Shinnecock Hills Golf Club

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Shinnecock Hills G.C.
Shinnecock Hills GC 01.jpg
Clubhouse at the 2018 U.S. Open
Club information
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Coordinates 40°53′38″N72°26′24″W / 40.894°N 72.440°W / 40.894; -72.440
Location Southampton, New York, U.S.
Elevation20–90 feet (6–27 m)
Established1891;132 years ago (1891)
TypePrivate Club
Total holes18
Events hosted U.S. Open (5), Walker Cup, U.S. Amateur, U.S. Women's Amateur
Website shinnecockhillsgolfclub.org
Designed by William Flynn (1931)
C. B. MacDonald (1901)
Willie Dunn (1894)
Willie Davis (1891)
Par 70
Length6,940 yards (6,346 m) (red) [1]
7,440 yards (6,800 m)
(2018 U.S. Open)
Course rating 74.4
Slope rating 140 [1] [2]
Shinnecock Hills Golf Club
Nearest city Southampton, New York
Area259 acres (105 ha)
Built1892
ArchitectMcKim, Mead & White; et al.
Architectural style Bungalow/American Craftsman
NRHP reference No. 00001211 [3]
Added to NRHPSeptember 29, 2000

Shinnecock Hills Golf Club is a links-style golf club located in an unincorporated area of the Town of Southampton on Long Island, New York, situated between the Peconic Bay and the Atlantic Ocean. [4]

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Shinnecock Hills is believed to be the oldest incorporated golf club in the United States (1891), to have the oldest golf clubhouse in the U.S. (1892), and to have been the first American golf club to admit women members, which it did from the start. It is also the only golf course to host the U.S. Open in three different centuries.

Shinnecock Hills is a founding member of the United States Golf Association. It has hosted several important events, notably five U.S. Opens, most recently being the 2018 event won by Brooks Koepka. It is scheduled to host a sixth in 2026. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2000. [5] [6]

It is routinely ranked as one of the greatest golf courses in the world. [7]

History

The club traces its roots to an 1889–1890 trip by William K. Vanderbilt, Edward Meade, and Duncan Cryder, to Biarritz in southern France where they encountered champion golfer Willie Dunn, from Scotland, who was building a golf course at the resort. [4] [8]

Back in the United States, Meade and Cryder scouted for a place for a golf course near New York City. Meade, known for his cowboy-ish antics trading commodities, was convinced that upstate New York would be the ideal location, but Cryder preferred a parcel of land in Yonkers. Ultimately, they chose the sandhills adjoining the Long Island Rail Road just east of the Shinnecock Canal. The 80-acre (32 ha) original parcel was purchased from developers for $2,500 and 44 original members signed up for $100 each. [8]

Willie Davis, the club professional from the Royal Montreal Club, designed a 12-hole course that opened in late summer 1891. [8] Members of the Shinnecock Indian Nation helped build the course, [9] [10] which sits on the large expanse of land the Nation claims was illegally taken from them by earlier settlers of the area in 1859. At the 2018 U.S. Open, members of the Nation protested the event, noting that several burial sites were desecrated during the courses' construction. [11] Stanford White designed the 1892 clubhouse, said to be the oldest golf clubhouse in the United States. [8] A nine-hole ladies-only course was designed and built at Shinnecock Hills in 1893, the first ladies’ golf course in American history. [12]

1901 Shinnecock Hills Golf Club - Clubhouse (1901).jpg
1901

In 1894, Dunn arrived and added six more holes bringing the total to 18. That same year Dunn won the tournament which was an inaugural attempt to establish a national championship at Newport, Rhode Island, but this victory was not recognized as official. Later in 1894, Shinnecock Hills was one of five founding clubs of the United States Golf Association, established in New York City. The new USGA held the first U.S. Open in 1895 in Newport, Rhode Island. [8]

In 1896 the then–5,000 yd (4,570 m) Shinnecock hosted the second U.S. Open. Many players broke 80 in the 36-hole event, which led to demands to increase the course's difficulty. Participating in the 1896 Open was black professional player John Shippen, believed by many historians to have been the first USA-born golf professional.

In 1901 the ladies' course was incorporated into a lengthened and redesigned course by Charles B. Macdonald and Seth Raynor, retaining five of Dunn's original holes. [12]

William Flynn extensively redesigned the course in 1931 into a 6,740-yard (6,163 m) configuration. Flynn's design retains five of the holes by Macdonald and Raynor, and the green of a sixth hole designed by those two. Prior to the 2004 U.S. Open, the course was extended to a length of 6,996 yards (6,397 m) by the addition of extra tees. [1]

Shinnecock Hills was ranked second in Golf Digest 's 100 Greatest Courses Ranking for 2007, 2008, and third in 2009.[ citation needed ]

Its routing was retained, and several new tees were added, in preparation for the 2018 U.S. Open; the course was extended to 7,440 yards, retaining its par of 70. Shinnecock Hills is scheduled to host the 2026 U.S. Open. [13]

The club also maintains a nine-hole secondary course for use by its members.

Notable events hosted

The Stanford White designed clubhouse, as viewed from the 16th hole. Shinnecock Hills GC 04.jpg
The Stanford White designed clubhouse, as viewed from the 16th hole.
YearEventWinnerTotalTo parMargin
of victory		Runner(s)-upWinner's
share ($)
2018 U.S. Open (5) Flag of the United States.svg Brooks Koepka 281+11 stroke Flag of England.svg Tommy Fleetwood 2,160,000
2004 U.S. Open (4) Flag of South Africa.svg Retief Goosen 276−42 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Phil Mickelson 1,125,000
1995 U.S. Open (3) Flag of the United States.svg Corey Pavin 280E2 strokes Flag of Australia (converted).svg Greg Norman 350,000
1986 U.S. Open (2) Flag of the United States.svg Raymond Floyd 279−12 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Chip Beck
Flag of the United States.svg Lanny Wadkins 		115,000
1977 Walker Cup Flag of the United States.svg  United States 24 matches16 to 8 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain &
Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland 		—
1900 U.S. Women's Amateur Flag of the United States.svg Frances Griscom match play6 & 5 Flag of the United States.svg Margaret Curtis —
1896 U.S. Open Flag of Scotland.svg James Foulis 152—3 strokes Flag of England.svg Horace Rawlins 150
 1896  U.S. Amateur Flag of Scotland.svg H. J. Whigham match play8 & 7 Flag of the United States.svg Joseph G. Thorp—

Scorecard

Shinnecock Hills Golf Club
Tee Rating/Slope 123456789Out101112131415161718InTotal
2018 U.S. Open74.7 / 1403992525004755894911894394853,8194151594693745194096161754853,6217,440
Red74.4 / 1403992204694095374531893944353,5054151594693744634095401804263,4356,940
Green72.3 / 1343881974403785004181783544103,2634061504273604454005121674003,2676,530
BlueM:70.3 / 129
W:76.3 / 140		3871874103674883751663203793,0794001443993504363554641423723,0626,141
WhiteM:67.1 / 125
W:72.5 / 131		3731593903034153621362853072,73034012139632536128840614028926665,396
Par434454344354344445343570

Sources: [1] [2] [14]

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References

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  2. 1 2 "Course Rating and Slope Database™ - Shinnecock Hills Golf Club". USGA. Retrieved 9 May 2018.
  3. ↑ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. 9 July 2010.
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  6. ↑ Alison Cornish (n.d.). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Shinnecock Hills Golf Club". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation . Retrieved 20 February 2010.See also: "Accompanying seven photos".and: "Additional documentation".
  7. ↑ "Shinnecock Hills Golf Club Southampton, N.Y. / 7,450 yards, Par 70 / Points: 69.2301" Golf Digest. January 4, 2017.
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