Plandome Country Club

The North Shore's terrain naturally shapes the golf here: the glacially sculpted topography of this part of Long Island produces rolling ground, mature hardwoods, and the kind of intimate, tree-lined corridors that reward accuracy over raw power. A par of 71 suggests a layout that earns its challenge through positioning and precision rather than sheer length, with likely asymmetry between the two nines.

This is old-school Long Island private golf — the kind of club where the course has been a constant backdrop to decades of member life, where knowledge of the grounds accumulates over years of play. Visitors don't typically wander in, which only deepens the sense that the experience belongs to those who've earned it.