Monroe Golf Club

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Monroe Golf Club is a Donald Ross designed course in Pittsford, New York, near Rochester. It is home to the annual Monroe Invitational Tournament, a highly regarded amateur event.

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, Tiger a 4, and Tom went on to win the match and the 1993 MIC Championship that year.

Tiger's match play loss at Monroe was his only match play loss over a five year period beginning with his three consecutive USGA Junior Championships and ending with his three consecutive United States Amateur Championships.

Monroe Golf Club is a beautiful, venerable golf course that has proven to be a formidable challenge to some of the best players in the country for over 60 years of amateur golf.