The Middle Atlantic PGA is proud to announce Larry Ringer, PGA as one of two inductees into the MAPGA Hall of Fame Class of 2011, along with the late John Flattery, PGA.
Larry Ringer turned professional in 1971 as an assistant at Belair Golf & CC before taking an assistant job at Congressional CC. He was elected to PGA Membership in 1974 and spent the next couple of years competing in various PGA Tour events. In 1976, Larry went to the U.S. Naval Academy as an assistant. From 1977 to 1991, he was the Head PGA Professional and Golf Coach at the Academy. Larry then served the members at the CC at Woodmore as their Head PGA Professional until 2000. He taught for a number of years at Country Road Family Golf Center before moving to Musket Ridge Golf Club where he taught and was the Head PGA Professional. Larry is currently the PGA Director of Instruction at Musket Ridge.
While Larry’s service to the Section is impressive, his playing record is even more remarkable. Perhaps his claim to fame was leading the US Senior Open at Congressional in 1995 after the first round with an opening 68 as an unheralded PGA club professional (finishing tied for 21st ). Ringer played in 4 Majors: 2 PGA Championships (’77 [finished 71st] & ’79); 2 US Opens (’74 & ’90). He also played in 7 Senior Majors: 1 Senior PGA Championship (’01); and 6 Senior US Opens (’95[T-21st], ’96[T-54th], ’99[T-23rd], ’00, ’01,’02). He played in 7 PGA Tour events: Southern Open (’74[T-55th], ’75[T-22nd]); Kemper Open (’80, ’82[T-65th], ’84[T-73rd], ’87); Anheuser-Busch Classic (’87) and 2 Senior PGA TOUR events: Bank of Boston Classic (’95[T-57th]); State Farm Classic (’98[T-74th]).
He qualified and played in the PGA Professional National Championship: played in 6 times (T-17th three times: ’77, ’78, ’79).
On the Section level, he was quite dominant, winning almost every major in the Middle Atlantic PGA:
MAPGA Section Player of the Year – ’72 & ’78
MAPGA Section Senior Player of the Year – ’95, ’99, ’06 & ’08
MAPGA Section Champion – ’79 & ’86
Maryland State Open Champion – ’72 & ’80
Maryland Senior Open Champion – ’00, ’01, ’02 & ’04
Section Assistants Champion – ’72
Section Senior Match Play Champion – ’00 & ’02
Section Head Pro Senior Division Champion – ’95 & ’99
Section Pro-Asst Champion – ’73(w/ Bob Benning), ’76(Alan Neiderlitz) & ’86(Joe Vincent)
Section Tournament of Champions Champion – ’82
Section Tournament of Champions Senior Division Champion – ’99
Section Senior Champion – ’98 & ’01
Section Quarter Century Champion – ’99, ’00, ’01, ’03 & ’08
Section Senior-Junior Champion – ’98 (w/ Steve Cramer)
Section Pro-Scratch Senior Division Co-Champion – ’08 (Tie w/ Mark Helffrich)
Larry has served on the Section Board of Directors in several capacities over numerous years having been both elected and appointed. He rose through the officer positions of the Northern Chapter, culminating in his term as President in the mid 1990s. He has continued to serve on the Northern Chapter Board as a Regional Director and as a Past President. Larry has served as the Chair or the Co-Chair of the Tournament Committee three times since 1977 and continues to serve on that committee today. He has also served as the Chair, or a member of, the Education Committee, the Mentoring Committee, the Scholarship Committee, and the Boundaries Committee. Larry and his wife of many years, Judy, live in Shepherdstown, West Virginia.
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