Tournament information | |
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Location | Long Island, New York |
Established | 1935 |
Month played | May |
Current champion | |
Matt Dubrowski |
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.
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.
Year | Winner | Score | To par | Margin of victory | Runner-up | Ref. |
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Long Island PGA Championship | ||||||
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
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