Piping Rock Club

Locust Valley, NY Private

Overview

C.B. Macdonald designed Piping Rock right after he completed National Golf Links, and just as he did there, Macdonald peppered Piping Rock with versions of his favorite design concepts, including a canted Redan green and a Road Hole based on the 17th at St. Andrews. But it was at Piping Rock, not National, where Macdonald first introduced what has become his most imitated hole, the Biarritz. It’s the ninth hole at Piping Rock, with a green 60 yards deep, bisected two-thirds of the way back by a six-foot-deep trench. Designer Bruce Hepner recently enhanced the course by removing trees, reinstating old cross-bunkers, recapturing green sizes and adding tightly mown areas green surrounds to some holes. But he didn’t change the design. Piping Rock had great bones to begin with.

About

Holes 18
Length 6787
Slope 134
Facility Type Private
Designer Charles B. Mac Donald

Awards

100 Greatest
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Ranking history:

100 Greatest: Ranked since 2023.
2023-'24 Ranking: 97th.
Previous ranking: 109th.
Highest Ranking: 97th.

Second 100 Greatest: Ranked 2019-'22.

Best in State: Ranked Top 10 in New York from 2011-2012; Top 15 from 1995-2009, 2013-2014, & since 2017; Top 20 from 2015-2016.
Current Ranking: 15th since 2019.

Panelists

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

4.5

100 GREATEST/BEST IN STATE SCORES

Shot Options
7.5858
Character
7.7613
Challenge
7.3324
Layout Variety
7.6865
Fun
7.622
Aesthetics
7.4577
Conditioning
7.8212

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