Inwood Country Club

Club information
Location Inwood, New York
Established 1901, 115 years ago
Type Private
Total holes 18
Tournaments hosted U.S. Open (1923)
PGA Championship (1921)
Website inwoodcc.org
Designed by Dr. William Exton &
Arthur Thatcher
Par 71
Length 6,647 yards (6,078 m)
Course rating 72.8
Slope rating 137

Inwood Country Club is a private country club in Inwood, New York, located adjacent to Jamaica Bay and just southeast of John F. Kennedy International Airport. Originally established as a nine-hole course in 1901, it is one of the oldest golf courses on Long Island. The course was expanded to an eighteen-hole layout 110 years ago in 1906.[1] Prior to hosting any major championships, the course was in part redesigned by course architect Herbert Strong.[2] The front nine of the course features an unusual layout: three consecutive par 5s followed by two par 3s in a row.

In the early 1920s, Inwood hosted two major championships, won by two of the game's legends. The PGA Championship in 1921 was won by Walter Hagen, the first of his five wins in that major, then a match play competition. Two years later, 21-year-old amateur Bobby Jones won the U.S. Open, the first of his four titles in that championship.[3][4]

1923 U.S. Open

Main article: 1923 U.S. Open (golf)

Jones had a three shot lead entering the final round, but his lead vanished when he ended bogey-bogey-double bogey. Leaving the 18th green, Jones remarked disgustedly, "I didn't finish like a champion ... I finished like a yellow dog." When Bobby Cruickshank made birdie on the last hole to tie, Jones found himself needing to win an 18-hole playoff to secure his first championship. The next day, Jones and Cruickshank played the first 17 holes all-square. On the 18th, Jones hit his drive about 200 yards (180 m) from the green in the right rough. Calmly executing what would prove to be one of the finest shots of his career, Jones drilled a two-iron to within eight feet of the pin.[5]

Course Layout

Inwood Country Club
Tee Rating/Slope 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Out 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 In Total
Blue 72.8/137 3453625145395121712194154193496 10643345634115547137640540831516647
White 71.3/134 3323425005274801602073964033347 9641843732514046336337739830176364
Par Par 4 4 5 5 5 3 3 4 4 37 3 4 4 4 3 4 4 4 4 34 71
Handicap Handicap 15 13 1 5 11 17 9 3 7 18 4 2 14 16 8 12 10 6

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Coordinates: 40°37′16″N 73°45′22″W / 40.62111°N 73.75611°W / 40.62111; -73.75611

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