Golfing Magazine put together a Long Island Dream Golf Club in its Fall 2008 issue, a collection of the area's finest 18 holes and its top off-course facilities. Made up of ten private and eight public holes from as far west as Garden City and Great Neck, and as far east as Montauk and Greenport, the Dream Golf Club is a 6,881-yard monster from the tips that ends with the Island's only par-6.
Every Monday through February, GolfOnLongIsland.com will feature commentary from Golfing Magazine editor Terrence Jordan on the holes on the public side of the Long Island Dream Golf Club, with accompanying photos by Jim Krajicek and Brian Elder.
To view the Dream Club's 18-hole lineup, re-visit the original post here.
GOLFING MAGAZINE DREAM CLUB
#1: Garden City Golf Club -- par-4, 302 yards
#2: Sebonack Golf Club -- par-4, 454 yards
#3: Colonial Springs CC -- par-4, 420 yards
#4: Bethpage Black -- par-5, 530 yards
#5: Timber Point (Blue) -- par-3, 207 yards
#6: The Creek Club -- par-4, 465 yards
#7: Montauk Downs -- par-5, 508 yards
#8: Maidstone Club -- par-3, 150 yards
#9: Garden City CC -- par-5, 525 yards
#10: Great Rock -- par-4, 444 yards
#11: Atlantic Golf Club -- par-3, 131 yards
LONG ISLAND NATIONAL -- HOLE #12
354 / 314 / 279 yards; Handicap - 15
Dream Club Handicap - 17
"One of the more difficult approach shots on Long Island is found on this picturesque short par-4. Those golfers that are fortunate enough to avoid Long Island National's score-destroying fescue off the tee will have to shoot for an elevated green that falls off in the front left to a water hazard that will be on your mind throughout your swing. The rolling fairway often leaves an uneven lie, making it even more difficult to avoid the wet stuff. Don't be a hero if the pin is on the left -- many before have tried, and many before have failed."
To read the Golf On Long Island flyover of Long Island National, click here.
After a dry front nine, L.I. National throws out four straight water holes from #10 through #13. The 12th hole appears, at first, to be a breath of fresh air after a water-carry par-3 on #11, but a closer look at the yardage situation reveals that this short par-4 may be an even greater challenge. About 200 yards from the middle tees, the hazard waits on the left side of a fairway that runs downhill. Anything sent left with a wood is likely headed for a dip. Tee shots must stay right, but not too far off line, otherwise fescue becomes a factor. A blast off the tee that settles way up the right side is the perfect shot here, as it takes the pond almost completely out of play. But in most cases, the hazard will have to be dealt with, and any approach played short or overly finessed will be in real bad shape.
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