Garden City Golf Club

Garden City, NY Private

Overview

Minimalist in its design (you can still see the faint traces of old roadbeds over which the course was routed) and natural in its upkeep, Garden City Golf Club is one of the great early tournament venues in the United States. Before the 1908 U.S. Amateur, Walter Travis remodeled the course into what it is today, its strategies dictated by many deep pot bunkers. Travis installed them to promote “thinking golf,” but one player soon dubbed Garden City the home of the “God-fearing approach shot.” It’s also a rare 100 Greatest course with a closing par 3.

About

Holes 18
Length 6922
Slope 140
Facility Type Private
Year Opened 1899
Designer Devereux Emmet (1899)/Walter Travis (1913)

Awards

100 Greatest
Best Courses in Every State

100 Greatest: Ranked in 1966 & since 1981.
2023-'24 Ranking: 64st.
Previous Ranking: 61st.
Highest Ranking: 25th, 1997-1998.

Best in State: Ranked Top 10 in New York 1983-2022.
Current Ranking: 12th.

Golf Digest Logo Panelists

Ratings from our panel of 1,900 course-ranking panelists

4.6

100 GREATEST/BEST IN STATE SCORES

Shot Options
7.6591
Character
8.1106
Challenge
7.3999
Layout Variety
7.6897
Fun
7.8415
Aesthetics
7.6407
Conditioning
7.7518

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