 The LIGA was organized in 1922 by some of the area's leading amateur golfers and industrialists.Founders including John Montgomery Ward, from Garden City Golf Club, the association's first President and a member of baseball's Hall of Fame, John N. Stearns Jr., of National Golf Links of America and Piping Rock, and Gardiner White of Nassau Country Club gave their active support for the fledgling organization.The LIGA has 37 founding member clubs in 1922, 11 of which are no longer in existence and 3 of which have changed locations.