Sebonack Golf Club

Southampton, NY Private

Overview

Not since Augusta National had the nation’s greatest golfer teamed with one of the most highly regarded course architects on a design project. But the joint venture by Jack Nicklaus with Tom Doak at Sebonack was complicated by the fact that golfer Nicklaus was also an esteemed course architect in his own right, and the project sat right beside two American icons, Shinnecock Hills and National Golf Links. Some pundits have reduced Sebonack to “Tom’s bunkers, Jack’s greens,” but in truth it’s just the opposite. Doak convinced Nicklaus to go with small greens of sweeping contours and little imperfections the likes of which Jack would never have considered on his own. Meanwhile, Jack insisted that Tom tone down his usual ragged, jagged bunker faces to make them palatable to high-handicap club members. Sebonack hosted the 2013 U.S. Women’s Open to great success.

About

Holes 18
Length 7512
Slope 151
Facility Type Private
Year Opened 2006
Designer Jack Nicklaus & Tom Doak

Awards

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100 Greatest: Ranked since 2009.
2023-'24 ranking: 43rd.
Highest ranking: 38th, 2015-2016 & 2021-2022.

Best in State: Ranked Top 10 in New York since 2011.
2023-'24 ranking: 8th.
Previous ranking: 7th.

Panelists

Ratings from our panel of 1,900 course-ranking panelists

4.3

100 GREATEST/BEST IN STATE SCORES

Shot Options
7.6561
Character
7.8002
Challenge
7.7735
Layout Variety
7.6961
Fun
7.5867
Aesthetics
8.0291
Conditioning
7.7438

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