Baiting Hollow, NY
Friar's Head
At Friar’s Head, Coore and Crenshaw’s course crosses former farmland and tall dunes beside Long Island Sound. That landscape has also become a setting for Metropolitan amateur championship golf.
- Course
- 18 holes · par 71
- Original architect
- Coore & Crenshaw
- Club website
- Visit website
The course
Course design
Farmland, dunes and amateur golf
Friar’s Head hosted the Metropolitan Amateur in 2008 and the Ike stroke-play championship in 2015.
The regional championship connection continued with the 2021 MGA Mid-Amateur, won by Chris DeJohn. When the MGA selected Friar’s Head for the Met Amateur’s return in 2023, a record 847 players entered qualifying for the 75-player field.
In the archive
Sources and editorial notes2 references
Sources for this story
- Friar’s Head Welcomes 15th MGA Mid-Amateur Metropolitan Golf Association
Host history and Friar’s Head course facts
Consulted 2026-09-21 - Met Amateur Returns to Friar’s Head Metropolitan Golf Association
Host history and Friar’s Head course facts
Consulted 2026-09-21