter of the Southwest section.^[1] Don Klein of Four Hills Country Club in Albuquerque, New Mexico holds the record with most victories, winning six championships in a row and seven total in the 1960s. Former PGA Tour professional Tim Norris, winner of the 1982 Sammy Davis Jr.-Greater Hartford Open, won the 1992 championship.

Winners

• 2016 Brad Lardon
• 2015 David Muttitt
• 2014 Scott Gates
• 2013 David Muttitt
• 2012 David Muttitt
• 2011 Trent Romman
• 2010 Scott Lieberwirth
• 2009 Scott Gates
• 2008 Mark Pelletier
• 2007 Bill Harvey
• 2006 Bill Harvey
• 2005 Scott Gates
• 2004 Kurt Osborn
• 2003 Bill Harvey
• 2002 Bill Hancock
• 2001 Dan Koesters
• 2000 Dan Koesters
• 1999 Cameron Doan
• 1998 Cameron Doan
• 1997 Cameron Doan
• 1996 Mike Putnam
• 1995 Jim Dickson
• 1994 Ray Cragun
• 1993 Ray Cragun
• 1992 Tim Norris
• 1991 Mike Putnam
• 1990 Dan Koesters
• 1989 Ray Cragun
• 1988 Jim Dickson
• 1987 Jim Dickson
• 1986 Terry Jennings
• 1985 Jim Dickson
• 1984 Mark Pelletier
• 1983 Gene Torres
• 1982 Gene Torres
• 1981 Jim Dickson
• 1980 Bill Peterson
• 1979 Woody Dame
• 1978 Gene Torres
• 1977 Woody Dame
• 1976 Robert Atkins
• 1975 Darrell Hickock
• 1974 Gene Torres
• 1973 Don McDaniel
• 1972 Bob Meiering
• 1971 Gene Torres
• 1970 Gene Torres
• 1969 Bill Eschenbrenner
• 1968 Don Klein
• 1967 Iverson Martin
• 1966 Don Klein
• 1965 Don Klein
• 1964 Don Klein
• 1963 Don Klein
• 1962 Don Klein
• 1961 Don Klein

References

1. "A Brief History of the Sun Country PGA Professional Championship" (PDF). Sun Country Section, PGA of America. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016. Retrieved July 1, 2014.

External links

• PGA of America – Sun Country section