Engineers Country Club
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| Club information | |
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| Location | Roslyn Harbor, New York, United States |
| 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 | 6,767 yards (6,188 m) |
| Course rating | 72.7 |
| Slope rating | 131 |
Engineers Country Club is a country club located in Roslyn Harbor, New York, on the historic Gold Coast on the north shore of Long Island.
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.Herbert Strong was the architect of the original golf course and Devereux Emmet remodeled part of the course in 1921.
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.The first round on the newly constructed course was played on June 29, 1918. The first foursome out consisted of club president B. G. M. Thomas, vice president Nat M. Garland, Frank Dupont, chairman of the Building Committee, and T. I. Jones, one of the governors. After completion of his round, Garland described the 18th green as "sui generis, rara avis ... in a class by itself".
Engineers Country Club plays 6,767 yards (6,188 m) yards from the black tees, 6,575 yards (6,012 m) from the blue tees, 6,218 yards (5,686 m) from the white, 5,538 yards (5,064 m) from the gold tees and 5,145 yards (4,705 m) from the red women's tees. The women's championship tees are farther back at 6,218 yards (5,686 m).
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" 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.
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