Fishers Island Club

The Fishers Island Club is a country club located near the eastern end of Fishers Island in New York. The club includes an eighteen-hole golf course designed by Seth Raynor that was ranked ninth in the 2009 Golf Digest list of America's 100 Greatest Golf Courses.[2]

Club information
LocationFishers Island, NY
Established1926
TypePrivate
Total holes18
Websitewww.fishersislandclub.com
Designed bySeth Raynor
Charles Banks
Par72
Length6,616 yards[1]
Course rating72.0[1]

The golf course has been called the "Cypress Point of the East" and is also referred to by its members as "The Big Club" to distinguish it from the Hay Harbor Club, another country club on the western part of the island with a nine-hole golf course.[3][4] The course opened in July 1926, a few months after the death of its architect, Seth Raynor. Most of the holes have water views of Block Island Sound or Fishers Island Sound.[5] Like his mentor Charles B. Macdonald, Raynor patterned many of the holes after classic designs at other courses including the Alps, Biarritz, Cape, Double Plateau, Eden, Punchbowl, Redan and Short.[6][7]

The country club also has four tennis courts and a beach club.

References
  1. "Fishers Island Club". Metropolitan Golf Association. Retrieved 2010-02-20.
  2. "America's 100 Greatest Golf Courses/2009-10". Golf Digest. May 2009. Retrieved 2010-02-20.
  3. Barr, Jeff (2005). 1001 Golf Holes You Must Play Before You Die. Portland, ME: Ronnie Sellers Productions. p. 179. ISBN 1-56906-585-3.
  4. Ravo, Nick (1988-09-14). "The Talk Of Fishers Island; Isle's Summer Gentry Squeezing Out 'Locals'". New York Times. Retrieved 2010-02-20.
  5. Clavin, Tom (2007-05-24). "Golf Treasure On This Island". Hamptons Online. Retrieved 2010-02-20.
  6. Silva, Brian. "Common Golf Hole Designs". Links Magazine. Archived from the original on 2010-12-18. Retrieved 2010-02-20.
  7. "Fishers Island Club". Golf Course Atlas. Retrieved 2010-02-20.

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