Southampton, NY

Shinnecock Hills Golf Club

Shinnecock Hills was founded in 1891 and became one of the five founding member Clubs of the USGA. Its present course dates to 1931, so the institution’s earliest national championships belong to an earlier golfing landscape on the Southampton property.¹

Location: Southampton, NY
Course: 18 holes · par 70
Original architect: William Flynn
Club website: Visit website

An institution beyond one routing

The clubhouse predates that routing by nearly four decades. Built in 1892 by McKim, Mead and White, it underwent expansions and renovations while retaining its recognizable character. A major restoration was completed in 2016.¹

In 1896, Shinnecock hosted both the U.S. Amateur and the second U.S. Open. The U.S. Women’s Amateur followed in 1900. Those separate competitions place women’s and men’s amateur golf alongside the Open in the Club’s early championship history, well before the course assumed its current form.¹

The Club made a consequential land purchase after a road threatened existing holes in 1927. Acquiring 108 acres to the north and east made the subsequent redesign possible. The institution continued, but the ground over which its golfers competed changed substantially.²

The 1977 Walker Cup added international team competition to that history. Shinnecock then hosted the U.S. Open in 1986, bringing the championship back after its nineteenth-century visit.¹

The course

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CourseShinnecock Hills Golf Club18 holes · par 70 · View course record

Championships

Results and dates 10 editions

U.S. Open

1896
James Foulis
July 18, 1896
1986
Raymond Floyd
June 12–15, 1986
1995
Corey Pavin
June 15–18, 1995
2004
Retief Goosen
June 17–20, 2004
2018
Brooks Koepka
June 14–17, 2018
2026
Wyndham Clark
June 18–21, 2026

U.S. Amateur

1896
H.J. Whigham
July 14–17, 1896

U.S. Senior Amateur

1967
Ray Palmer
September 25–30, 1967

U.S. Women's Amateur

1900
U.S. Women’s Amateur
Frances C. Griscom
August 28–September 1, 1900

Walker Cup

1977
United States (Walker Cup)
August 26–27, 1977

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ArchitectWilliam FlynnOriginal design · Shinnecock Hills Golf Club

Archive1896 U.S. OpenExplore the Open played on Shinnecock’s earlier layout.Archive1977 Walker CupContinue to the 1977 Walker Cup at Shinnecock Hills.Clubs in NY

Sources and editorial notes9 references

Sources for this story

Our History Shinnecock Hills Golf Club
Foundation; 1892 clubhouse and 2016 restoration; Davis and Flynn course chronology; 1896 championships, 1900 Women’s Amateur and 1977 Walker Cup. Future-tense 2026 wording is not used.
Consulted 2026-09-15
126th U.S. Open Championship: Fact Sheet USGA
PDF page 1, Architects: 1891 Davis, 1895 Dunn, 1916 Macdonald/Raynor, proposed road in 1927, 108-acre purchase, 1931 Flynn redesign and routing triangles.
Consulted 2026-09-15

Record sources

2026 U.S. Open winner report The official winner report establishes the completed 2026 U.S. Open and Wyndham Clark as champion at Shinnecock Hills Golf Club. The official 126th U.S. Open Championship Notebook at www.usopen.com explicitly supplies the playing number, the official Fast Facts record supplies the June 18-21 competition span, and the current official Champions table independently confirms the year, champion, and site.
2026 USGA Championships Media Guide - U.S. Open The official 2026 USGA Championship Record Book directly enumerates the completed 2018 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 Shinnecock Hills G.C., Southampton, N.Y. is explicitly reconciled to Shinnecock Hills Golf Club in Southampton, 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
R&A official Walker Cup match history The primary match-history entry records these dates: 1977 (Aug. 26-27): USA 16, GB&I 8; Shinnecock Hills G.C., Southampton, N.Y. Dates corroborated against the retained official USGA 2026 Record Book. No participant, score or historical routing changes are selected.
USGA: 2026 U.S. Senior Amateur record book, page 7 Offline: archived primary source /Users/cwhitelam/Documents/AGA Research Archive/shared/usga-championship-records-20261024/26SeniorAm.pdf; SHA-256 db447a8079c9a707c54710acb92d7da567e788bc38b4b449c065d542155ab300. Exact result row: 1967 (Sept. 25-30) Ray Palmer d. Walter D. Bronson , 3 and 2, Shinne cock Hills G.C., Southamp ton, N.Y.; Medalists — 153, J. Wolcott Brown , David Gold man, Ray Palmer; Entries: 563 Use the championship final, not the qualifying medalist. Match-play outcomes are not stroke totals. Current routing, scorecard and par are not asserted. The primary result identifies this exact Club and place; the retained named physical Course is its sole Course identity. This links Course identity only, without asserting an unchanged historical routing or scorecard.
USGA: 2026 U.S. Women’s Amateur Record Book Printed/PDF page 7, 1900 result row. Retrospective completed-championship result and date range.
USGA: 2024 U.S. Amateur Record Book Printed/PDF page 8, 1896 result row. H.J. Whigham d. J.G. Thorp, 8 and 7. Match margins and extra-hole lengths are not stroke totals. Actual dates from the retrospective result table.