Garden City, NY

Garden City Golf Club

Golf at Garden City grew from a nine-hole course opened for the Garden City Hotel in 1897. The hotel’s history identifies it as the predecessor of Garden City Golf Club, on Long Island.

Course: 18 holes · par 73
Original architect: Devereux Emmet
Club website: Visit website

The course

Garden City Golf Club18 holes · par 73

Course design

Devereux EmmetOriginal design · Garden City Golf Club · 1897–1899

From hotel golf to a championship club

National competition arrived early: Garden City hosted the U.S. Amateur in 1900 and the U.S. Open in 1902. In October 1923, it also hosted the New York State Golf Association’s first championship, which attracted sixty-one entries.

Championships

View all 6 past editions

Results and dates 6 editions

U.S. Amateur

1900
Walter J. Travis
July 2–7, 1900
1908
Jerome D. Travers
September 14–19, 1908
1913
Jerome D. Travers
September 1–6, 1913
1936
John W. Fischer
September 14–19, 1936

U.S. Open

1902
Laurence Auchterlonie
October 10–11, 1902

Walker Cup

1924
United States (Walker Cup)
September 12–13, 1924

In the archive

Clubs in NY

Sources and editorial notes10 references

Sources for this story

Club History St. Georges Golf and Country Club
Devereux Emmet and Garden City design
Consulted 2026-09-17
Passages:From hotel golf to a championship club, paragraph 2
Our Hotel The Garden City Hotel
History: 1897 nine-hole course becomes Garden City Golf Club
Consulted 2026-09-17
Passages:Introduction
History New York State Golf Association
First state championship at Garden City, October 1923
Consulted 2026-09-17
Passages:From hotel golf to a championship club, paragraph 2

Record sources

Club mark source
Walter J. Travis Society: architectural course register
USGA: 2024 U.S. Amateur Record Book Printed/PDF page 9, 1936 result row. John W. Fischer d. Jack McLean, 37 holes. Match margins and extra-hole lengths are not stroke totals. Actual dates from the retrospective result table.
R&A official Walker Cup match history The primary match-history entry records these dates: 1924 (Sept. 12-13): USA 9, GB&I 3; Garden City (N.Y.) G.C. Dates corroborated against the retained official USGA 2026 Record Book. No participant, score or historical routing changes are selected.
USGA: 2026 Walker Cup record book, page 5 Offline: archived primary source /Users/cwhitelam/Documents/AGA Research Archive/shared/usga-championship-records-20261024/26WalkerCup.pdf; SHA-256 3e6e866f4a64e0416bdf539d1e566263873852dc8bbaffd8ce3d2fa4f5c614df. The official results row names Garden City Golf Club, September 12-13, USA 9 to GB&I 3. Bind the existing named physical course identity, preserving the existing team results. No unchanged historical routing, par or tees are inferred.
2026 USGA Championships Media Guide - U.S. Open The official 2026 USGA Championship Record Book directly enumerates the completed 1902 Championship, champion, explicit date span, and site in Championship Results: 1895 to 2025. The recorded champion and site preserve the higher-resolution register text. The current official U.S. Open Champions table independently confirms the year, champion, and site.
USGA championship host record Dated USGA host wording Garden City (N.Y.) G.C. is explicitly reconciled to Garden City Golf Club in Garden City, NY. The dated register identifies the Club. A continuing physical Course identity is not inferred from a single stored Course or an unqualified venue name. Host and competition dates: www.usga.org