Nassau CC (Emmet) in ny

[mark chalfant]

Is anyone familiar with this long island course  from the 1920s. In addition to Emmet , Herbert Strong and  Raynor may have  had input to some holes.Nassau CC is often overlooked due to its proximity to  Piping rock and The Creek, neverthless is there some good terrain or  outstanding holes worthy of study


thanks

[Jeff Spittel]

One of my friends joined last year and I got a chance to play the course on a frigid day last December. I was generally impressed with the layout and the course boasts nice rolling topography.

They were restoring the bunkers and redesigning a couple of holes when we played it. I'd be interested to hear how the changes looked this summer. I'm also looking forward to playing the course when I have feeling in my extremities.

 

[Dean Paolucci]

Nassau is an interesting place.  It has an unusual 6600 yard par 70 configuration of 14-4's, 3-3's, and 1-5.  The architecture is very interesting however.  Obviously with the abundance of par 4's you can get an amazing variety of long and short holes.  I find the greensites to be particularly well done.  I especially liked the uphill stadium green.  Very cool!

[mark chalfant]

jeff and Dean

thanks for your replies, I think Pete Dyes niece, Cynthia,  did some bunkering at NCC recently.  im curious if certain par fours, short or long, are especially memorbale

[Robert Mercer Deruntz]

Some of the wonderful work resulted in creating a mediocre par 5 and an imitation Augusta #12 par 3 that can be seen on the par 5 post

[Gerry B]

and it is where the "Nassau" in golf betting was 1st introduced if i am not mistaken

[JMorgan]

It's a huge stretch to call Nassau an Emmet course.  The 1899 course went through minor changes almost immediately, and at least three redesigns btw. 1911-1915.  Emmet was hired in 1920 and made some modifications, but the club felt that not much could be done to improve the course unless they purchased more land.  After the club reorganized and refinanced, it purchased another 22 acres at the end of 1922, and brought in Strong to do a redesign.  Strong's scheme remained intact until the mid-90s.

[George_Bahto]

Mark: Seth Raynor worked on one hole - the 5th. I think it is one of the finest greens he ever built.

Info on this can be found in Bill Quirins fine b\ook on Met area golf courses.