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Shinnecock Hills

Southampton, New York, United States

The course below the clubhouse during the 2018 U.S. Open.
The course below the clubhouse during the 2018 U.S. Open. Peetlesnumber1, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Opened
1891
Architect
William Flynn (1931)
Par
70
Length
7,440 yards
Type
Links-style
Access
Private
Championships
U.S. Open (2018, 2026; six in all, a seventh due in 2036)

Founded in 1891 by a group of New Yorkers led by William K. Vanderbilt, on eighty acres bought for $2,500, Shinnecock is one of the five clubs that formed the USGA in 1894. Its clubhouse, by Stanford White of McKim, Mead & White, opened in 1892 and is usually cited as the first purpose-built golf clubhouse in America. The club admitted women from the start and built a nine-hole ladies' course.

The first twelve holes were cleared in 1891 with the help of more than a hundred members of the Shinnecock Indian Nation. The course played today is William Flynn's, from 1931: open, windswept ground between Peconic Bay and the Atlantic, fescue rough, and greens that fall away. It has held six U.S. Opens, including 2018 and 2026, with a seventh scheduled for 2036, and was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.

Fescue and the clubhouse on the hill.
Fescue and the clubhouse on the hill. Peetlesnumber1, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
The Stanford White clubhouse of 1892.
The Stanford White clubhouse of 1892. Michael O'Connor, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Sources

Facts: Wikipedia · the club's own site.

Photographs: 1. Peetlesnumber1, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons · 2. Peetlesnumber1, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons · 3. Michael O'Connor, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.