Seaview (Bay)

The Bay course at the Seaview is generally the more celebrated of the two 18-hole courses at the club, and that’s no small claim when the other (the Pines) was laid out by William Flynn and Howard Toomey. The Bay Course also has an all-star ensemble behind its layout: Donald Ross and Hugh Wilson (best known for his work at Merion).

One strategic advantage that Bay has over its sibling course is its location along the salt marshes, while its companion heads into the pine forest. Bay shares these views with Galloway National, its golf neighbor one address over in the north Atlantic City area. Seaview doesn’t need Galloway’s distance to create interest, however, playing links-like golf that requires clever shotmaking to score, more so than yardage from the tee.

Although still relatively short by that tour’s standards (6,300 yards), Seaview has hosted the ShopRite LPGA Classic since 2010. On the men’s side of the game, the club also contributed nine holes, along with another nine from the longer Pines course, for the 1942 PGA Championship, which was won by Sam Snead for his first major.