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Inwood Country Club is a private Golf, Tennis & Beach Club in Inwood, New York, located adjacent to Jamaica Bay and just southeast of John F. Kennedy International Airport. Originally established as nine-hole course in 1901, it is one of the oldest golf courses on Long Island .
During the U.S. Amateur at the Garden City Golf Club, Travis hit a ball into a new pot bunker near the eighteenth green, which led to his defeat in a semifinal match against Jerry Travers. [8] In addition to hosting the U.S. Amateur in 1908, Garden City Golf Club also hosted the tournament in 1900, 1913, and 1936. [ 9 ]
Sebonack Golf Club is a private golf course in Southampton, New York, located on the Great Peconic Bay on Long Island. Opened in 2006, the course was designed by Jack Nicklaus and Tom Doak and is adjacent to the National Golf Links of America and Shinnecock Hills Golf Club. The Clubhouse and guest cottages were designed by Hart Howerton. [5]
A separate facility on Long Island Sound provides beach, pool and summer dining facilities for members. The club hosted the Piping Rock Horse Show from at least 1912 to 1915. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] On October 24, 1937 Cole Porter was in a riding accident there that crushed his legs, leading to one of them being amputated years later.
Golf Digest. Archived from the original on 2 November 2013. "Deepdale Golf Club". LongIsland.com "History of the Golf Club". Deepdale Golf Club. Archived from the original on 2013-09-02; LeCompte, Tom (August–September 2005). "The 18-Hole Hustle". American Heritage. 56 (4). Archived from the original on 2006-05-07
The LIGA was organized in 1922 [1] by some of the area's leading amateur golfers and industrialists. Founders including John Montgomery Ward, from Garden City Golf Club, the association's first President and a member of baseball's Hall of Fame, John N. Stearns Jr., of National Golf Links of America and Piping Rock, and Gardiner White of Nassau Country Club gave their active support for the ...
Bethpage State Park is a 1,477-acre (5.98 km 2) New York state park on the border of Nassau County and Suffolk County on Long Island. The park contains tennis courts, picnic and recreational areas and a polo field, but is best known for its five golf courses, including the Bethpage Black Course , which hosted the 2002 and 2009 U.S. Open Golf ...
Founded as a Jewish country club, [4] the club has an 18-hole championship golf course which hosted the PGA Championship in 1919 and the U.S. Amateur in 1920. The competitions were won by Jim Barnes and Chick Evans, respectively. [5] [6] Herbert Strong was the architect of the original golf course and Devereux Emmet remodeled part of the course ...