An ambitious development near Sarasota in Florida, the Concession Club is a little gimmicky in the sense that it was supposedly founded in the traditions of great sportsmanship but the careful and sensitive development that wisely removed houses from the golf holes elevates this beyond the standa

Originally established as an equestrian club by a group of blue-blooded Bostonians, The Country Club was formed in 1882 near the town of Brookline, south-west of the city. Golf was introduced to the property in 1893, with the opening of a rudimentary six-hole course built by members around the cl

Located beside the Long Island Sound, the Country Club of Fairfield was first designed by Seth Raynor in 1914, who transformed a flat, swampy onion field into a quality course by bringing fill onto the site via steam train to help create shape and build the necessary features. This is no Whistlin

Founded as an exclusive club for the super-rich residents of Locust Valley, The Creek Club opened in 1923 and was initially designed by Charles Blair Macdonald, one of its founding members. Built by his understudy Seth Raynor, much of the course was set down on lower ground beside the Long Island

Founded by Bandon Dunes visionary Mike Keiser, on a 90-acre woodland property close to the shores of Lake Michigan, the Dunes Club is a truly remarkable nine-hole layout that is carved through attractive pine-covered sand dunes and bears a striking resemblance to New Jersey’s Pine Valley. L

Surrounded by the bustling suburbs of Nassau County, the Garden City Golf Club is a low-key private men’s club that was founded in 1899 on the site of a nine-hole course built the previous year by Devereux Emmet. Emmet’s course was extended to eighteen holes and later revised and leng

‘I told Mr Jones I liked the property, but actually I would have been tickled to death to build anything with the kind of money he was talking about.’ Pete DyeFrustrated by increased traffic at his local country club, businessman Frederick Jones started acquiring

20 miles south-west of Charleston, South Carolina, the Golf Club at Briar’s Creek is an upmarket development built across a 900-acre low country landscape covered in enchanting live oaks and an array of unspoilt wetland areas. The golf course was designed by Rees Jones, who was handed the p

Surrounded by the Allegheny Mountains of western Virginia, The Homestead is an historic luxury resort located in the delightful spa town of Hot Springs. The birthplace of golfing immortal Sam Snead, the town’s first course dates to the 1890s but its best was designed for the resort by Willi

Created to honor and preserve the traditions and spirit of the amateur game, the Honors Course was founded by Coca-Cola bottling magnate Jack Lupton, a member at Augusta National and friend of the late Bobby Jones. Lupton had acquired land in a secluded wooded valley to the east of Chattanooga an