Long Island Golf Association Amateur Championship

Golf tournament in New York, US

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

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Year | Course | Winner | Runner-up

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2023 | Meadow Brook Club | Carter Prince | Peicheng Chen
2022 | Seawane CC | 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 | Wheatley Hills GC | 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 | Engineers CC | Tim Rosenhouse | Matthew Demeo
2011 | Tam O'Shanter Club | Joe Saladino | Clancy Waugh
2010 | Inwood CC | Hunter Semels | Brody Nieporte
2009 | Mill River Club | Bryan Pendrick | Brad Rock, Jr.
2008 | Wheatley Hills GC | 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 | Fresh Meadow CC | Hunter Semels | Abbie Valentine
2002 | Engineers CC | Zach Randol | Jonathan Jame
2001 | Old Westbury G&CC | Al Falussy | Alan Specht
2000 | Garden City CC | Marc Turnesa | 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 | Meadow Brook Club | 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 | Wheatley Hills GC | Gene Francis | Mario Posillico
1987 | Garden City GC | P. J. Cowan | Jonathan Jame
1986 | Bethpage State Park | 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 | George Zahringer | Brian Darby
1981 | Old Westbury G&CC | Randy Beil | George Zahringer
1980 | Nassau CC | George Zahringer | Richard Serian
1979 | Sands Point GC | John Humm | Ken Mattiace
1978 | Wheatley Hills GC | 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 | George Burns | Dick Stanley
1971 | Garden City CC | Robert Murphy | Alan Gilison
1970 | Wheatley Hills GC | 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 | Meadow Brook Club | 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 | Wheatley Hills GC | Art Silverstone | Joe Darcy
1958 | Plandome CC | Don Cherry | 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 | Seawane CC | Tim Holland | Frank Strafaci
1953 | Sands Point GC | W.G. Holloway | Dick Fales
1952 | Nassau CC | John Humm | Frank Strafaci
1951 | North Shore CC | Frank Strafaci | Billy Edwards
1950 | Garden City GC | Gordon Stott | Mal Galletta
1949 | Meadow Brook Club | Frank Strafaci | James Paul
1948 | Rockville Links CC | John Humm | Joe Feldman
1947 | Pomonok CC | Frank Strafaci | W. Y. Dear, Jr.
1946 | Wheatley Hills GC | 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 | Inwood CC | Frank Strafaci | William Tobin
1940 | Sands Point GC | T. S. Tailer, Jr. | Felix Zaremba
1939 | Sands Point GC | Kenneth Sheldon | John Humm
1938 | Garden City CC | Frank Strafaci | Thomas Strafaci
1937 | Pomonok CC | Richard Ciuci | Alick Gerard, Jr.
1936 | Seawane CC | Charles H. Mayo, Jr. | R. M. Torgerson
1935 | Wheatley Hills GC | 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 | George Dunlap | Charles Hrostoski
1931 | Timber Point GC | Philip Perkins | 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 | Engineers CC | Maurice McCarthy, Jr. | H. K. Kerr
1926 | St. Albans | A. W. Biggs | Jack Mytton
1925 | Garden City GC | E. H. Driggs, Jr. | H. K. Kerr
1924 | Pomonok CC | H. P. Bingham | John Lang
1923 | Engineers CC | J. N. Stearns, Jr. | E. H. Driggs, Jr.
1922 | Lido GC | H. W. Maxwell, Jr. | Don McKellar

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## References

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1. ^ "LIGA Amateur History". Long Island Golf Association.