The Tuxedo Club

The Tuxedo Club features one of the deeper histories in American golf, as the very first interclub match in American history was held between Tuxedo and the Shinnecock Hills Golf Club during 1894 on site. Later, the club fielded two separate teams (compared to one from Shinnecock and The Country Club) against two from Saint Andrew's Golf Club that same year.

Unfortunately, the original golf course was cancelled during the construction of the New York Thruway, and Robert Trent Jones constructed the current version of the course in the Poughkeepsie region during 1957. Although the club is certainly classily named, the name stems from the Lake on which the property sat, and not the preferred attire of the members.

The new course now features Summit Brook as its primary water body, and the stream runs between a number of ponds on the property that will contend with approach shots. Although a more wooded region upstate of New York City, the fairways and playing grounds at Tuxedo are kept admirably open as the course continues past its 60th anniversary. No doubt its deep roots in American golf history help.

Rees Jones and his design associate Bryan Swanson were called in during the winter of 2021 to conduct a bunker renovation at the club. Sand is now flashed lower on bunker faces with the upper portions grassed to restore the original style. Fairway mowing lines were also altered to tie them more into the bunkers and green complexes, with greenside chipping areas extended to allow more recovery shot options.