Shinnecock Hills Golf Club
Architect: William Flynn Year: 1895 200 Tuckahoe Rd, Southampton, NY 11968 Phone: (631) 283-1310 Course Access: Private https://www.shinnecockhillsgolfclub.org/ |
Shinnecock Hills Golf Club
Shinnecock Hills Golf Club, founded in 1891, is one of the historic golfing institutions in the United States. It is the oldest incorporated golf club and was one of the five founding member clubs of the USGA. The Clubhouse, built in 1892, was the work of the architectural firm of McKim, Mead and White. While in character it remains substantially the same as a century ago, it has enjoyed several expansions and renovations in the intervening decades, before undergoing a major restoration completed in 2016.
The original twelve hole golf course was designed by Willie Davis, and expanded to eighteen holes in the spring of 1895. These links were revised four times before the present course, designed by William Flynn and built by Dick Wilson of Toomey and Flynn, was opened for the 1931 season.
Shinnecock is laid out utilizing the natural topography of the Shinnecock Hills, and resembles a number of the courses on the British Isles. It has long been recognized as one of the top courses of the world, and has been the scene of notable U.S.G.A. events since its beginning. These include the second U.S. Open Championship and U.S. Amateur in 1896, the Women’s Amateur in 1900, and the Walker Cup Match in 1977. The U.S. Open Championship was held at Shinnecock again in 1986, and in 1995 for the 100th anniversary of the Open, and again in 2004 and 2018.
The 2026 U.S. Open Championship will be held at Shinnecock.
The original twelve hole golf course was designed by Willie Davis, and expanded to eighteen holes in the spring of 1895. These links were revised four times before the present course, designed by William Flynn and built by Dick Wilson of Toomey and Flynn, was opened for the 1931 season.
Shinnecock is laid out utilizing the natural topography of the Shinnecock Hills, and resembles a number of the courses on the British Isles. It has long been recognized as one of the top courses of the world, and has been the scene of notable U.S.G.A. events since its beginning. These include the second U.S. Open Championship and U.S. Amateur in 1896, the Women’s Amateur in 1900, and the Walker Cup Match in 1977. The U.S. Open Championship was held at Shinnecock again in 1986, and in 1995 for the 100th anniversary of the Open, and again in 2004 and 2018.
The 2026 U.S. Open Championship will be held at Shinnecock.
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COURSE REVIEW BY: CHRIS MAVROS, GOLFADELPHIA
It was the kind of cold that you didn’t realize just how cold until the warm comfort of inside began to lightly defrost you. As we finished up and came into the clubhouse, a quiet fire lapping away in the corner, it dawned on me it was amusingly cold. Just enough to feel accomplished when outside for some spell of time. We sat down at a table by the windows and were waited on. It was quiet, only a couple tables occupied. So quiet that you could hear the charming croak of wood as those walked from this room to that. While we began to talk about our foray that morning, my gaze was drawn to the distance of the horizon. The sounds of those speaking faded away. The auburn fescue dancing delightfully amongst the rich green and beachy sand while National Golf Links came into view, then the bay behind. Then the sky with its vast foamy clouds floating with purpose to who knows where. The beauty was intoxicating, has been this way for centuries, millenniums really. My mind began to wander as my brief moment with such splendor went on. Those that came before, those custodians, ensuring all of this remains for us and those after us. The fescue danced on as my thoughts drifted to the brilliance beyond.
The Shinnecock Indian Nation long ago inhabited the hills that sit just inland, beset on either side by Peconic Bay to the North and (the now named) Shinnecock Bay to the South. The hills provided shelter from the wind that would run through and over the area while the bays and tidal pools were an ample food source. The “people of the stony shore” realized the value this land held back then, as well as the waterways. Many of them were sailors and fishermen. Some, heroes. In 1876, ten of the Shinnecock died while trying to save a sinking ship off East Hampton...Click Here To Read Hole By Hole
The Shinnecock Indian Nation long ago inhabited the hills that sit just inland, beset on either side by Peconic Bay to the North and (the now named) Shinnecock Bay to the South. The hills provided shelter from the wind that would run through and over the area while the bays and tidal pools were an ample food source. The “people of the stony shore” realized the value this land held back then, as well as the waterways. Many of them were sailors and fishermen. Some, heroes. In 1876, ten of the Shinnecock died while trying to save a sinking ship off East Hampton...Click Here To Read Hole By Hole