Shinnecock Hill Golf Course, New York

America golf course Shinnicock Hill, Southampton, New York.

Shinnecock Hills was the first 18-hole golf course to be opened in the USA and the club was one of the five founder members of the USGA.

It was originally designed by a Scot, Willie Dunn Jnr, in 1891. While on holiday at Biarritz, France, William K Vanderbilt had seen Dunn play and he brought him to Long Island to layout a course on a site that had originally been a burial ground for the Shinnecock tribe of North American Indians. Dunn's course was originally 12 holes but it was extended to 18 in 1893 and redesigned by Dick Wilson in 1931.

When it became obvious that the course was too short for championship golf. The US Open had first been held at Shinnecock in 1896 but it was not until 1986 that it returned, when the title was won by Ray Floyd with a total of 279, only one stroke under par.

In 1995 Corey Pavin celebrated the Shinnecock centenary by winning the third US Open to be held there with a level par score of 280. The short 7th hole is named after the "Redan" at North Berwick and the 17th, the "Eden", is named after the estuary which surrounds the famous Old Course at St Andrews.