Shinnecock Hills Golf Club

Shinnecock Hills G.C.
Clubhouse at the 2018 U.S. Open
Club information
Shinnecock Hills Golf Club is located in the United States
Shinnecock Hills Golf Club
Shinnecock Hills Golf Club is located in New York
Shinnecock Hills Golf Club
Coordinates40°53′38″N 72°26′24″W / 40.894°N 72.440°W / 40.894; -72.440
LocationSouthampton, New York, U.S.
Elevation20–90 feet (6–27 m)
Established1891; 133 years ago (1891)
TypePrivate Club
Total holes18
Events hostedU.S. Open (5), Walker Cup, U.S. Amateur, U.S. Women's Amateur
Websiteshinnecockhillsgolfclub.org
Designed byWilliam Flynn (golfer) (1931)
C. B. MacDonald (1901)
Willie Dunn (1894)
Willie Davis (1891)
Par70
Length6,940 yards (6,346 m) (red)[1]
7,440 yards (6,800 m)
(2018 U.S. Open)
Course rating74.4
Slope rating140[1][2]
Shinnecock Hills Golf Club
Nearest citySouthampton, New York
Area259 acres (105 ha)
Built1892
ArchitectMcKim, Mead & White; et al.
Architectural styleBungalow/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]

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]

  1. ^ a b "Coure ratings". Shinnecock Hills golf Club. Retrieved 9 May 2018.
  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.
  4. ^ Grimsley, Will (12 June 1986). "U.S. Open course was once closed to the pros". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. p. C1.
  5. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 13 March 2009.
  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.