Roslyn Harbor, NY
Engineers Country Club
Members of Manhattan’s Engineers Club established Engineers Country Club in 1917 on the former W. R. Willet estate at Roslyn Harbor. The new institution soon faced a destructive fire: without nearby hydrants, firefighters drew water from a pond to fight the clubhouse blaze.1
- Location
- Roslyn Harbor, NY
- Course
- 18 holes · par 71
- Original architect
- Herbert Strong
- Club website
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Engineers, an estate and an early fire
Despite that difficult beginning, the Club hosted the 1919 PGA Championship and the 1920 U.S. Amateur. Its emergence as a national venue followed almost immediately after its founding, before a long institutional history had time to accumulate.1
The course
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Championships
Results and dates 1 edition
PGA Championship
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Jim Barnes
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Sources and editorial notes4 references
Sources for this story
- Engineers Country Club Roslyn Landmark Society
Founding estate, 1917 fire, tournament record and archive photograph captions.
Consulted 2026-09-21
Record sources
- Club mark source
- 2026 PGA Championship Media Guide The official Media Guide directly enumerates the 2nd playing, champion, site, and its year-page date span. The recorded venue and champion preserve the official PGA Championship History entry’s published text. The champion-only winner field is intentionally separate from the official match-play result: 6&5 over Fred McLeod. The Guide’s table and narrative identify Fred McLeod; the structured History Winning Margin incorrectly names George McLean.
- PGA Championship host record The 1919 PGA record names Engineers Country Club. The host Club is verified; the exact course and routing used for this edition have not been confirmed.