Garden City Golf Club
Garden City, Nassau County, New York · Long Island Gold Coast (North Shore) golf market
- Access
- invitation only
- Holes
- 18
- Architect(s)
- Devereux Emmet
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Garden City Golf Club traces to May 1897, when a nine-hole "Island Golf Links" opened for guests of the Garden City Hotel, designed by Devereux Emmet; the course was soon expanded to 18 holes -- briefly the longest course in the country -- and incorporated under its current name in 1899. The clubhouse was designed by architect Richard Howland Hunt. The club's championship history is substantial: it hosted the 1902 U.S. Open, the U.S. Amateur in 1900, 1908, 1913, and 1936, and the 1924 Walker Cup.
Garden City Golf Club remains one of the few explicitly men-only golf clubs left in the United States, with membership deliberately capped at 399 -- reportedly to stay under a 400-member threshold that would trigger additional New York State equal-access provisions for private clubs. It sits inside the historic, planned Incorporated Village of Garden City alongside two other private clubs with similar names (the separate Garden City Country Club and the Cherry Valley Club) -- a genuine identity-verification risk this record has been checked against.
Golf & Course
Designed by Devereux Emmet; regarded as one of the finest and most historically important classic-era courses in the New York area, with a championship record spanning the U.S. Open, U.S. Amateur (four times), and the Walker Cup.
Membership & Access
Does buying a home here include club membership?
Membership is men-only by invitation, capped at 399 members; women may play only on select days or as invited guests at the discretion of the executive committee. No published fee schedule.
Living in Garden City Golf Club
Located inside the historic, planned Incorporated Village of Garden City -- a genuine residential-adjacency relationship (the club sits within a defined, historic village) though not a purpose-built bundled community.
Location & Surrounding Area
Village of Garden City, Nassau County -- also home to the separate Garden City Country Club and the Cherry Valley Club.
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What Buyers Should Verify
- Confirm current membership policy and any published costs directly with the club.
- Do not confuse with the separate Garden City Country Club or Cherry Valley Club, both also located in the Village of Garden City.
Notable
- Hosted the 1902 U.S. Open, the U.S. Amateur in 1900, 1908, 1913, and 1936, and the 1924 Walker Cup.
- One of the last explicitly men-only golf clubs remaining in the United States; membership capped at 399.
- Designed by Devereux Emmet; clubhouse designed by architect Richard Howland Hunt.
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