Long Island Open

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.

Long Island Open

Tournament information
Location	Long Island, New York
Established	1922
Organized by	Long Island Golf Association
Format	54-hole stroke play
Current champion
Reid Howey

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.^[1]

Winners

Year	Champion	Score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up	Venue	Ref.
2022	Reid Howey	208	−2	3 strokes	Mark Brown, Connor Costello	Westhampton CC	[2]
2021	Andrew Svoboda	201	−9	Playoff[a]	Darin Goldstein (a)	Fresh Meadow CC	[3]
2020	Jason Caron	205	−5	3 strokes	Danny Balin, Lucas Cromeenes, Matt Dobyns	Sands Point GC	[4]
2019	Andrew Svoboda	206	−7	Playoff[a]	Nick Beddow	Hempstead G&CC	[5]
2018	Andrew Svoboda	199	−6	3 strokes	J. D. Guiney	Nassau CC	[6]
2017	J. D. Guiney	206	−4	2 strokes	Rob Corcoran	Westhampton CC	[7]
2016	Jimmy Hazen	208	−2	5 strokes	Colin Corrigan	Garden City CC	[8]
2015	Jim Farrell	206	−4	Playoff[a]	Matt Dobyns, Mike Furci	The Creek Club	[9]
2014	Jimmy Hazen	213		2 strokes	Abbie Valentine	The Bridge	[10]
2013	Matt Dobyns	211	+1	2 strokes	Dylan Crowley (a)	Fresh Meadow CC	[11]
2012	Mike Meehan	205	−5	Playoff[a]	Matt Dobyns	Bethpage (Red)	[12]
2011	Matt Dobyns	208		3 strokes	Adam Fuchs	Wheatley Hills	[13]
2010	Mark Brown	209		1 stroke	Kirk Oguri	Bethpage (Red)	[14]
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)	[15]
2000	Mark Mielke					Bethpage (Red)
1999	Mark Mielke					Bethpage (Red)
1998	Rick Hartmann	206	−4	3 strokes	Malcolm Smith (a)	Bethpage (Red)	[16]
1997	Rick Hartmann	208	−5	3 strokes	Mark Mielke	Bethpage (Black)	[17]
1996	Tom McGinnis					Bethpage (Red)
1995	Darrell Kestner					Bethpage (Red)
1994	Rick Hartmann	202	−8	4 strokes	Darrell Kestner	Bethpage (Red)	[18]
1993	Bruce Zabriski					Bethpage (Red)
1992	Rick Meskell			Playoff[a]		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	[19]
1986	Rick Vershure					Cherry Valley
1985	Bruce Zabriski					Cedarbrook
1984	Tom Joyce					Cedarbrook
1983	Don Reese			Playoff[a]		Huntington
1982	Mike Joyce					Fox Run
1981	Mal Galletta, Jr.	226		Playoff[b]	Jan Kudysch	Noyac	[20]
1980	Don Beatty	143	+1	1 stroke	Mal Galletta, Jr.	Fox Run	[21]
1979	Mal Galletta, Jr.	213	+3	1 stroke	John Trimboli, Jim Albus	St. George's	[22]
1978	Roger Ginsberg	216	+6	6 strokes	Jay Horton, Lenny Peters, Jr.	Huntington Crescent	[23]
1977	Mal Galletta, Jr.	213	+3	1 stroke	Jim Albus	St. George's	[24]
1976	Dave Matthews	215		5 strokes	Jim Albus	Westhampton	[25]
1975	Tom Nieporte			Playoff[a]		Nassau
1974	Jimmy Wright	205	−5	6 strokes	George Burns (a)	Woodmere	[26]
1973	Tom Nieporte					Pine Hollow
1972	Jimmy Wright	214	−2	3 strokes	Ron Letellier	Harbor Hills	[27]
1971	Gene Borek	218	+2	1 stroke	Ron Letellier	Hempstead	[28]
1970	Jimmy Wright	211				Inwood	[29]
1969	Jimmy Wright					North Hills
1968	Jerry Pittman	208	−2	3 strokes	Mike Fetchick	Woodmere	[30]
1967	Pete Mazur	216		1 stroke	Jerry Pittman, Arthur Rhodes	Rockville Links	[31]
1966	Gene Borek	220	+10	2 strokes	Tom Nieporte, Pete Mazur, Nunzio Campi	Fresh Meadow CC	[32]
1965	Tom Nieporte	213		4 strokes	Gene Borek, Pete Mazur	Piping Rock	[33]
1964	Tom Nieporte	213		3 strokes	Mike Fetchik	Rockaway Hunting	[34]
1963	Art Silverstone	220		2 strokes	Ernie Boros	Muttontown	[35]
1962	Tom Nieporte	214	+4	Playoff[c]	Houston LaClair, Dick DeMane	Garden City CC	[36]
1961	Ed Merrins	211	+1	4 strokes	Joe Moresco	Westhampton	[37]
1960	Bob Stuhler	216	E	1 stroke	Shelley Mayfield	North Hempstead	[38]
1959	Al Brosch					Rockville
1958	John Cleary					Meadow Brook
1957	Shelley Mayfield	214	+1	7 strokes	Al Brosch	Woodmere	[39]
1956	Al Brosch	221		2 strokes	W. G. Holloway	St. George's	[40]
1955	Art Doering	213	+3	1 stroke	Jay Hebert	Great River	[41]
1954	Jay Hebert	213	E	1 stroke	Al Brosch	Southward Ho	[42]
1953	Al Brosch					Meadow Brook
1952	Fred Wampler					North Hempstead
1951	Al Brosch					Plandome
1950	Al Brosch	211		1 stroke	George Stuhler	Meadow Brook	[43]
1949	Al Brosch					Willow Brook
1948	Al Brosch					Garden City CC
1947	Al Brosch	287	−1	7 strokes	George Stuhler	Brookville	[44]
1946	Al Brosch					Hempstead
1945	Henry Ransom					Wheatley Hills
1942–44	No tournament due to World War II
1941	Pat Cici	287	−1	Playoff[d]	Willie Klein	Lido	[45][46]
1940	Joe Turnesa	288		8 strokes	Al Brosch	Inwood	[47]
1939	Al Brosch	276		12 strokes	Tony Longo	Wheatley Hills	[48]
1938	Joe Turnesa	291	+3	2 strokes	Jimmy Hines	Rockville	[49]
1937	Jim Barnes	295	+3	7 strokes	Jimmy Hines	Huntington Crescent	[50]
1936	Charles Lacey	289		5 strokes		Rockville	[51]
1935	Jimmy Hines	297		3 strokes		Fresh Meadow CC	[52]
1934	Joe Turnesa					Lakeville
1933	Willie Klein	296		1 stroke	Walter Kozak	Lido	[53]
1932	Walter Kozak					Garden City CC
1931	Macdonald Smith					Southward Ho
1930	Macdonald Smith	278		8 strokes	Willie Klein	Engineers	[54]
1929	Macdonald Smith	286		2 strokes	Gene Sarazen	Salisbury	[55]
1928	George Voigt	293		3 strokes	Willie Klein	Salisbury	[56]
1927	Gene Sarazen	290		11 strokes	Cox	Salisbury	[57]
1926	Jimmy Law	294				Salisbury	[58]
1925	Macdonald Smith	281		10 strokes	Gene Sarazen	Salisbury	[59]
1924	James Maiden	290				St. Albans	[60]
1923	Willie Klein					Garden City CC	[61]
1922	Willie Klein	306		2 strokes	George Heron, Jack Pirie	Cherry Valley	[62]

Source:^[63]

1. 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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