Long Island Open
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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
. Al Brosch
won a record ten titles between 1939 and 1959, a record that stands today. It was a PGA Tour
event in the 1920s and 1930s.
Long Island Golf Association
The Long Island Golf Association is a local golf association of 81 public and private clubs and courses that conducts competitive golf tournaments for Long Island, Staten Island and Manhattan residents and clubs...
and was first held in 1922 at the Cherry Valley Club in Garden City, New York
Garden City, New York
Garden City is a village in the town of Hempstead in central Nassau County, New York, in the United States. It was founded by multi-millionaire Alexander Turney Stewart in 1869, and is located on Long Island, to the east of New York City, from mid-town Manhattan, and just south of the town of...
. Al Brosch
Al Brosch
Alfred "Red" Brosch was an American professional golfer.Brosch worked pirmarily as a club pro but also played on the PGA Tour. He was the first player to shoot a round of 60 on the Tour, in the third round of the 1951 Texas Open...
won a record ten titles between 1939 and 1959, a record that stands today. It was a PGA Tour
PGA Tour
The PGA Tour is the organizer of the main men's professional golf tours in the United States and North America...
event in the 1920s and 1930s.
Winners
- this list is incomplete
- 2011 Matt Dobyns
- 2010 Mark Brown
- 2009 Mike Meehan
- 2008 Mike Meehan
- 2007 Abbie Valentine
- 2006 Darrell KestnerDarrell KestnerDarrell Kestner is an American professional golfer.Kestner was born in Welch, West Virginia. He attended Concord College. He turned professional in 1975....
- 2005 Bob Rittberger
- 2004 Keith Blythe
- 2003 Ron Faria
- 2002 Bob Rittberger
- 2001
- 2000
- 1999 Mark Mielke
- 1998 Rick Hartmann
- 1997 Rick Hartmann
- 1996
- 1995 Darrell KestnerDarrell KestnerDarrell Kestner is an American professional golfer.Kestner was born in Welch, West Virginia. He attended Concord College. He turned professional in 1975....
- 1994 Rick Hartmann
- 1993 Bruce ZabriskiBruce ZabriskiBruce Zabriski is an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour, European Tour and the Nationwide Tour.Zabriski joined the European Tour in 1985 and would play on the Tour until 1987. His best finish came at the Benson & Hedges International Open where he finished in a tie for 6th...
- 1992 Rick Meskell
- 1991 Bruce ZabriskiBruce ZabriskiBruce Zabriski is an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour, European Tour and the Nationwide Tour.Zabriski joined the European Tour in 1985 and would play on the Tour until 1987. His best finish came at the Benson & Hedges International Open where he finished in a tie for 6th...
- 1990 Tom Sutter
- 1989 Bruce ZabriskiBruce ZabriskiBruce Zabriski is an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour, European Tour and the Nationwide Tour.Zabriski joined the European Tour in 1985 and would play on the Tour until 1987. His best finish came at the Benson & Hedges International Open where he finished in a tie for 6th...
- 1988 Jim AlbusJim AlbusJames Christian Albus is an American golfer.Albus was born in Staten Island, New York. He attended first New Dorp High School, and went on to Bucknell University, where he was a successful baseball player. It was while he was at college that he took up golf, which was unusually late for a future...
- 1987 Jim AlbusJim AlbusJames Christian Albus is an American golfer.Albus was born in Staten Island, New York. He attended first New Dorp High School, and went on to Bucknell University, where he was a successful baseball player. It was while he was at college that he took up golf, which was unusually late for a future...
- 1986 Rick Vershure
- 1985 Bruce ZabriskiBruce ZabriskiBruce Zabriski is an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour, European Tour and the Nationwide Tour.Zabriski joined the European Tour in 1985 and would play on the Tour until 1987. His best finish came at the Benson & Hedges International Open where he finished in a tie for 6th...
- 1984
- 1983 Don Reese
- 1982
- 1981 Mal Galletta, Jr.
- 1980 Don Beatty
- 1979 Mal Galletta, Jr.
- 1978 Roger Ginsberg
- 1977 Mal Galletta, Jr.
- 1976 David Matthews
- 1975 Tom NieporteTom NieporteThomas Nieporte is an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour in the 1950s and 1960s.Nieporte grew up in the Cincinnati suburb of North College Hill, Ohio. He attended the Ohio State University and was a distinguished member of the golf team, winning the NCAA Championship in 1951...
- 1974 Jimmy WrightJimmy Wright (golfer)Jimmy Wright is an American professional golfer.-Biography:Wright was born on a farm in Bentonville, Arkansas. At the age of 10, he moved to Enid, Oklahoma where he spent most of his youth. He started caddying at a local golf course when he was 12 and began playing golf the following year. He shot...
- 1973 Tom NieporteTom NieporteThomas Nieporte is an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour in the 1950s and 1960s.Nieporte grew up in the Cincinnati suburb of North College Hill, Ohio. He attended the Ohio State University and was a distinguished member of the golf team, winning the NCAA Championship in 1951...
- 1972 Jimmy WrightJimmy Wright (golfer)Jimmy Wright is an American professional golfer.-Biography:Wright was born on a farm in Bentonville, Arkansas. At the age of 10, he moved to Enid, Oklahoma where he spent most of his youth. He started caddying at a local golf course when he was 12 and began playing golf the following year. He shot...
- 1971 Gene Borek
- 1970 Jimmy WrightJimmy Wright (golfer)Jimmy Wright is an American professional golfer.-Biography:Wright was born on a farm in Bentonville, Arkansas. At the age of 10, he moved to Enid, Oklahoma where he spent most of his youth. He started caddying at a local golf course when he was 12 and began playing golf the following year. He shot...
- 1969 Jimmy WrightJimmy Wright (golfer)Jimmy Wright is an American professional golfer.-Biography:Wright was born on a farm in Bentonville, Arkansas. At the age of 10, he moved to Enid, Oklahoma where he spent most of his youth. He started caddying at a local golf course when he was 12 and began playing golf the following year. He shot...
- 1968 Jerry PittmanJerry PittmanJerry Pittman is an American professional golfer.Pittman grew up in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He played college golf at Southern Methodist University....
- 1967 Pete Mazur
- 1966 Gene Borek
- 1965 Tom NieporteTom NieporteThomas Nieporte is an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour in the 1950s and 1960s.Nieporte grew up in the Cincinnati suburb of North College Hill, Ohio. He attended the Ohio State University and was a distinguished member of the golf team, winning the NCAA Championship in 1951...
- 1964 Tom NieporteTom NieporteThomas Nieporte is an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour in the 1950s and 1960s.Nieporte grew up in the Cincinnati suburb of North College Hill, Ohio. He attended the Ohio State University and was a distinguished member of the golf team, winning the NCAA Championship in 1951...
- 1963 Art Silvestrone
- 1962 Tom NieporteTom NieporteThomas Nieporte is an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour in the 1950s and 1960s.Nieporte grew up in the Cincinnati suburb of North College Hill, Ohio. He attended the Ohio State University and was a distinguished member of the golf team, winning the NCAA Championship in 1951...
- 1961 Ed Merrins
- 1960 Bob Stuhler
- 1959 Al BroschAl BroschAlfred "Red" Brosch was an American professional golfer.Brosch worked pirmarily as a club pro but also played on the PGA Tour. He was the first player to shoot a round of 60 on the Tour, in the third round of the 1951 Texas Open...
- 1958 Arnold PalmerArnold PalmerArnold Daniel Palmer is an American professional golfer, who is generally regarded as one of the greatest players in the history of men's professional golf. He has won numerous events on both the PGA Tour and Champions Tour, dating back to 1955...
- 1957 Shelley MayfieldShelley MayfieldShelley Mayfield was an American golf course architect and professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour in the 1950s....
- 1956 Al BroschAl BroschAlfred "Red" Brosch was an American professional golfer.Brosch worked pirmarily as a club pro but also played on the PGA Tour. He was the first player to shoot a round of 60 on the Tour, in the third round of the 1951 Texas Open...
- 1955 Art DoeringArt DoeringArthur L. Doering, Jr. was a golfer who played in PGA Tour events from the 1930s through the 1960s....
- 1954 Jay Hebert
- 1953 Al BroschAl BroschAlfred "Red" Brosch was an American professional golfer.Brosch worked pirmarily as a club pro but also played on the PGA Tour. He was the first player to shoot a round of 60 on the Tour, in the third round of the 1951 Texas Open...
- 1952 Fred WamplerFred Wampler (golfer)Frederick Wampler was an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour and the Senior PGA Tour.Wampler was born in Bedford, Indiana. He played on the Purdue University golf team from 1948 to 1950...
- 1951 Al BroschAl BroschAlfred "Red" Brosch was an American professional golfer.Brosch worked pirmarily as a club pro but also played on the PGA Tour. He was the first player to shoot a round of 60 on the Tour, in the third round of the 1951 Texas Open...
- 1950 Al BroschAl BroschAlfred "Red" Brosch was an American professional golfer.Brosch worked pirmarily as a club pro but also played on the PGA Tour. He was the first player to shoot a round of 60 on the Tour, in the third round of the 1951 Texas Open...
- 1949 Al BroschAl BroschAlfred "Red" Brosch was an American professional golfer.Brosch worked pirmarily as a club pro but also played on the PGA Tour. He was the first player to shoot a round of 60 on the Tour, in the third round of the 1951 Texas Open...
- 1948 Al BroschAl BroschAlfred "Red" Brosch was an American professional golfer.Brosch worked pirmarily as a club pro but also played on the PGA Tour. He was the first player to shoot a round of 60 on the Tour, in the third round of the 1951 Texas Open...
- 1947 Al BroschAl BroschAlfred "Red" Brosch was an American professional golfer.Brosch worked pirmarily as a club pro but also played on the PGA Tour. He was the first player to shoot a round of 60 on the Tour, in the third round of the 1951 Texas Open...
- 1946 Al BroschAl BroschAlfred "Red" Brosch was an American professional golfer.Brosch worked pirmarily as a club pro but also played on the PGA Tour. He was the first player to shoot a round of 60 on the Tour, in the third round of the 1951 Texas Open...
- 1942–1945: Cancelled due to World War IIWorld War IIWorld War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
- 1941 Pat Cici
- 1940 Joe Turnesa
- 1939 Al BroschAl BroschAlfred "Red" Brosch was an American professional golfer.Brosch worked pirmarily as a club pro but also played on the PGA Tour. He was the first player to shoot a round of 60 on the Tour, in the third round of the 1951 Texas Open...
- 1938 Joe Turnesa
- 1937 Jim Barnes
- 1936 Charley Lacey
- 1935 Jimmy HinesJimmy HinesJames J. Hines was an American professional golfer.Hines was born in Mineola, New York. He won nine times on the PGA Tour and was selected to the 1939 Ryder Cup team but the event was cancelled due to World War II....
- 1934 Joe Turnesa
- 1933 Willie Klein
- 1932 Walter Kozak
- 1931 Macdonald SmithMacdonald SmithMacdonald "Mac" Smith was one of the top golfers in the world from about 1910 to the mid 1930s. He was a member of a famous Scottish golfing family....
- 1930 Macdonald SmithMacdonald SmithMacdonald "Mac" Smith was one of the top golfers in the world from about 1910 to the mid 1930s. He was a member of a famous Scottish golfing family....
- 1929 Macdonald SmithMacdonald SmithMacdonald "Mac" Smith was one of the top golfers in the world from about 1910 to the mid 1930s. He was a member of a famous Scottish golfing family....
- 1928 George Voigt (a)
- 1927 Gene SarazenGene SarazenGene Sarazen was an American professional golfer, one of the world's top players in the 1920s and 1930s. He is one of five golfers to win all the current major championships in his career, the Career Grand Slam:U.S...
- 1926 Jimmy Law
- 1925 Macdonald SmithMacdonald SmithMacdonald "Mac" Smith was one of the top golfers in the world from about 1910 to the mid 1930s. He was a member of a famous Scottish golfing family....
- 1924 Jimmy Maiden
- 1923 Willie Klein
- 1922 Willie Klein