{"id":14823,"date":"2026-06-04T02:01:24","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T02:01:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/14823\/"},"modified":"2026-06-04T02:01:24","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T02:01:24","slug":"how-shinnecock-hills-most-feared-hole-was-built-australian-golf-digest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/14823\/","title":{"rendered":"How Shinnecock Hills\u2019 most feared hole was built \u2013 Australian Golf Digest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Some of the best golf holes in the world are short par 3s: Augusta National\u2019s 12th, the Postage Stamp eighth at Royal Troon, Pine Valley\u2019s fearsome 10th, the stunning 15th at Cypress Point\u2014all are under 150 yards.<\/p>\n<p>But none of them are uphill and blind. The 11th hole at Shinnecock Hills Golf Club on New York\u2019s Long Island, both blind from the tee and uphill, is one of the greatest short par 3s in the world.<\/p>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/golfdigest.sports.sndimg.com\/content\/dam\/images\/golfdigest\/fullset\/course-photos-for-places-to-play\/shinnecock-hills-eleventh-hole-new-york.JPG.rend.hgtvcom.966.544.suffix\/1780514390841.jpeg\" alt=\"https:\/\/www.golfdigest.com\/content\/dam\/images\/golfdigest\/fullset\/course-photos-for-places-to-play\/shinnecock-hills-eleventh-hole-new-york.JPG\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>Carlos Amoedo<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s also one of the hardest despite coming in at under 150 yards for members and a little over 150 yards for the professionals during this month\u2019s U.S. Open.<\/p>\n<p>In this video we\u2019re going to explore what makes Shinnecock\u2019s 11th one of the most elusive and infuriating par 3s in golf. But to understand why it\u2019s so challenging to even the world\u2019s greatest players, we need to dig into its architecture and trace how the hole came into being.<\/p>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/golfdigest.sports.sndimg.com\/content\/dam\/images\/golfdigest\/fullset\/2026\/6\/shinnecock-hills-eleventh-hole-history.jpg.rend.hgtvcom.966.725.suffix\/1780514397781.jpeg\" alt=\"https:\/\/www.golfdigest.com\/content\/dam\/images\/golfdigest\/fullset\/2026\/6\/shinnecock-hills-eleventh-hole-history.jpg\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>A historical look at the par-3 11th, cut into the saddle of a high ridge line.<\/p>\n<p>Shinnecock Hills, the long-running No. 4-ranked course on America\u2019s 100 Greatest Golf Courses, has a long, complex history going back to 1891. We\u2019ll explain how its evolution culminated in the creation of the mini but mighty par-3 11th.<\/p>\n<p>Watch our video about the origins of Shinnecock Hills\u2019 11th hole below:\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>    1 \/ 7  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/golfdigest.sports.sndimg.com\/content\/dam\/images\/golfdigest\/fullset\/course-photos-for-places-to-play\/Shinnecock%20Hills%20Dom%20Furore%20Aerial.JPG.rend.hgtvcom.966.644.suffix\/1637202516767.jpeg\" alt=\"shinnecock-hills-golf-club-8330\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>Dom Furore<\/p>\n<p> 2 \/ 7  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/golfdigest.sports.sndimg.com\/content\/dam\/images\/golfdigest\/fullset\/2018\/06\/06\/5b17e4dc7abc957b64518a7f_Shinnecock%20Hills%2014th.JPG.rend.hgtvcom.966.644.suffix\/1573243591176.jpeg\" alt=\"Shinnecock Hills Golf Club\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>Dom Furore<\/p>\n<p> 3 \/ 7  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/golfdigest.sports.sndimg.com\/content\/dam\/images\/golfdigest\/fullset\/course-photos-for-places-to-play\/shinnecock-hills-eleventh-hole-long-island-new-york.jpg.rend.hgtvcom.966.544.suffix\/1780514395268.jpeg\" alt=\"https:\/\/www.golfdigest.com\/content\/dam\/images\/golfdigest\/fullset\/course-photos-for-places-to-play\/shinnecock-hills-eleventh-hole-long-island-new-york.jpg\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>Carlos Amoedo<\/p>\n<p> 4 \/ 7  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/golfdigest.sports.sndimg.com\/content\/dam\/images\/golfdigest\/fullset\/2018\/04\/11\/5ace58f8255f3d1cfe420d42_shinnecock-hills-clubhouse-usga.jpg.rend.hgtvcom.966.644.suffix\/1573241112656.jpeg\" alt=\"shinnecock-hills-clubhouse-usga.jpg\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>Copyright USGA\/John Mummert<\/p>\n<p> 5 \/ 7  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/golfdigest.sports.sndimg.com\/content\/dam\/images\/golfdigest\/fullset\/2016\/12\/13\/5850575a2991c6d81317eb33_2017-04-Shinnecock-Hills-GC-holes-1-left-and%209-right.jpg.rend.hgtvcom.966.725.suffix\/1573414188369.jpeg\" alt=\"2017-04-Shinnecock-Hills-GC-holes-1-left-and 9-right.jpg\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>Joe Raynor\/Courtesy of Shinnecock Hills GC<\/p>\n<p> 6 \/ 7  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/golfdigest.sports.sndimg.com\/content\/dam\/images\/golfdigest\/fullset\/2018\/04\/27\/5ae37de8ae43393b9bba3fe6_Shinnecock-Hills-GC-par-3-11th-hole.jpg.rend.hgtvcom.966.544.suffix\/1573241641910.jpeg\" alt=\"Shinnecock Hills Golf Club\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>Photo by Dom Furore<\/p>\n<p> 7 \/ 7  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/golfdigest.sports.sndimg.com\/content\/dam\/images\/golfdigest\/fullset\/course-photos-for-places-to-play\/shinnecock-hills-eleventh-hole-new-york.JPG.rend.hgtvcom.966.544.suffix\/1780514390841.jpeg\" alt=\"https:\/\/www.golfdigest.com\/content\/dam\/images\/golfdigest\/fullset\/course-photos-for-places-to-play\/shinnecock-hills-eleventh-hole-new-york.JPG\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>Carlos Amoedo<\/p>\n<p>   Previous   Next   Pause   Play false  Private  Shinnecock Hills Golf Club Southampton, NY 5 12 Panelists <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>100 Greatest<\/li>\n<li>Best In State<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p> Generally considered to be the earliest links in America, heavily remodeled by C.B. Macdonald, then replaced (except for three holes) by William S. Flynn in the early 1930s, it\u2019s so sublime that its architecture hasn\u2019t really been altered for nearly 60 years. Stands of trees that once framed many holes have been removed, and in 2012, the team of Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw did make a few changes, mostly greens and fairways expansions and new mowing patterns, though those were modified in preparation for the 2018 U.S. Open, won by Brooks Koepka. Shinnecock Hills is hosting its sixth U.S. Open in 2026, and the club will host again in 2036.     Explore our full review  <\/p>\n<p>This article was originally published on golfdigest.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Some of the best golf holes in the world are short par 3s: Augusta National\u2019s 12th, the Postage&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":14824,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[459,3689,44,460],"class_list":["post-14823","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","tag-article","tag-courses","tag-golf","tag-golf-digest"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14823","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14823"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14823\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14824"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14823"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14823"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14823"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}