Golf Courses - Long Island

‘I believe in reverencing anything in the life of man which has the testimony of the ages as being unexcelled, whether it be literature, paintings, poetry, tombs – even a golf hole.’ Charles Blair ...

The oldest incorporated golf club in America, Shinnecock Hills was founded in 1891 by wealthy New York businessmen who were introduced to the game during a visit to France the previous year. Willia...

Founded and developed by Ken Bakst, the 1997 USGA Mid-Amateur Champion, Friar’s Head is situated among the pristine sand dunes of Baiting Hollow, on the North Shore of New York’s Long Is...

The 2006 opening of Southampton’s Sebonack Golf Club was one of the most eagerly anticipated in many a decade. For a start the course was built immediately beside the hallowed golfing grounds of th...

Surrounded by the bustling suburbs of Nassau County, the Garden City Golf Club is a low-key private men’s club that was founded in 1899 on the site of a nine-hole course built the previous year by ...

Built during the heart of the Great Depression, the Bethpage State Park was a remarkably ambitious municipal golf development spread across almost 1,500 acres of woodland in central Long Island. Th...

Built on less than 130 acres in the affluent seaside hamlet of East Hampton, the East Hampton Golf Club is a beautifully intimate and intricate challenge created by design maestros Bill ...

A prestigious East Hampton institution, the Maidstone Club was established in 1891 but its members didn’t start golfing until the introduction of a modest three-hole course a few years later. As th...

Significant for its role in helping Seth Raynor develop into a legitimate golf course architect, the Piping Rock Club was established in 1911 within the exclusive Long Island village of Locust Vall...

Founded as an exclusive club for the super-rich residents of Locust Valley, The Creek Club opened in 1923 and was initially designed by Charles Blair Macdonald, one of its founding members. Built b...