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Garden City GC Tour by Jon Cavalier

Jason Way

GARDEN CITY GOLF CLUB – A COURSE TOUR & APPRECIATION

Devereux Emmet, Walter Travis – Garden City, NY

Editor’s Note:  I don’t usually interject myself and my opinions into Jon’s course tours.  They are so well done, that they don’t need any meddling from me.  Jon originally posted these photos of Garden City as a part of a Golf Club Atlas discussion thread.  In it, he wrote very little to describe the holes, allowing the photos to “speak for themselves”.

I initially considered asking Jon if he wanted to add more copy to update the post, but then decided against it.  The reason being that his lack of words speaks volumes to the intrigue and mystique of this course for me.  The club is exclusive, but that is not the source of the mystique.  The source is the age of the course and the creative freedom with which it was designed.  Some courses seem to have been designed as if there were no rules or boxes for greatness that needed to be checked.

Garden City strikes me as one of those courses, and therefore, I think it best that we go with Jon’s initial inclination.  Let the photos speak for themselves.

THE COURSE

Hole 1 – Par 4 – 320 yards

From the tee
The approach

Hole 2 – Par 3 – 137 yards

From the tee
Down in the pit

Hole 3 – Par 4 – 407 yards

From the tee
The approach

Hole 4 – Par 5 – 523 yards

The beautifully contoured fairway
From the green back

Hole 5 – Par 4 – 360 yards

From the tee
Mounds right of the fairway

Hole 6 – Par 4 – 440 yards

From the tee
The approach

Hole 7 – Par 5 – 550 yards

Cross-mounding at the beginning of the fairway
Approach from the divided fairway
The green back

Hole 8 – Par 4 – 418 yards

From the tee
From behind the green

Hole 9 – Par 4 – 323 yards

From the tee
The green back

Hole 10 – Par 4 – 414 yards

From the tee, with target flag in distance
Approach from the fairway bunker
Green with fronting cross-bunker

Hole 11 – Par 4 – 426 yards

From the tee
Green back toward fairway mounds

Hole 12 – Par 3 – 204 yards

From the tee
Fronting bunker and sandy mounds
Green with inverted bunker

Hole 13 – Par 5 – 538 yards

From the tee
Approach, with 15th green beyond

Hole 14 – Par 4 – 343 yards

From the tee
Approach from right over mounds and pot bunkers
Short of the green

Hole 15 – Par 4 – 447 yards

From the tee
Cross bunkering
On the green, with 13th green beyond

Hole 16 – Par 4 – 405 yards

Approach over bunkered mounds
Back right of the green

Hole 17 – Par 5 – 495 yards

The blind tee shot
Left of the green

Hole 18 – Par 3 – 190 yards

Tee view to the home green
Deep greenside left bunker
The rear Travis bunker

The architects made the most out of a flat piece of land at Garden City.  Every hole has its own unique challenges and strategies, and the course never felt boring or repetitive.  It’s a wonderful golf course and a truly special place.  Hope you enjoyed the tour!

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