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Long Island Open
Tournament information
LocationLong Island, New York
Established1922
Organized byLong Island Golf Association
Format54-hole stroke play
Current champion
Reid Howey

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

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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

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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]

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g 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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