Long Island Open

Long Island Open
Tournament information
LocationLong Island, New York
Established1922
Organized byLong Island Golf Association
Format54-hole stroke play
Current champion
Eli Weidmann (a)

The Long Island Open is a professional golf tournament played on Long Island, New York. It is sponsored by the Long Island Golf Association and was first held in 1922 at the Cherry Valley Club in Garden City, New York.

History

The Long Island Open was a PGA Tour-level event in the 1920s and 1930s. Al Brosch won a record ten titles between 1939 and 1959, a record that stands today.

Winners

Year Champion Score To par Margin of
victory		 Runner(s)-up Venue Ref.
2026 Eli Weidmann (a) −11 205 1 stroke Peicheng Chen, Dylan Gallagher (a) The Seawane Club
2025 Jay Card –13 197 Playoff Dylan Gallagher (a) Rockaway Hunting Club
2024 Matt Dobyns −11 199 1 stroke Jay Card Piping Rock Club
2023 James Nicholas −11 199 7 strokes Matt Dobyns Huntington Crescent Club
2022 Reid Howey 208 −2 3 strokes Mark Brown, Connor Costello Westhampton CC
2021 Andrew Svoboda 201 −9 Playoff Darin Goldstein (a) Fresh Meadow CC
2020 Jason Caron 205 −5 3 strokes Danny Balin, Lucas Cromeenes, Matt Dobyns Sands Point GC
2019 Andrew Svoboda 206 −7 Playoff Nick Beddow Hempstead G&CC
2018 Andrew Svoboda 199 −6 3 strokes J. D. Guiney Nassau CC
2017 J. D. Guiney 206 −4 2 strokes Rob Corcoran Westhampton CC
2016 Jimmy Hazen 208 −2 5 strokes Colin Corrigan Garden City CC
2015 Jim Farrell 206 −4 Playoff Matt Dobyns, Mike Furci The Creek Club
2014 Jimmy Hazen 213 2 strokes Abbie Valentine The Bridge
2013 Matt Dobyns 211 +1 2 strokes Dylan Crowley (a) Fresh Meadow CC
2012 Mike Meehan 205 −5 Playoff Matt Dobyns Bethpage (Red)
2011 Matt Dobyns 208 3 strokes Adam Fuchs Wheatley Hills
2010 Mark Brown 209 1 stroke Kirk Oguri Bethpage (Red)
2009 Mike Meehan Atlantic
2008 Mike Meehan Bethpage (Red)
2007 Abbie Valentine Nassau
2006 Darrell Kestner Bethpage (Red)
2005 Bob Rittberger Bethpage (Red)
2004 Keith Blythe Bethpage (Red)
2003 Ron Faria Bethpage (Red)
2002 Bob Rittberger Long Island National
2001 Rick Hartmann 201 −9 5 strokes P. J. Cowan Bethpage (Red)
2000 Mark Mielke Bethpage (Red)
1999 Mark Mielke Bethpage (Red)
1998 Rick Hartmann 206 −4 3 strokes Malcolm Smith (a) Bethpage (Red)
1997 Rick Hartmann 208 −5 3 strokes Mark Mielke Bethpage (Black)
1996 Tom McGinnis Bethpage (Red)
1995 Darrell Kestner Bethpage (Red)
1994 Rick Hartmann 202 −8 4 strokes Darrell Kestner Bethpage (Red)
1993 Bruce Zabriski Bethpage (Red)
1992 Rick Meskell Playoff Bethpage (Red)
1991 Bruce Zabriski Bethpage (Red)
1990 Tom Sutter Bethpage (Red)
1989 Bruce Zabriski Bethpage (Red)
1988 Jim Albus Bethpage (Red)
1987 Jim Albus 212 −4 4 strokes Jan Kudysch Hempstead
1986 Rick Vershure Cherry Valley
1985 Bruce Zabriski Cedarbrook
1984 Tom Joyce Cedarbrook
1983 Don Reese Playoff Huntington
1982 Mike Joyce Fox Run
1981 Mal Galletta Jr. 226 Playoff Jan Kudysch Noyac
1980 Don Beatty 143 +1 1 stroke Mal Galletta Jr. Fox Run
1979 Mal Galletta Jr. 213 +3 1 stroke John Trimboli, Jim Albus St. George's
1978 Roger Ginsberg 216 +6 6 strokes Jay Horton, Lenny Peters Jr. Huntington Crescent
1977 Mal Galletta Jr. 213 +3 1 stroke Jim Albus St. George's
1976 Dave Matthews 215 5 strokes Jim Albus Westhampton
1975 Tom Nieporte Playoff Nassau
1974 Jimmy Wright 205 −5 6 strokes George Burns (a) Woodmere
1973 Tom Nieporte Pine Hollow
1972 Jimmy Wright 214 −2 3 strokes Ron Letellier Harbor Hills
1971 Gene Borek 218 +2 1 stroke Ron Letellier Hempstead
1970 Jimmy Wright 211 Inwood
1969 Jimmy Wright North Hills
1968 Jerry Pittman 208 −2 3 strokes Mike Fetchick Woodmere
1967 Pete Mazur 216 1 stroke Jerry Pittman, Arthur Rhodes Rockville Links
1966 Gene Borek 220 +10 2 strokes Tom Nieporte, Pete Mazur, Nunzio Campi Fresh Meadow CC
1965 Tom Nieporte 213 4 strokes Gene Borek, Pete Mazur Piping Rock Club
1964 Tom Nieporte 213 3 strokes Mike Fetchik Rockaway Hunting Club
1963 Art Silverstone 220 2 strokes Ernie Boros Muttontown
1962 Tom Nieporte 214 +4 Playoff Houston LaClair, Dick DeMane Garden City CC
1961 Ed Merrins 211 +1 4 strokes Joe Moresco Westhampton
1960 Bob Stuhler 216 E 1 stroke Shelley Mayfield North Hempstead
1959 Al Brosch Rockville
1958 John Cleary Meadow Brook
1957 Shelley Mayfield 214 +1 7 strokes Al Brosch Woodmere
1956 Al Brosch 221 2 strokes W. G. Holloway St. George's
1955 Art Doering 213 +3 1 stroke Jay Hebert Great River
1954 Jay Hebert 213 E 1 stroke Al Brosch Southward Ho
1953 Al Brosch Meadow Brook
1952 Fred Wampler North Hempstead
1951 Al Brosch Plandome
1950 Al Brosch 211 1 stroke George Stuhler Meadow Brook
1949 Al Brosch Willow Brook
1948 Al Brosch Garden City CC
1947 Al Brosch 287 −1 7 strokes George Stuhler Brookville
1946 Al Brosch Hempstead
1945 Henry Ransom Wheatley Hills
1942–1944: No tournament due to World War II
1941 Pat Cici 287 −1 Playoff Willie Klein Lido
1940 Joe Turnesa 288 8 strokes Al Brosch Inwood
1939 Al Brosch 276 12 strokes Tony Longo Wheatley Hills
1938 Joe Turnesa 291 +3 2 strokes Jimmy Hines Rockville
1937 Jim Barnes 295 +3 7 strokes Jimmy Hines Huntington Crescent Club
1936 Charles Lacey 289 5 strokes Rockville
1935 Jimmy Hines 297 3 strokes Fresh Meadow CC
1934 Joe Turnesa Lakeville
1933 Willie Klein 296 1 stroke Walter Kozak Lido
1932 Walter Kozak Garden City CC
1931 Macdonald Smith Southward Ho
1930 Macdonald Smith 278 8 strokes Willie Klein Engineers
1929 Macdonald Smith 286 2 strokes Gene Sarazen Salisbury
1928 George Voigt 293 3 strokes Willie Klein Salisbury
1927 Gene Sarazen 290 11 strokes Cox Salisbury
1926 Jimmy Law 294 Salisbury
1925 Macdonald Smith 281 10 strokes Gene Sarazen Salisbury
1924 James Maiden 290 St. Albans
1923 Willie Klein Garden City CC
1922 Willie Klein 306 2 strokes George Heron, Jack Pirie Cherry Valley

Source:

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Three-hole aggregate playoff.
  2. ↑ Galletta defeated Kudysch with a par on the second hole of a sudden-death playoff.
  3. ↑ Nieporte (71) defeated LaClair (72) and DeMane (77) in an 18-hole playoff.
  4. ↑ Cici (73) defeated Klein (74) in 18-hole playoff.

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