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At the turn of the 20th Century, a small group of golfers playing on a rudimentary 5-hole golf course in a Montclair meadow merged with a social organization called the “Upper Ten Club”. Thus was formed the Upper Montclair Country Club. By the early 1920’s, after land had been acquired in the area of the present site, the legendary A.W. Tillinghast designed an 18-hole golf course. In the 1950’s a major course renovation was directed by Robert Trent Jones, Sr. which transformed the Upper Montclair Country Club into the present 27-hole Championship design.
Upper Montclair Country Club is one of only a few country clubs world-wide known to have hosted tournaments for all three Professional Golf Associations. Hall of Famers Gene Littler, Arnold Palmer, Nancy Lopez, Lee Trevino and Ray Floyd have all won titles at UMCC. The rich history of Upper Montclair Country Club continues to be written when it becomes the host of the LPGA’s Sybase Classic in 2007.
Professional Tournaments & Champions
1962 Thunderbird Classic
Gene Littler
1966 Thunderbird Classic
Mason Rudolph
1967 Thunderbird Classic
Arnold Palmer
1968 Thunderbird Classic
Robert John Murphy
1970 Dow Jones Open
Bobby Nichols
1979 LPGA Coca-Cola Classic
Nancy Lopez
1980 LPGA Coca-Cola Classic
Donna Horton White
1983 LPGA Chrysler-Plymouth Classic
Pat Bradley |
1984 LPGA Chrysler-Plymouth Classic
Barbara Bunkowsky
1993-2002 Cadillac NFL Classic
1993 Lee Trevino
1994 Raymond Floyd
1995 George Archer
1996 Bob Murphy
1997 Bruce Crampton
1998 Bob Dickson
1999 Allen Doyle
2000 Lee Trevino
2001 John Schroeder
2002 James Mason
2007 LPGA Sybase Classic
Lorena Ochoa
2008 LPGA Sybase Classic
Lorena Ochoa
2009 LPGA Sybase Classic
Ji Young Oh |
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