I just love a good historical summary such as Thomas Macwood’s George Arthur Crump: Portrait of a Legend found in the IN MY OPINION section of this website. In leiu of being made aware of the new photos of Sebonack GL on Larry Lambrecht’s site I have become further dumbfounded over this majestic golf course! What a beautiful set of images!!! What texture!!!! Fantastic work Larry. Tom Doak, Jack Nicklaus and mother nature are a beautiful combination! Show me more, give me more!
So, since I have not purchased the Klein book yet, I set about seeing what the internet had to offer. From a quick google search I found the following article on Bloomberg.com. The part(s) which stood out to me is the following:
By Michael Buteau
May 31 (Bloomberg) -- The newest golf course in the Hamptons may already be No. 1 in at least one category: price.
The new club sits between 95-year-old National Golf Links of America and four-time U.S. Open host Shinnecock Hills Golf Club at the eastern end of Long Island.
The 7,286-yard course, similar in length to a PGA Tour event, was carved into the dunes along the Great Peconic Bay. It once was ``Bayberry Land,'' the summer estate of Charles H. Sabin, a former president of Guaranty Trust Co. of New York.
Sabin's 28-room Georgian mansion was torn down to make room for Sebonack's second, third and 18th holes. What once was a reflecting pool is now the ``Coffin Bunker'' on No. 18, named for Sabin's landscape architect Marian Cruger Coffin.
Walkways From Wales
Slate from the roof of the home, imported from Wales, now is part of a walkway in the club's practice area. Most of this I knew, the course is a collaboration between Nicklaus and Doak….blah blah blah. I had heard somewhere there was quite the compound where the golf course now rests. I read somewhere Tom talking about the 11th green resting upon an old softball field. But I wanted more information on the history of this “Bayberry Land.” I am just a sucker for these cool old stories so I sought more. Well, I found more. The following article should satisfy the most ardent of history buffs. On this cold x-mas eve when we all find ourselves dreaming of playing golf at a course like Sebonack, happy reading on the history of “Bayberry Land”
http://www.hamptons.com/hamptons_article_magazine_568.htmfor more check the following pdf's
http://www.town.southampton.ny.us/specialgallery/bayberry/walk_thru.pdfhttp://www.town.southampton.ny.us/specialgallery/bayberry/bayberrynobleed.pdf