The Auerbach Canal is a hazard both early and late in the round at The Seawane Club, which boasts a 1927 Devereux Emmet layout that Frank Duane updated in the ‘60s before New Jersey-based architect Stephen Kay made his stamp in 1988.
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The Auerbach Canal is a hazard both early and late in the round at The Seawane Club, which boasts a 1927 Devereux Emmet layout that Frank Duane updated in the ‘60s before New Jersey-based architect Stephen Kay made his stamp in 1988.
The Seawane Club
The Seawane Club is a Devereux Emmet and Alfred Tull collaboration sitting along the Hewlett Bay on the near side of Long Island. Featuring an out-and-back layout, players will content with the former architect’s well-defined tendency toward ill-defined bunkering style.
The highlight of which is No. 7, a longer par four along the route that calls for a player to decide from the tee how far along to challenge the large set of bunkers that cross the fairway diagonally. Once across, they’ll contend with a cape of no less than 25 bunkers built into the inside of the approach.
Two holes down the line, players face a potentially more intimidating shot, as a long hand of a bunker (with very short fingers) reaches for the front of the green on this par three. Players not knowing better may believe they have contended with a Tillinghast while playing these two holes. Still, the scariest shot on the course may not come until No. 16.
Although a short par four, the second shot will leave no choice but to make a wide carry cross the mouth of Auerbach Channel, by which residents can bring their boats in and out of the bay.