Laurel Links Country Club sits in Mattituck, a quiet hamlet on the North Fork of Long Island — wine country territory, where farm stands line the roadsides and the pace slows considerably from the city an hour and a half west. This is not the Hamptons side of Long Island. The North Fork draws a different crowd, and Laurel Links reflects that: a private country club with a membership that tends to be rooted in the community rather than weekending through it.
The North Fork's terrain is relatively flat and agricultural, shaped by glacial outwash, and courses out here work with open land and the occasional water feature rather than dramatic elevation. The layout plays to a par of 71, which typically signals either a single par 5 missing from the card or an extra short hole — giving the course a slightly different rhythm than a conventional 18.
For golfers visiting the East End, the North Fork is the quieter, less-trafficked alternative to Southampton and Bridgehampton, and the golf scene here is similarly understated — serious without being showy.
