# Engineers Country Club

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{{Short description|Country club in Roslyn Harbor, New York}}
{{Infobox golf facility
| golf_facility_name = Engineers Country Club
| image              = Engineers Country Club.jpg
| imagesize          = 200
| caption            = 
| location           = [Roslyn Harbor, New York](/source/Roslyn_Harbor%2C_New_York), United States
| coordinates        = <!-- use {{coord}} -->
| establishment      = 1917
| type               = Private
| owner              = <!-- name of organization/company -->
| operator           = <!-- name of organization/company -->
| holes              = 18
| tournaments        = {{plainlist|
* [PGA Championship](/source/PGA_Championship) ([1919](/source/1919_PGA_Championship))
* [U.S. Amateur](/source/U.S._Amateur) (1920)
}}
| website            = [http://www.engineerscc.com/ www.engineerscc.com]
| course1            = <!-- individual course name, can leave blank if same as article title -->
| designer1          = [Herbert Strong](/source/Herbert_Strong_(golfer))<br />[Devereux Emmet](/source/Devereux_Emmet)
| par1               = 71
| length1            = {{convert|6767|yd|0}}
| rating1            = 72.7
| slope1             = 131 <ref name=olydbsou>{{cite web|url=http://ncrdb.usga.org/NCRDB/courseTeeInfo.aspx?CourseID=17085|publisher=USGA|agency=Course Rating and Slope Database™ |title=Engineers Country Club |accessdate=May 12, 2013}}</ref>
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}}
'''Engineers Country Club''' is a historic [country club](/source/country_club)<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://golf.com/travel/engineers-country-club-pga-championship-long-island/|title=The PGA Championship site from 100 years ago is just miles from Bethpage|date=May 21, 2019|last=Bastable|first=Alan|magazine=Golf Magazine}}</ref> located in [Roslyn Harbor, New York](/source/Roslyn_Harbor%2C_New_York), on the historic [Gold Coast](/source/Gold_Coast_(Long_Island)) on the north shore of [Long Island](/source/Long_Island%2C_New_York).<ref name=Paquette />

==History==
Founded as a [Jewish country club](/source/Jewish_country_club),<ref name="Demise of the Jewish club">{{cite web|url=https://golfweek.usatoday.com/2009/06/22/demise-jewish-club/|title=Demise of the Jewish club|date=June 22, 2009|last=Klein|first=Bradley S.|work=Golfweek}}</ref> the club has an 18-hole championship golf course which hosted the [PGA Championship](/source/PGA_Championship) in [1919](/source/1919_PGA_Championship) and the [U.S. Amateur](/source/U.S._Amateur) in 1920. The competitions were won by [Jim Barnes](/source/Jim_Barnes_(golfer)) and [Chick Evans](/source/Chick_Evans), respectively.<ref>{{cite news |title=Barnes Retains Professional Golfers Association Crown|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9E06E0D7153AE03ABC4951DFBF668382609EDE |newspaper=The New York Times |date=September 21, 1919 |accessdate=2010-02-20}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Evans Wins Crown in Amateur Golf|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9801E6DD173AE532A25751C1A96F9C946195D6CF |newspaper=The New York Times |date=September 12, 1920 |accessdate=2010-02-20}}</ref> [Herbert Strong](/source/Herbert_Strong_(golfer)) was the architect of the original golf course and [Devereux Emmet](/source/Devereux_Emmet) remodeled part of the course in 1921.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.memberstatements.com/tour/tours.cfm?tourID=16023 |title=The Legend of Engineers Country Club |publisher=Engineers Country Club |accessdate=2015-05-14}}</ref>
  
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](/source/Engineers'_Club_(Manhattan)) of Manhattan.<ref name="Paquette">{{cite news |last=Paquette |first=Carole |title=Improving Sites With Rich Histories |newspaper=The New York Times |date=August 29, 2004 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/29/realestate/in-the-region-long-island-improving-sites-with-rich-histories.html |accessdate=2009-09-12}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Quirin |first=William L. |title=America's Linksland: A Century of Long Island Golf |year=2002 |publisher=Sleeping Bear Press |location=Chelsea, MI |isbn=1-58536-087-2 |page=106}}</ref><!-- Deleted image removed: thumb|left|420px|Engineers Country Club, Roslyn Harbor, New York  -->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".<ref name="Brooklyn Daily Eagle">{{cite news|title=Officer Golfers Open New Links, Course of Engineers Country Club at Roslyn Goes into Commission|newspaper=The Brooklyn Daily Eagle|location=New York|page=35|date=30 June 1918}}</ref>

Engineers Country Club plays {{convert|6767|yd|0}} yards from the black tees, {{convert|6575|yd}} from the blue tees, {{convert|6218|yd|0}} from the white, {{convert|5538|yd}} from the gold tees and {{convert|5145|yd}} from the red women's tees.<ref>{{cite web|title=Engineers Country Club |url=http://www.mgagolf.org/intraclub/memberclub/showclubratings.html?id=19538 |work=Metropolitan Golf Association |accessdate=2009-09-12 }}{{dead link|date=December 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> The women's championship tees are farther back at {{convert|6218|yd}}.

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 {{convert|90|yd|0|adj=on}} par three with a classic postage stamp green was dubbed the "Two or Twenty Hole"<ref>{{cite web |title=Feature Interview with Gil Hanse |url=http://golfclubatlas.com/feature-interview/gil-hanse-2 |date=January 2000 |work=GolfClubAtlas.com |accessdate=2009-09-12}}</ref> due to the fact that in 1919 [Bobby Jones](/source/Bobby_Jones_(golfer)) and [Gene Sarazen](/source/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.

In August 1920 a sports writer said, "No young club in the history of golf, let it go back 400 years, has come in for as much discussion and comment as Engineers. The main nerve test will be on the greens. You will find strong men weeping as they finish a round."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.engineerscc.com/History.aspx |title=History: The Legend of Engineers Country Club |publisher=Engineers Country Club |accessdate=12 May 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150429003440/http://www.engineerscc.com/History.aspx |archive-date=29 April 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In July 1924, prior to the playing of the [Metropolitan Open](/source/Metropolitan_Open) at Engineers Country Club, golf writer George Trevor of the ''[Brooklyn Daily Eagle](/source/Brooklyn_Daily_Eagle)'' described the golf course:

{{Quote|text=The lure of the Engineers [course] is difficult to capture in words, but to this writer it will always remain one of the most fascinating of golf courses.  The Engineers’ course glorifies the second shot.  We know of few links that put such a premium on an accurate approach.  The greens are not surrounded by ghastly traps as are those at Garden City and Inwood.  They don’t have to be.  Nature went mere man one better when she undertook to flank the Roslyn greens with deep ravines, insidious gulches and yawning chasms.  Let your approach be a bit off the line at Roslyn and you are apt to be looking up at the carpet, niblick in hand, wondering how you are ever going to make the pesky pill stick on the green even should you be fortunate enough to excavate the ball cleanly.<ref name="George Trevor">{{cite news|title=Accurate Iron Play Will Be Necessary to Win 'Met' Title at Tricky Engineers|last=Trevor|first=George|newspaper=The Brooklyn Daily Eagle|location=New York|page=23|date=July 7, 1924|via=[Newspapers.com](/source/Newspapers.com)}}</ref> 
|author=George Trevor}}

Since 1998 the club has completed major renovations to update its facilities.<ref name=Paquette /> In 2004, club president Jonathan Gold stated, "We became kid-friendly about six years ago. We built a kiddie pool and playground, and we hold events such as carnivals. Making it attractive for children is a big draw. We are relaxing a lot of the age-old rules that have been part of these old-time country clubs that would frown on kids under a certain age."<ref name=Paquette />

In 2018, Engineers Country Club was sold to [RXR Realty](/source/RXR_Realty).<ref>{{cite web | last=Gordon | first=Deborah | title=Engineers goes to RXR for $20M | website=Herald Community Newspapers | date=2018-02-22 | url=https://www.liherald.com/stories/engineers-goes-to-rxr-for-20m,100423 | access-date=2021-02-05}}</ref>

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
{{Commons|Category:Engineers Country Club (Roslyn Harbor, New York)|Engineers Country Club}}
* [http://www.engineerscc.com/  Official site]
* [http://golfclubatlas.com/courses-by-country/usa/engineers-country-club Engineers Country Club on GolfClubAtlas.com]

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Category:Roslyn Harbor, New York
Category:Golf clubs and courses in New York (state)
Category:Sports venues in Nassau County, New York
Category:Town of North Hempstead, New York
Category:Golf clubs and courses designed by Devereux Emmet

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