The Ike tournament was founded in 1953 by Daily News sportswriter Dana Mozley and nurtured through the years by Mozley and former MGA President George Sands.
Although always immensely popular, the event suffered during the late 1970s and early ‘80s after The Daily News dropped its sponsorship. In 1986, the MGA (with the financial support of MetLife) purchased the rights to the Ike. With the MGA’s involvement, the event regained its stature and quickly became the area’s premier stroke-play amateur event. The Ike today attracts more entries than any other MGA championship for individuals.
Despite a long list of outstanding champions — including Goodwin, Gardner, Turnesa, Burns, Zahringer and Thomas — the Ike always will be synonymous with the name Courville. The late Jerry Courville Sr. dominated the event in the 1960s, winning a record six titles between 1961 and 1970 while son Jerry Jr. grabbed the baton with back-to-back victories in 1990 and ‘91. The duo also combined to win three Ike Team Championships for Shorehaven Golf Club.
| Year | Winner | Location | |
|---|---|---|---|
 | 2024 | Peicheng Chen | Nassau Country Club |
 | 2023 | Melan Dhaubhadel | Brooklawn Country Club |
 | 2022 | Luke Sample | Baltusrol Golf Club |
 | 2021 | Matthew Fields | The Bridge |
 | 2020 | Mark Costanza | Country Club of Darien |
 | 2019 | Dawson Jones | Canoe Brook Country Club |
 | 2018 | Michael Graboyes | Meadow Brook Club |
 | 2017 | Matt Lowe | Century Country Club |
 | 2016 | Cameron Young | Essex County Country Club |
 | 2015 | Cameron Young | Friar's Head |
 | 2014 | David Pastore | Montclair Golf Club |
 | 2013 | Cameron Wilson | Wykagyl Country Club |
 | 2012 | Cameron Wilson | Atlantic |
 | 2011 | Tommy McDonagh | Somerset Hills Country Club |
 | 2010 | Mike Ballo Jr. | Metropolis Country Club |
 | 2009 | Mike Ballo Jr. | Nassau Country Club |
 | 2008 | Kevin Foley | Mountain Ridge Country Club |
 | 2007 | George Zahringer | Fenway Golf Club |
 | 2006 | Roger Hoit | Fresh Meadow |
 | 2005 | Andrew Giuliani | Plainfield Country Club |
 | 2004 | George Zahringer | Quaker Ridge Golf Club |
 | 2003 | Brad Tilley | Meadow Brook |
 | 2002 | Johnson Wagner | Montclair Golf Club |
 | 2001 | George Zahringer | Fairview Country Club |
 | 2000 | Ken MacDonald | Nassau Country Club |
 | 1999 | Ken MacDonald | Hollywood Country Club |
 | 1998 | Greg Rohlf | Wykagyl Country Club |
 | 1997 | Jerry Courville Jr. | Meadow Brook Club |
 | 1996 | Jeff Thomas | Metedeconk National Golf Club |
 | 1995 | Jeffrey Putman | Winged Foot Golf Club |
 | 1994 | Edward Gibstein | Bethpage Black |
 | 1993 | George Zahringer | Preakness Hills Country Club |
 | 1992 | Mike Muehr | Shorehaven Golf Club |
 | 1991 | Jerry Courville Jr. | Old Westbury Golf and Country Club |
 | 1990 | Jerry Courville Jr. | Upper Montclair Country Club |
 | 1989 | George Zahringer | Stanwich Club |
 | 1988 | Robert Byrnes | Garden City Golf Club |
 | 1987 | Mike Kavka | Essex County Country Club |
 | 1986 | John C. Baldwin | The Tuxedo Club |
| 1985 | No Competition | ||
 | 1984 | Jon Saxton | North Hills Country Club |
 | 1983 | Jon Saxton | North Hills Country Club |
 | 1982 | Mike Diffley | North Hills Country Club |
 | 1981 | Jon Saxton | North Hills Country Club |
| 1979-'80 | No Competitions | ||
 | 1978 | Jimmy Dee | Upper Montclair Country Club |
 | 1977 | Mike Giacini | North Hills Country Club |
 | 1976 | Bob Housen | Wykagyl Country Club |
 | 1975 | Chet Sanok | Upper Montclair Country Club |
 | 1974 | George Burns III | Wheatley Hills Golf Club |
 | 1973 | Mike Ford | Knollwood Country Club |
 | 1972 | John Ruby | Forest Hill Field Club |
 | 1971 | Gene Francis | Wheatley Hills Golf Club |
 | 1970 | Jerry Courville Sr. | Bonnie Briar Country Club |
 | 1969 | Jerry Courville Sr. | Bonnie Briar Country Club |
 | 1968 | Denny Lyons | Wykagyl Country Club |
 | 1967 | Jerry Courville Sr. | Wykagyl Country Club |
 | 1966 | James E. Fisher | Wykagyl Country Club |
 | 1965 | Jerry Courville Sr. | Wykagyl Country Club |
 | 1964 | Jerry Courville Sr. | Winged Foot Golf Club |
 | 1963 | Robert Gardner | Winged Foot Golf Club |
 | 1962 | Robert Gardner | Tamarack Country Club/ Whippoorwill Club |
 | 1961 | Jerry Courville Sr. | Tamarack/Tamarack Country Club/ Whippoorwill Club |
 | 1960 | Robert Gardner | Tamarack Country Club/ Whippoorwill Club |
| 1959 | Paul Kelly | Tamarack Country Club/ Whippoorwill Club |
 | 1958 | Willie Turnesa | Tamarack Country Club/ Whippoorwill Club |
 | 1957 | Willie Turnesa | Tamarack Country Club/ Whippoorwill Club |
 | 1956 | Tommy Goodwin | Tamarack Country Club/ Whippoorwill Club |
 | 1955 | Bob Kuntz | Tamarack Country Club/ Whippoorwill Club |
 | 1954 | Tommy Goodwin | Tamarack Country Club |
  | 1953 | George Berggren & Bob Wilki | Bethpage Black |