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{{Short description|Golf club in Inwood, New York}}
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| establishment      = 1901, {{Time ago|1901}}
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| designer1          = Dr. William Exton &<br /> Arthur Thatcher
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'''Inwood Country Club''' is a private Golf, Tennis & Beach Club in [[Inwood, New York]], located adjacent to [[Jamaica Bay]] and just southeast of [[John F. Kennedy International Airport]].

Originally established as nine-hole course in 1901, it is one of the oldest golf courses on [[Long Island]].  The course was expanded to an eighteen-hole layout {{Time ago|1906}} in 1906.<ref>{{cite web |title=Inwood Country Club History |url=http://www.inwoodcc.org/getmedia/c7bd1d26-667c-4e37-b836-f5aedbc28584/Classic-Course.aspx}}</ref> Prior to hosting any major championships, the course was in part redesigned by course architect [[Herbert Strong (golfer)|Herbert Strong.]]<ref>{{cite web |last=Flemma |first=Jay |title=Golden Age U.S. Open courses improve with age |url=http://www.inwoodcc.org/getmedia/192b0ae1-0ea4-4136-9d32-aa729251bc09/Golden-Age-U.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150202134647/http://www.inwoodcc.org/getmedia/192b0ae1-0ea4-4136-9d32-aa729251bc09/Golden-Age-U.aspx |archive-date=2015-02-02}}</ref> The front nine of the course features an unusual layout: three consecutive par 5s followed by two par 3s in a row.

In the early 1920s, Inwood hosted two [[Men's major golf championships|major championships]], won by two of the game's legends.  The [[PGA Championship]] in [[1921 PGA Championship|1921]] was won by [[Walter Hagen]], the first of his five wins in that major, then a [[match play]] competition. Two years later, 21-year-old amateur [[Bobby Jones (golfer)|Bobby Jones]] won the [[1923 U.S. Open (golf)|U.S. Open]], the first of his four titles in that championship.<ref>{{cite news |title=Hagen Wins Golf Honors of P.G.A; Defeats Barnes, 3 and 2, in Championship Round of Pro Tourney at Inwood Club |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9B06E4D91439E133A25751C0A9669D946095D6CF |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=October 2, 1921 |access-date=2010-01-16}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Jones, an Amateur, Beats Cruickshank, Pro, for Golf Title; 21-Year-Old Georgian Downs Scottish Star at 18th Hole |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1923/07/16/archives/jones-an-amateur-beats-cruickshank-pro-for-golf-title-21yearold.html |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=July 16, 1923 |access-date=2010-01-16}}</ref>

Inwood Country Club has a private beach club, located a few minutes from its main house in the affluent beach town of [[Atlantic Beach, New York|Atlantic Beach, NY]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.inwoodcc.org/beach-club|title=Beach Club - Inwood Country Club 2019|website=www.inwoodcc.org|access-date=2020-03-30}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ceclients.com/sites/InwoodCountryClub/Default.aspx?p=dynamicmodule&pageid=22&ssid=45&vnf=1|title=Beach Club - Inwood Country Club|website=www.ceclients.com|access-date=2020-03-30}}</ref>

== 1923 U.S. Open ==
{{main|1923 U.S. Open (golf)}}
Jones had a three shot lead entering the final round, but his lead vanished when he ended bogey-bogey-double bogey. Leaving the 18th green, Jones remarked disgustedly, "I didn't finish like a champion ... I finished like a yellow dog." When [[Bobby Cruickshank]] made birdie on the last hole to tie, Jones found himself needing to win an 18-hole playoff to secure his first championship. The next day, Jones and Cruickshank played the first 17 holes all-square. On the 18th, Jones hit his drive about {{convert|200|yd}} from the green in the right rough. Calmly executing what would prove to be one of the finest shots of his career, Jones drilled a two-iron to within eight feet of the pin.<ref>{{cite web |title=Bobby Jones - Life and Achievements |url=http://www.bobbyjones.com/life-achievements.html |work=BobbyJones.com |access-date=2009-10-12}}</ref>

== Course Layout ==
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{{white18|name=White       |71.3/131 |332|342|500|527|480|160|207|396|403|3347| 96|418|437|325|140|463|363|377|398|3017|6364}}
{{par18|name=Par 	             | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 37 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 |5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 34 | 71 }}
{{handicap18|name=Handicap           | 15| 13| 5 | 1 | 11| 17| 9 | 3 | 7 |      18| 4 | 2 | 14| 16| 8 | 12| 10| 6           }}
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==References==
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==External links==
*{{official|https://www.inwoodcc.org/}}
*[http://www.inwoodcc.org/getmedia/192b0ae1-0ea4-4136-9d32-aa729251bc09/Golden-Age-U.aspx Golden Age U.S. Open Courses Improve With Age]

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