Frank Esposito Jr.

PGA Classification: A-6
PGA Section: New Jersey
PGA Membership: 1995

Facility: Forsgate Country Club, Monroe Township, N.J.
2021 Senior PGA Professional Championship Finish: T-16

Player Notes: 2014, '17, '20 New Jersey PGA Section Senior Player of the Year...Captured the 2017 Senior PGA Professional Championship at Desert Mountain in Scottsdale, Arizona, becoming the sixth player to win the Championship multiple times. Tied for eighth in the 2020 Senior PGA Professional Championship; tied for 35th in the 2021 PGA Professional Championship. Winner, 2014 Senior PGA Professional Championship at PGA Golf Club in Port St. Lucie, Fla.; That victory sparked him to go on days later to earn medalist honors by four strokes in the Champions Tour Qualifying School; Over those two weeks, Esposito finished 27 under par...Winner, 2018 PGA Stroke Play Championship at PGA Golf Club in Port St. Lucie, Fla...2006, 2007, 2010 New Jersey PGA Player of the Year...Winner, 2003, 2007, 2009, 2010 New Jersey PGA Section Championships...Won the 2006, 2007 NJPGA Match Play Championships, and the 2010 New Jersey Charity Classic...Won the 1999 New Jersey State Open and 2010 New Jersey PGA Stroke Play Championship...Tied for third at the 2008, 2009 New Jersey State Open; 2005, 2006, 2007 New Jersey Charity Clambake...Inducted into the New Jersey PGA Hall of Fame in 2010... Earned fully-exempt status for 2015 by earning medalist honors at the Champions Tour Q-School...Shot a 5-under-par 67 in the third round to build a three-shot advantage after 54 holes and closed with a 1-under-par 71 to finish four ahead of runner-up Grant Waite...The victory climaxed a productive two-week run for him...Just days earlier, he won the Senior PGA Professional Championship by four strokes at the PGA GC in Port St. Lucie, Fla., which earned him a berth in the 2015 PGA Championship at Whistling Straits.
He played in three PGA Tour Champions events during the year prior to his victory at the Q-School...Open-qualified at the Mississippi Gulf Resort Classic, where he finished T-45...Also qualified for the U.S. Senior Open at Oak Tree National GC but missed the cut after rounds of 75-82...He finished T-39th at the 2014 KitchenAid Senior PGA Championship...On the PGA Tour Champions in 2015 played in 12 events with one top 10, T-7th at Boeing Classic...Was 70th on the money list and 65th in the Schwab rankings...Tried to regain his status at Champions Tour Q-School but finished T-53rd...2013 NJPGA Player of the Year...2013 NJ State Open Champion...2013 NJPGA Section Championship winner...2014 NJPGA Match Play Champion.