Golfweek Shinnecock Hills Golf Club. Latest News. reply shares 21 Sep USGA 21 Sep U.S. Open future sites through September 21, am. Shinnecock Hills is one of the oldest and most prestigious golf clubs in the U.S., located in Southampton on eastern Long Island. Formed in , it claims to be the oldest organized club in the. Shinnecock Hills is believed to be the oldest incorporated golf club in the United States (), to have the oldest golf clubhouse in the U.S. (), 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. 11th Hole at Shinnecock Hills Golf Club ( Yard Par 3) Best Par 4: 9th Hole – Yards – (Ben Nevis) - This hole is one of the exceptional two-shot uphill holes in golf. With the impressive clubhouse looming above, this dogleg left hole plays back uphill and to the right slightly while the fairway is kicking balls back to the left. Shinnecock Hills Golf Club, founded in , is one of the historic golfing institutions in the United States. It is the oldest incorporated golf club and was one of the five founding member clubs of the USGA. The Clubhouse, built in , was the work of the architectural firm of McKim, Mead and White.

An overview, zooming back down the slope from Shinnecock's famous clubhouse:. This drone footage gives one an idea of how steep that incline is into the ninth green:.

And another angle:. Here's a great view of the eighth hole, coming from the right of the fairway:. Here's a look going backward down the 10th fairway:.

The par-3 11th might be the best uphill one-shotter in golf. The sloping 14th hole:. And a view from behind the 14th green with its shaved-off back portion:.

The 15th:. Trending Now. After just walking off of Redan, the golfer is presented with a relatively easy hole that features a soft turn to the right.

Most golfers with have a wedge or low iron in their hand for the approach shot to this very approachable green.

This demanding hole hosts two features I enjoy seeing; a downhill tee shot and an uphill approach. The fairway snakes beautifully through the fescue up a natural valley to a large green.

This is the most natural, beautiful, and difficult hole at Shinnecock. This is an American classic as fair of a test to play for tour pros and amateur players alike.

Brings the course back to life and allows the wind to play even more of a factor. Tests every club in the bag. Hard to believe very little earth was moved to create such a great test of golf.

Natural setting makes memorability, aesthetics, and ambience off the chart -- outdone only by the choices and difficulty presented by so many shots. Open tournaments.

The course — once called "golf's holy grail" by Johnny Miller — is routinely included in the Top 10 on lists of the greatest golf courses in the United States.

Contact info for the club:. Southampton, NY shinnecockhillsgolfclub. Do you know anyone who is a member at Shinnecock Hills?

Then probably not. Shinnecock Hills is a private and exclusive club. If you belong to a similar, high-end private golf club, you can request that your club's Director of Golf or General Manager send a reciprocal request to his or her counterpart at Shinnecock Hills, which might, depending on many factors outside your control, work.

Otherwise, the only way to get on the golf course is as the guest of a member. Associated Press. March 13, Retrieved See also: "Accompanying seven photos".

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