The Long Island Open is a professional golf tournament played on

Long Island, New York Long Island is a densely populated island in the southeastern region of the U.S. state of New York, part of the New York metropolitan area. With over 8 million people, Long Island is the most populous island in the United States and the 18th ...

. It is sponsored by the

Long Island Golf Association The Long Island Golf Association (LIGA) 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. The LIGA annually conducts ...

and was first held in 1922 at the Cherry Valley Club in

Garden City, New York Garden City is a village located on Long Island in Nassau County New York. It is the Greater Garden City area's anchor community. The population was 23,272 at the 2020 census. The Incorporated Village of Garden City is primarily located within ...

History

The Long Island Open was a

PGA Tour The PGA Tour (stylized in all capital letters as PGA TOUR by its officials) is the organizer of professional golf tours in the United States and North America. It organizes most of the events on the flagship annual series of tournaments also k ...

-level event in the 1920s and 1930s.

Al Brosch Albert Wenzel "Red" Brosch (November 8, 1911 – December 10, 1975) was an American professional golfer. Early life Brosch was born in Farmingdale, New York, on November 8, 1911, to Henry J. Brosch and his wife Catherine. In June 1936, he married ...

won a record ten titles between 1939 and 1959, a record that stands today.

Winners

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References

{{Former PGA Tour Events Former PGA Tour events Golf in New York (state) Sports in Long Island Recurring sporting events established in 1922 1922 establishments in New York (state)