Monroe Invitational

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| name = Monroe Invitational

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| location = Pittsford, New York

| establishment = 1937

| course = Monroe Golf Club

| par = 70

| yardage = {{convert|6915|yd}}

| org = Monroe Golf Club

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| format = 72-hole stroke play

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| month_played = June

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| current_champion = Marshall Meisel

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The Monroe Invitational Championship is an annual amateur golf tournament in the United States, played since 1937 at Monroe Golf Club in Pittsford, New York, a suburb southeast of Rochester. Originally a match play event, it switched to 72-hole stroke play format in 1998.

{{cite web |url=http://www.monroeinvitational.com/history/ |publisher=Monroe Invitational Championship|title=History|accessdate=August 2, 2013}}

The MIC is a "category B" tournament in the World Amateur Golf Ranking,[https://archive.today/20120909190112/http://www.randa.org/en/WAGR/Events/Event%20detail.aspx?event=6618&isMens=True World Amateur Golf Ranking - 2011 Monroe Invitational] meaning it is one of the top 100 men's amateur tournaments in the world.[http://www.randa.org/en/WAGR/WAGR-System/FAQs.aspx World Amateur Golf Ranking - FAQs - What is an Event Rating]

The course at Monroe Golf Club opened in 1924 and was designed by Donald Ross.

Nick Palladino won the 2013 event in a playoff. Due to rain, the event had been shortened to 54 holes. Entering his senior year at the University of Rochester, Palladino became the first Division III player to win the event.{{cite journal|url=http://golfweek.com/news/2013/jun/15/palladino-becomes-first-d-3-player-win-monroe/|magazine=Golf Week |last=Stein |first=Cassie |title=Palladino becomes first D-3 player to win Monroe |date=June 15, 2013 |accessdate=August 2, 2013}}

Winners

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Multiple winners

Seven players have won more than one Monroe Invitational, through 2022:

References

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