Shinnecock Hills

[Jeff Taylor]

Had the plesure of playing here the other day. Wow! Rained all night and only two spots on the course had standing water. It was soon gone. Conditions were tough (cool and windy with gusts up to 30mph).

The clubhouse.


Upstairs.


The 1st.


The 2nd.


Approaching the par 5.


Approaching the 9th.


The 9th.


The brutal 10th.


The price for being short.


The 11th. Our host says he has not scored below a 5 in his last 10 attempts.


The 12th. Par is difficult. I was lucky to get up and down for 4.


The last par 3.


The best par 3.

[Jeff_Mingay]

What a landscape. Individual holes aside, the landscape at Shinnecock Hills (and clubhouse!) never ceases to amaze... in photos or in person.

Stunning.

[Philippe Binette]

A lot of trees are gone since I was there in 2003.

Great golf course and most important, maintained the way it should be

[Jeff Taylor]

It really was in fantastic shape. Every detail was covered.

[Brian Joines]

The expansive views are really impressive.

[Patrick_Mucci]

Jeff,

It's amazing how much better NGLA and Shinnecock look and play with all the trees removed.

I wish there was a way of showing before and after pictures.

Sounds like you had a great trip

[Jeff Taylor]

Thanks again Pat. I cannot imagine these places with more trees (excepting Westhampton). That they were there once seems so mistaken. What were they thinking?

[Patrick_Mucci]

Jeff,

It's my understanding that a tree management program will be instituted at Westhampton.

I love the name of the 8th hole, "Senility Ridge"

If you don't/can't hit your ball over that little ridge, your golfing future is behind you.

[Brent Carlson]

Jeff - great photos.  What a treat to play there.

Does anyone know what type of grass has the reddish hue?  Is there much work in maintaining it as seen in the photos?  The expansiveness and color contrast are phenomenal.  

[Jim Nugent]

Jeff, any photos of 14? 

[Jeff Taylor]

Yep.

[Anthony Gray]

  Did you play it with one ball?

  Anthony

[Jeff Taylor]

Other than the bladed sand wedge on the Alps hole on Saturday, I played all three tracks without changing balls. I was fortunate to have a good driving weekend.

[Jim Eder]

Great photos. This is one of my fav courses. Always an honor to be able to play it. Wonderful wonderful course and club!!

[Sean Leary]

I have only walked the course during the US Open in 2004, but every time I see pictures I wonder whether it might be the best course on the planet...

[Jim Eder]

Sean, for some of us it may be. I hope some day you get to play the course, it is amazing and I am sure you would absolutely love it. Is it better than Pine Valley? Or Augusta? Or Pebble? They are all a bit different and all are great and could be the greatest. To me, I am not sure what the greatest course in the world is but I do believe these are the greatest courses in the world and Shinnecock is very worthy of that view. An amazingly wonderful place!!

[J_ Crisham]

Jeff,

It's amazing how much better NGLA and Shinnecock look and play with all the trees removed.

I wish there was a way of showing before and after pictures.

Sounds like you had a great trip

Pat,   I played Shinny about 4 weeks ago and felt that the tree removal was exceptional. While on the 15th tee,I commented to 2 fellow GCAers who played with me that more trees could be removed off to the left of the fairway- probably another 20 or 30 hardwoods. Felt the trees at NGLA and Sebonack were about right. The other track  we played, Garden City was very good but felt it could benefit from some deforesting internally back  in the corner of the property on 8,9,10. We all felt that it would be hard to travel away from LI in the Summer to play golf at other clubs- the depth and variety is unmatched elsewhere.
                                             Wish you well,  Jack

[PThomas]

i gotta get there, i gotta get there.....

nice pics!