Local PGA Professional Brian Gaffney of Rumson Country Club captured the New Jersey PGA Professional Championship, the NJ PGA Section’s most prestigious Major Championship, on Sept. 13 at the Arcola Country Club in Paramus.
Gaffney finished the 54-hole event five-under-par, winning by two strokes.
Recognized as one of the most accomplished PGA Professionals in the New Jersey Section, this is Gaffney’s first New Jersey PGA Professional Championship victory. Gaffney will lead a group of 12 NJ PGA Professionals that have qualified for the 2013 PGA Professional National Championship, which will be held next June at Sunriver Resort in Oregon.