Engineers Country Club

Club information
Location Roslyn Harbor, New York
Established 1917
Type Private
Total holes 18
Tournaments hosted 1919 PGA Championship
1920 U.S. Amateur
Website www.engineerscc.com
Designed by Herbert Strong
Devereux Emmet
Par 71
Length 6,800 yards (6,218 m)
Course rating 72.7
Slope rating 131 [1]

Engineers Country Club is a country club located in Roslyn Harbor, New York. The club has an 18 hole championship golf course which hosted the PGA Championship in 1919 and the United States Amateur Championship in 1920. The competitions were won by Jim Barnes and Chick Evans, respectively.[2][3] Herbert Strong was the architect of the original golf course and Devereux Emmet remodeled it in 1921.[4]

The golf course was constructed on the former grounds of the W. R. Willet Manor estate. The property was purchased by the Engineers Country Club in March 1917, which had been formed on January 21, 1917 by the Engineers Club of Manhattan.[5][6] Engineers plays 6,800 yards (6,218 m) yards from the black tees, 6,625 yards (6,058 m) from the blue tees, 6,260 yards (5,724 m) from the white, 5,587 yards (5,109 m) from the gold tees and 5,176 yards (4,733 m) from the red tees.[7] The signature 14th hole, which for a time had been abandoned, has now been reintegrated to the main golf course and is open for play. This short 90-yard (82 m) par three with a classic postage stamp green was dubbed the "Two or Twenty Hole"[8] due to the fact that in 1919 Bobby Jones and Gene Sarazen both took double figures on the tricky hole. There is a sign near the tee box referring to the difficulties Jones and Sarazen experienced while playing the hole.

References

  1. ↑ "Engineers Country Club". USGA. Course Rating and Slope Database™. Retrieved May 12, 2013.
  2. ↑ "Barnes Retains Professional Golfsers Association Crown". The New York Times. September 21, 1919. Retrieved 2010-02-20.
  3. ↑ "Evans Wins Crown in Amateur Golf". The New York Times. September 12, 1920. Retrieved 2010-02-20.
  4. ↑ "The Legend of Engineers Country Club". Engineers Country Club. Retrieved 2010-02-20.
  5. ↑ Paquette, Carole (August 29, 2004). "Improving Sites With Rich Histories". The New York Times. Retrieved 2009-09-12.
  6. ↑ Quirin, William L. (2002). America's Linksland: A Century of Long Island Golf. Chelsea, MI: Sleeping Bear Press. p. 106. ISBN 1-58536-087-2.
  7. ↑ "Engineers Country Club". Metropolitan Golf Association. Retrieved 2009-09-12.
  8. ↑ "Feature Interview with Gil Hanse". GolfClubAtlas.com. January 2000. Retrieved 2009-09-12.

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Coordinates: 40°49′13″N 73°38′32″W / 40.82028°N 73.64222°W