Long Island Golf Association Amateur Championship Explained

The Long Island Golf Association Amateur Championship, or simply the Long Island Amateur, has been held annually since 1922 in Long Island. The tournament is organized by the Long Island Golf Association and played on a rotating basis at member clubs.

Throughout its history, no one has dominated this Championship like Gene Francis. Beginning in 1962, he won seven times, finished second four times, and was the medalist on four occasions. In more recent years, George Zahringer, John Baldwin, Bob Murphy, Ken Bakst, and Joe Saladino have dominated the Amateur Championship.

Winners

YearCourseWinnerRunner-up
2023 Carter Prince Peicheng Chen
2022 Peicheng Chen Sam O'Hara
2021 Noyac GC Tyler Gerbavsits Darin Goldstein
2020 Huntington CC Carter Prince Max Siegfried
2019 Brookville CC Prescott Butler Russ Aue
2018 Colby Anderson Jonathan Farber
2017 St. George's G&CC Garret Engel Michael Miranda
2016 Cherry Valley Club Darin Goldstein Don Enga
2015 Southward Ho CC Alan Specht Darin Goldstein
2014 Westhampton CC Joseph Saladino Darin Goldstein
2013 Huntington CC Matthew Lowe Daniel Abbondandolo
2012 Tim Rosenhouse Matthew Demeo
2011 Tam O'Shanter Club Joe Saladino Clancy Waugh
2010 Hunter Semels Brody Nieporte
2009 Mill River Club Bryan Pendrick Brad Rock, Jr.
2008 Alan Specht Joe Saladino
2007 Huntington CC Joe Saladino Andreas Huber
2006 Brookville CC Adam Pecora Joe Saladino
2005 Woodcrest Club John Keller Joe Saladino
2004 Huntington Crescent Club Sean Hartman Steve Rose
2003 Hunter Semels Abbie Valentine
2002 Zach Randol Jonathan Jame
2001 Old Westbury G&CC Al Falussy Alan Specht
2000 Garden City CC Joe Saladino
1999 Plandome CC Steve Rose Alan Specht
1998 Glen Head CC Jim Greene Jon Doppelt
1997 Sands Point GC Jon Doppelt Ken Bakst
1996 Middle Bay CC John Baldwin Malcolm Smith
1995 St. George's G&CC Ken Bakst Sean Hartman
1994 Ken Bakst Mike Brown
1993 Hempstead G&CC Phil Gutterman Tom Trakoval
1992 Huntington Crescent Club Mal Galletta III Richard Spear
1991 Nassau CC John Baldwin Malcolm Smith
1990 Westhampton CC Jonathan Jame Malcolm Smith
1989 North Shore CC Michael Giacini Jon Doppelt
1988 Gene Francis Mario Posillico
1987 Jonathan Jame
1986 Peter Siedem Robert Navesky
1985 Huntington CC Malcolm Smith David McArdle
1984 Huntington Crescent Club Randy Beil Dr. Stephen Frantz
1983 Plandome CC Thomas McQuilling Gene Francis
1982 Sands Point GC Brian Darby
1981 Old Westbury G&CC Randy Beil George Zahringer
1980 Nassau CC Richard Serian
1979 Sands Point GC John Humm Ken Mattiace
1978 Gene Francis Dick Hannington
1977 Huntington Crescent Club Gene Francis Frank Faruolo III
1976 Middle Bay CC Gene Francis Duane Hayden
1975 Garden City CC Robert Murphy Gene Francis
1974 Plandome CC Robert Murphy Gene Francis
1973 Mill River Club Gene Francis Frank Faruolo III
1972 St. George's G&CC Dick Stanley
1971 Garden City CC Robert Murphy Alan Gilison
1970 Robert Murphy Alan Gilison
1969 Nassau CC Gene Francis Tim Holland
1968 Huntington Crescent Club Duane Hayden Mike Mattwell
1967 Sands Point GC John Baldwin John Humm
1966 George H. Bostwick, Jr. George Gennity
1965 Nassau CC John Baldwin Charles Slicklen, Jr.
1964 Cold Spring CC Ralph Johnston Alan Gilison
1963 Garden City CC Gene Francis John Humm
1962 Woodmere Club Ralph Johnston Pete Bostwick
1961 North Shore CC Robert Kiersky Gene Francis
1960 Nassau CC Gordon Stott Charles Slicklen, Jr.
1959 Art Silverstone Joe Darcy
1958 Plandome CC William Schlief, Jr.
1957 Southward Ho CC Tim Holland Michael Mattwell
1956 Rockville Links CC Tim Holland Mal Galletta
1955 North Hempstead CC Robert Sweeny William Edwards
1954 Tim Holland Frank Strafaci
1953 Sands Point GC W.G. Holloway Dick Fales
1952 Nassau CC John Humm Frank Strafaci
1951 North Shore CC Billy Edwards
1950 Gordon Stott Mal Galletta
1949 James Paul
1948 Rockville Links CC John Humm Joe Feldman
1947 W. Y. Dear, Jr.
1946 Mal Galletta James Paul
1945 Hempstead G&CC Thomas Strafaci Peter Ladislaw
1944 Cherry Valley Club Thomas Strafaci Frank Paley
1942–43 No tournament
1941 William Tobin
1940 Sands Point GC T. S. Tailer, Jr. Felix Zaremba
1939 Sands Point GC Kenneth Sheldon John Humm
1938 Garden City CC Thomas Strafaci
1937 Richard Ciuci Alick Gerard, Jr.
1936 Charles H. Mayo, Jr. R. M. Torgerson
1935 Charles H. Mayo, Jr. A. W. Biggs
1934 Hempstead G&CC A. W. Biggs Jarvis S. Hicks, Jr.
1933 Garden City CC Jack Mackie, Jr. A. W. Biggs
1932 St. Albans Charles Hrostoski
1931 Timber Point GC E. H. Driggs, Jr.
1930 Cherry Valley Club E. H. Driggs, Jr. Edmund Held
1929 Lakeville E. H. Driggs, Jr. Edmund Held
1928 Nassau CC George Voigt E. H. Driggs, Jr.
1927 Maurice McCarthy, Jr. H. K. Kerr
1926 St. Albans A. W. Biggs Jack Mytton
1925 E. H. Driggs, Jr. H. K. Kerr
1924 H. P. Bingham John Lang
1923 J. N. Stearns, Jr. E. H. Driggs, Jr.
1922 Lido GC H. W. Maxwell, Jr. Don McKellar
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Notes and References

  1. Web site: LIGA Amateur History . Long Island Golf Association.