
New York
New York State, with the Big Apple at its heart, requires no introduction. Everybody knows about the shopping, Broadway and a host of other world-famous sights that can be found in and around the USA’s most populous city.
Shinnecock Hills Golf Club
New York, United States
Shinnecock Hills Golf Club
Not only was Shinnecock Hills Golf Club one of the five founding members of the USGA but also it was where one of the first specifically designed golf clubhouses was built.
National Golf Links of America
New York, United States
National Golf Links of America
National Golf Links of America is a golf course of monumental historical importance, it’s a “Bear’s Best”, or “Blair's Best” of the early 20th century.
Fishers Island
New York, United States
Fishers Island
Fishers Island Club is set romantically on a narrow island that is a mere two miles wide and eight miles long.
Friar's Head
New York, United States
Friar's Head
Set in 350 acres, this rugged course was designed by Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw and opened for play in 2003 with the philosophy that golf at Friar’s Head should be about options and creativity.
Winged Foot Golf Club (West)
New York, United States
Winged Foot Golf Club (West)
The West course at Winged Foot Golf Club is the work of A.W. Tillinghast, one of America’s greatest golf course designers, and this is Tilly’s finest creation.
Oak Hill Country Club (East)
New York, United States
Oak Hill Country Club (East)
“Mirror, mirror on the wall, who is the fairest of them all?” Well, according to the top touring pros and the Seven Dwarfs, it’s the Oak Hill Country Club in Rochester.
Maidstone Club
New York, United States
Maidstone Club
The course at The Maidstone Club was routed by Willie Park Junior across the Gardiner Peninsula, which is one of the finest parcels of golfing ground in the world.
Bethpage (Black)
New York, United States
Bethpage (Black)
The Bethpage Black course really is as difficult and penal as the high slope rating suggests. It’s not for the faint hearted.
Garden City Golf Club
New York, United States
Garden City Golf Club
The strict men-only policy of the exclusive Garden City Golf Club puts it in the limelight for all the wrong reasons...
Sleepy Hollow Country Club (Upper)
New York, United States
Sleepy Hollow Country Club (Upper)
Designed by C. B. Macdonald and Seth Raynor, the legendary golf course at Sleepy Hollow Country Club sits high above the Hudson River on a 338-acre site formerly owned by William Rockefeller and Frank Vanderlip…
Winged Foot Golf Club (East)
New York, United States
Winged Foot Golf Club (East)
Just like the West course at Winged Foot Golf Club, the East is the work of A.W. Tillinghast and it’s another of his truly brilliant creations.
Quaker Ridge Golf Club
New York, United States
Quaker Ridge Golf Club
The course at Quaker Ridge Golf Club is one of the most unheralded layouts in the USA and only those in the know have heard of it, and only the lucky few have played it.
Piping Rock Club
New York, United States
Piping Rock Club
Charles Blair Macdonald designed Piping Rock in 1911 and right from the off, he was up against fierce competition because polo was the sport of the day here at Locust Valley on Long Island.
Sebonack Golf Club
New York, United States
Sebonack Golf Club
Sebonack Golf Club opened its tees for play in May 2006 and is the result of collaboration between Tom Doak and Jack Nicklaus.
Whippoorwill Club
New York, United States
Whippoorwill Club
Named after the nightjar bird that can be heard around the golf course, Whippoorwill Club dates back to the early 1920s when Donald Ross fashioned an 18-hole layout...
Wykagyl Country Club
New York, United States
Wykagyl Country Club
Wykagyl Country Club is one of the many underappreciated gems located in Westchester County, just a few miles to the north of New York City.
St George's Golf & Country Club - New York
New York, USA
St George's Golf & Country Club - New York
Laid out on a confined parcel of land at East Setauket, New York, in 1917 by Devereux Emmet, the course at St George’s Golf & Country Club extends to a mere 6,200 yards, indicating that hardly a thing has changed here in a century...
Glens Falls
New York, United States
Glens Falls
The Donald Ross-designed course at Glens Falls Country Club appeared in two stages, with the initial nine debuting in 1914 and the second nine following eight years later.
Westchester Country Club (West)
New York, United States
Westchester Country Club (West)
The two courses at the Westchester Country Club were laid out just after the end of the Great War with the West designed as a championship layout for tournament play...
Meadow Brook Club
New York, United States
Meadow Brook Club
Meadow Brook Club dates back to 1881 but its course is of more recent vintage. Dick Wilson was contracted to build a new course in the mid 1950s and he delivered a strong, challenging layout epitomized by the 617-yard double doglegged 8th hole.
The Country Club of Buffalo
New York, United States
The Country Club of Buffalo
The golf course of the Country Club of Buffalo is a unique 1926 Donald Ross creation that makes full use of the Onondaga Formation...
Fenway Golf Club
New York, United States
Fenway Golf Club
With one-shot holes that vary by 100 yards in length, no weak holes and a classical design, it makes us wonder why Fenway Golf Club does not feature more prominently in America’s Top 100.
Hudson National Golf Club
New York, United States
Hudson National Golf Club
Once home to the Kitchawan Indians when Henry Hudson first sailed downriver, the course at Hudson National Golf Club is a 1996 Tom Fazio design.
Oak Hill (West)
New York, United States
Oak Hill (West)
The East course at Oak Hill Country Club grabs all the golfing limelight, but golfers who want to play a largely unaltered 1926 Donald Ross layout should head for the West course.
Atlantic Golf Club
New York, United States
Atlantic Golf Club
The Atlantic Golf Club is a private members club and Rees Jones laid out the course in 1992 on land that was originally earmarked for housing.
Southampton Golf Club
New York, United States
Southampton Golf Club
Situated in close proximity to Shinnecock Hills and the National Golf Links of America, the course at Southampton Golf Club flies under the radar, which is just how this private club likes it.
The Bridge
New York, United States
The Bridge
The Bridge occupies some 300 acres with fine views of Sag Harbor. The property was once home to the great, old Bridgehampton Motor Racing Circuit. The theme is very much in the spirit of the automobile.
North Shore Country Club
New York, United States
North Shore Country Club
The North Shore Country Club course is a Seth Raynor redesign of Devereux Emmet’s 1912 Glenwood Country Club layout. Tom Doak has since revised the course for its new owner.
Leatherstocking Golf Course
New York, United States
Leatherstocking Golf Course
Laid out on the southern shores of Otsego Lake, looking onto Blackbird Bay, the fairways of the Leatherstocking golf course (formerly known as Cooperstown Country Club) lie less than a mile from the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown.
East Hampton
New York, United States
East Hampton
Another minimalist Coore & Crenshaw design from the start of the new millennium, the course at East Hampton Golf Club occupies a compact, 126-acre property, with fairways set out in two distinct nines.
Century Country Club
New York, United States
Century Country Club
Century Country Club was formed in 1898, but its current course dates back to 1924 when Harry Colt’s partner, C.H. Alison, designed it.
Deepdale Golf Club
New York, United States
Deepdale Golf Club
When Deepdale Golf Club’s original course was lost due to the construction of the Long Island Expressway in the mid-1950s, the committee called in Dick Wilson to lay out the present course...
Bethpage (Red)
New York, United States
Bethpage (Red)
Second only to the 18 holes on the Black layout at the five-course Bethpage State Park complex, the Red course is known to some as “Baby Black,” giving ample indication of the challenge that awaits here.
Sunningdale Country Club
New York, United States
Sunningdale Country Club
Mike DeVries completed the upgrade of the original Seth Raynor layout at Sunningdale Country Club in 2016, rebuilding the greens and rerouting the last three holes to provide a more exciting finish.
Huntington
New York, United States
Huntington
Devereux Emmet designed the Huntington Country Club course back in 1911. It’s been altered since then (including Emmet again in 1928) but there’s still enough character left to set it apart from many others in the area.