
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.
Sands Point Golf Club
New York, United States
Sands Point Golf Club
Sands Point Golf Club was formed in 1928, when A. W. Tillinghast was invited to modify an existing 9-hole layout and construct another nine. Despite many alterations, Tilly’s trademark deep greenside bunkers survive.
Bally's Golf Links at Ferry Point
New York, United States
Bally's Golf Links at Ferry Point
Bally's Golf Links at Ferry Point (formerly Trump Golf Links at Ferry Point) is a Jack Nicklaus Signature Design. Situated on top of a former landfill site, it’s the first golf course built in New York City in more than fifty years.
Westhampton Country Club
New York, United States
Westhampton Country Club
Featuring the usual Seth Raynor array of replica holes, such as a Redan at the 7th and a Short at the 11th, the course at Westhampton Country Club is one of the architect’s earliest solo designs, dating back to 1915, which was restored by Gil Hanse in 2009.
Silo Ridge
New York, United States
Silo Ridge
The course at Silo Ridge Field Club started out in 1992 as the private Segalla Country Club. It then morphed into Island Green before being refashioned by Tom Fazio in 2016.
Old Oaks Country Club
New York, United States
Old Oaks Country Club
Old Oaks Country Club features one of the more rare design / construction collaborations in golf course architecture. Certainly A.W. Tillinghast has many designs in New York, but very few were constructed by C.H. Alison...
Country Club of Rochester
New York, United States
Country Club of Rochester
Used for the US Women’s Open in 1953 and 1973, the golf course at the Country Club of Rochester is an old Donald Ross track that was fully restored by Gil Hanse in 2004.
Country Club of Troy
New York, United States
Country Club of Troy
Laid out on a hilly, 325-acre woodland site, the old course at the Country Club of Troy was Walter Travis’s final design. Recently extended during restoration work by Renaissance Golf Design, it’s still short by modern day standards.
Nassau Country Club
New York, United States
Nassau Country Club
Nassau Country Club is where Bobby Jones started putting with his Calamity Jane putter and also where the Nassau golf bet was created by a member named J.B.C Tappan...
Metropolis Country Club
New York, United States
Metropolis Country Club
The Metropolis Country Club course has been touched by several prominent architects down the years: originally designed by Herbert Strong, it was remodelled by A. W. Tillinghast, reconfigured by Joe Finger then lengthened by Ken Dye in the late 1990s.
Park Country Club
New York, United States
Park Country Club
Host to the 1934 PGA Championship, Park Country Club in Williamsville is a C.H. Alison layout. Ian Andrews recently removed trees, improved grassing lines and upgraded bunkers, modifying some and restoring others.
Pound Ridge Golf Club
New York, United States
Pound Ridge Golf Club
It took more than ten years from conception to delivery but seasoned commentators will tell you that Pete and Perry Dye’s course at Pound Ridge Golf Club was well worth the decade-long gestation period.
The Rockaway Hunting Club
New York, United States
The Rockaway Hunting Club
The Rockaway Hunting Club claims itself to be the oldest country club in the United States, in that it is the longest-operating property in the nation that is now a country club (it gained the latter title after the club at Brookline).
Manhattan Woods Golf Club
New York, United States
Manhattan Woods Golf Club
Overlooked by the New York skyline, the Gary Player-designed course at Manhattan Woods Golf Club lies within a 200-acre wooded estate in the lower Hudson Valley.
Glen Oaks Club (White & Blue)
New York, United States
Glen Oaks Club (White & Blue)
The White and Blue nines form the course of first choice at Glen Oaks Club, a 1971 Joe Finger creation. Joel Weiman of McDonald Design Group recently renovated all twenty-seven holes, with trees removed and bunkers rationalized.
Fresh Meadow
New York, United States
Fresh Meadow
Fresh Meadow Country Club was established in the early 1920s at Flushing in the New York borough of Queens. The club’s present course belonged to Lakeville Golf & Country Club and it's a 1925 C.H. Alison creation.
The Seawane Club
New York, United States
The Seawane Club
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.
Knollwood Country Club
New York, United States
Knollwood Country Club
Originally designed in 1894 by Lawrence Van Etten, the course at Knollwood Country Club was last remade by a who’s who of Golden Age architects: A.W. Tillinghast, Seth Raynor (who died before the course was completed) and Charles Banks. Canadian Ian Andrew completed a remarkable restoration in 2016.
Siwanoy Country Club
New York, United States
Siwanoy Country Club
Siwanoy Country Club was incorporated in 1901, when a 9-hole course was also established. The club moved in 1913, engaging Donald Ross to set out a new 18-course layout, and this course hosted the first PGA Championship three years later.
Apawamis
New York, United States
Apawamis
Founded initially as a social organization in 1890, Willie Dunn Jr. laid out the course at the Apawamis Club in the early 1900s. Dunn served as the head professional at Westward Ho! and also designed the original course at Biarritz Le Phare with his brother Tom...
Laurel Links
New York, United States
Laurel Links
The 18th at Laurel Links Country Club was considered good enough to be included in the MGA’s “Modern Dream 18” holes. The rest of Kelly Blake Moran’s 2002 creation was also thought good enough to stage the 2017 Met Amateur Championship.
Schuyler Meadows
New York, United States
Schuyler Meadows
Despite being touched up by Brian Silva in 1985 and Bruce Hepner in 2010, Devereux Emmet’s 1927 Schuyler Meadows Club routing, which sits next-door to the campus of Siena College, remains largely intact. There’s even an old-fashioned yardage imbalance between the two sides.
Saratoga National
New York, United States
Saratoga National
Laid out on a flat site, Roger Rulewich, a former associate of Robert Trent Jones, designed the course at Saratoga National Golf Club. With holes routed around wetlands, many forced tee shots are required.
Hollow Brook
New York, United States
Hollow Brook
A 9-hole Mungo Park course operated at Peekskill between the wars, but the course in play today at Hollow Brook Golf Club near the Catskill Aqueduct in the hamlet of Cortlandt Manor is a modern 2004 Eric Bergstol creation.
The Tuxedo Club
New York, United States
The Tuxedo Club
The New York State Thruway ended The Tuxedo Club’s original course, so the architect of the day (RTJ) was enlisted to create a new layout a couple of miles south of the original where Stephen Kay revised three holes in 1991.
Niagara Falls
New York, United States
Niagara Falls
A.W. Tillinghast laid out the course at the Niagara Falls Country Club at Lewiston (home of the Porter Cup) in 1919. The course has been altered down the years, first by Robert Trent Jones, then by Geoff Cornish and Brian Silva, before Tripp Davis was called in to rediscover the origins.
Turning Stone (Atunyote)
New York, United States
Turning Stone (Atunyote)
The longest of three 18-hole layouts at the Turning Stone Resort, Tom Fazio’s Atunyote golf course extends to 7,315 yards from the back tees. It hosted the BC Open in 2006, the last time that particular PGA Tour event was played before the introduction of the FedEx Cup.
Golf Club of Purchase
New York, United States
Golf Club of Purchase
Listed by Business Insider as one of “The 12 Golf Courses Where Wall Street Big Shots Love To Play,” The Golf Club of Purchase is a 1996 Jack Nicklaus Signature layout that’s routed through woodland where wetlands also create challenge.
Yahnundasis
New York, United States
Yahnundasis
Established in 1897, Yahnundasis Golf Club engaged Walter Travis to lay out a 27-hole golf course for the membership in 1924. Nine of these holes were subsequently sold off but a solid 18-hole layout remains in play to this day.
Inwood Country Club
New York, United States
Inwood Country Club
Set on the South Shore of Long Island, Inwood Country Club is not only steeped in history but the golf course was also built originally as a romantic gift.
Trump National - Westchester
New York, United States
Trump National - Westchester
Jim Fazio shaped the fairways at Trump National Golf Club Westchester in 2002 and he’s due enormous credit for fitting a large, modern course into a heavily contoured site at Briarcliff Manor that once housed Devereux Emmet’s Briar Hall Country Club course.
Sagamore Resort
New York, United States
Sagamore Resort
Overlooking Lake George, the Donald Ross-designed hillside layout at The Sagamore Resort underwent an extensive, multi-million dollar restoration in the mid-1980s.
Cherry Valley Club
New York, United States
Cherry Valley Club
Known as Salisbury Links when Walter Travis laid out the course in 1907 (revised by Devereux Emmet in 1916), Cherry Valley Club staged the U.S. Women’s Amateur in 1927 which Miriam Burns Horn won.
Southward Ho
New York, United States
Southward Ho
Compared to its contemporaries in the East and West, Bay Shore’s Southward Ho Country Club does not have an exclamation mark, but the club does have the right to shout. The 1923 A.W. Tillinghast design, with trademark sloping, tightly-bunkered greens, was built at the same time as Winged Foot.
Old Westbury (Overlook & Woods)
New York, United States
Old Westbury (Overlook & Woods)
The Overlook and Woods nines at Old Westbury Golf & Country Club form the premier golfing layout at a very classy 27-hole facility.
GlenArbor
New York, United States
GlenArbor
Gary Player pocketed £1,000 when he won The Open at Muirfield in 1959. No doubt inspired by his first major title, the Black Knight laid out the course at GlenArbor Golf Club in 2001 with Muirfield's routing – outward nine running clockwise around the edge and the inward nine run anti-clockwise inside the front nine.
Montauk Downs State Park Golf Course
New York, United States
Montauk Downs State Park Golf Course
The Montauk Downs State Park course lies at the tip of Long Island, 120 miles to the east of downtown New York city. Golf was played here for at least forty years before Robert Trent Jones Sr. and his son Rees redesigned the layout in 1968.