A selection of most important courses, decade by decade
Text by Ron WhittenPhotography by Stephen Szurlej
1890s
Shinnecock Hills Golf Club, N.Y.
Shinnecock Hills Golf Club, N.Y.
After a second nine was opened in 1895, it became the first 18-hole course to host a U.S. Open in 1896. C.B. Macdonald remodeled the course in 1917, then William S. Flynn built a new one on the same site in 1931.
- Keywords:
- golf,
- course,
- Shinnecock Hills Golf Club,
- Inverness Club,
- Merion Golf Club,
- Seminole Golf Club,
- Bethpage State Park,
- Peachtree Golf Club,
- Torrey Pines Golf Course,
- Hazeltine National Golf Club,
- Muirfield Village Golf Club,
- The Links at Spanish Bay,
- Whistling Straits,
- Sebonack Golf Club,
- Ron Whitten,
- Stephen Szurlej
The latest on golf digest
Where To Play
America's 100 Greatest
Augusta National leads the way in the game's oldest ranking of courses.
News & Tours
Costliest Rules Mistakes
Morgan Pressel's slow-play penalty just the latest mental error.
Features
Show Us What You've Got
Your favorite Instagram golf photos can now be featured on GolfDigest.com.
Ratings
Comments
Post a Comment