NASSAU COUNTRY CLUB

The rolling hills of Long Island's Gold Coast provide the perfect canvas for this 1896 Seth Raynor masterpiece, where template holes like the Redan 4th and Biarritz 13th demand both precision and local knowledge of the prevailing southwest winds off the Sound. Pine-framed fairways reward aggressive lines but punish wayward shots with unforgiving rough that can turn a routine approach into a scrambling nightmare. What separates this track from lesser Hamptons pretenders is Raynor's genius for creating heroic risk-reward scenarios that remain relevant even as modern equipment has changed the game.