Long Island PGA Championship

The Long Island PGA Championship is a professional golf tournament played on Long Island, New York. It is sponsored by the Metropolitan section of the PGA of America. The current title of the event is the MasterCard Long Island PGA Championship.

Long Island PGA Championship

Tournament information
Location	Long Island, New York
Established	1935
Month played	May
Current champion
Connor Costello

History

During the first half of the tournament's history, Al Brosch had great success at the event, winning the event nine times. By the end of this period, the event was jokingly referred to as a "benefit" for Brosch as he so reliably picked up the first place cheque.^[1]

In 1975, it transformed into a match play event.^[2][3] The champion was exempt but otherwise the field was determined during a one-round qualifier.^[4] In 1978, the local supermarket King Kullen began sponsoring the tournament. They helped provide a record $10,000 purse.^[5] King Kullen became the title sponsor in 1980. The tournament has been subsequently sponsored by Union Savings Bank, TaylorMade, Cobra Golf, and Mastercard.

Winners

Year	Winner	Score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner-up	Ref.
Long Island PGA Championship
2024	Connor Costello	1 up			Jason Caron
2023	Paul Dickinson	4 & 2			Jason Caron
2022	Matt Dubrowski	1 up			Philip Cardwell
2021	Rob Corcoran	1 up			Matt Dobyns	[6]
2020	No tournament due to COVID-19 pandemic
2019	Scott Ford
2018	Mike Meehan	2 up			Rob Corcoran	[7]
2017	Anthony Aruta
2016	Anthony Aruta
2015	Scott Ford
2014	Tim Puetz
2013	Nick Beddow
2012	Darrell Kestner	4 & 3			Jamie Kilmer	[8]
2011	Mark Mielke	19th hole			Rick Hartmann	[9]
2010	Bill Van Orman	22nd hole			Bob Rittberger	[10]
2009	Rick Hartmann	2 up			R.J. Ziats	[11]
2008	Bob Rittberger	3 & 2			Darrell Kestner	[12]
2007	Ron Faria	4 & 3			Rick Hartmann	[13]
2006	Mark Brown	20th hole			Craig Thomas	[14]
2005	Chris Case	1 up			Mike Mielke	[15]
2004	John Guyton	4 & 3			Mike Mielke	[16]
2003	Mark Brown	4 & 3			Craig Thomas	[17]
MasterCard Long Island PGA Championship
2002	Darrell Kestner	3 & 2			Jack Forster	[18]
2001	Darrell Kestner	2 & 1			Mike Gilmore	[19]
2000	Rick Hartmann	19th hole			Michael Laudien	[20]
1999	Rick Hartmann	2 & 1			Rick Meskell	[21]
TaylorMade Long Island PGA Championship
1998	Rick Hartmann	2 & 1			Dave Gosiewski	[22]
Cobra Long Island PGA Championship
1997	Bob Lendzion
1996	Tom McGinnis				Paul Glut	[23]
1995	Rick Meskell
1994	Mark Diamond	3 & 2			Gene George	[24]
1993	Bruce Zabriski	1 up			Ed Burke Jr.	[25]
1992	Darrell Kestner	4 & 3			Carl Lohren	[26]
1991	Bruce Zabriski	5 & 4			Terence Hughes	[27]
Union Savings Bank Long Island PGA Championship
1990	Bruce Zabriski	8 & 7			Jon Kudysch	[28]
1989	Tim Stafford	2 & 1			Dave Gosiewski	[29]
1988	Mike Joyce	2 & 1			Jim Albus	[30]
1987	Jon Kudysch	1 up			Fred Knoebel	[31]
1986	Jim Albus	2 & 1			Tom Sutter	[32]
1985	Roger Ginsberg	2 & 1			Rick Vershure	[33]
King Kullen Long Island PGA Championship
1984	Carl Lohren	7 & 6			Doug Steffen	[34]
1983	Mike Joyce	1 up			Tom Joyce	[35]
1982	Mike Fetchick	1 up			Mike Joyce	[36]
1981	Jim Albus	5 & 3			Bob Bruno	[37]
1980	Jim Andrews	3 & 2			Larry Laoretti	[38]
Long Island PGA Championship
1979	Jay Horton	3 & 2			Roger Ginsburg	[39]
1978	Jim Delich	1 up			Rick Whitfield	[40]
1977	Jim Delich	1 up			Mal Galletta Jr.	[41]
1976	Jim Albus	2 & 1			Mal Galletta Jr.	[42]
1975	Jim Albus	3 & 2			Roger Ginsburg	[3]
1974	Jimmy Wright	66	−4	3 strokes	Harold Kolb Larry Laoretti Nunzio Ciampi	[43]
1973	Jimmy Wright
1972	Gene Borek	201	−15	5 strokes	Ron Letellier	[44][45]
1971	Ron Letellier	210	−3	2 strokes	Gene Borek	[46]
1970	Jimmy Wright	206	−4	1 stroke	Gene Borek	[47]
1969	Gene Borek	213	−3	Playoff1	Jimmy Wright	[48]
1968	Jim Turnesa	216	E	4 strokes	Ron Letelier	[49]
1967	Jerry Pittman	207		4 strokes	Mike Fetchick	[50]
1966	Tom Nieporte	145				[51][52]
1965	Gene Borek	203	−7	2 strokes	Frank Cardi	[53]
1964	Mike Fetchick	208	−5	9 strokes	Dick Stranahan	[54]
1963	Mike Fetchick
1962	Tom Nieporte	215	+2	2 strokes	Ray Hayden	[55]
1961	Joe Moresco
1960	Al Brosch	216	+6	1 stroke	Shelley Mayfield	[1]
1959	Al Brosch	137	−5	3 strokes	Tom Strafaci	[56]
1958	Buck Luce	145		1 stroke	Shelley Mayfield	[57]
1957	Don Brown	143	+3	Playoff2	Shelley Mayfield	[58]
1956	Gil Cavanaugh	140	−2	2 stokes	Shelley Mayfield	[59]
1955	Jay Hebert	140	E	1 stroke	Fred Gronauer	[60]
1954	Jack Mallon	143	+1	1 stroke	Steve Doctor, Henry Castillo	[61][62]
1953	Jack Mallon	141	−1	1 stroke	Fred Gronauer	[63]
1952	Fred Gronauer	141	−1	6 strokes	Pete Burke	[64][65]
1951	Al Brosch	142		3 strokes	Jack Mallon	[66]
1950	Al Brosch	139	−3	3 strokes	Len Peters	[67]
1949	Al Brosch	135		4 strokes	Gus Norwich	[68]
1948	Pat Cici	149	+5	Playoff3	Jack Mallon	[69][70]
1947	Al Brosch
1946	No tournament
1945	Pat Cici	149		1 stroke	Jack Mallon	[71]
1944	Ernie Catropa	137	−5	11 strokes	Pat Cici	[72][73]
1943	Wiffy Cox	148	+4	2 strokes	Willie Klein	[74]
1942	Al Brosch	136	−6	6 strokes	Tony Longo	[75]
1941	Jimmy Hines	147		Playoff4	Willie Klein	[76][77][78]
1940	Al Brosch	2 & 1			Joe Turnesa	[79]
1939	Al Brosch	1 up			Jimmy Hines	[80]
1938	Tony Longo	2 & 1			Henry Ciuci	[81]
1937	Jimmy Hines
1936	Walter Scheiber	142	E	2 strokes	Willie Klein	[82][83]
1935	Charles Lacey

Source:^[84]

¹ Borek defeated Wright on the first sudden-death playoff hole with a par
² Brown (71) defeated Mayfield (73) in an 18-hole playoff
³ Cici (74) defeated Mallon (75) in an 18-hole playoff
⁴ Hines (73) and Klein (73) defeated Catropa (79) in the first 18-hole playoff. Hines defeated Klein in the second playoff