Our guide to the most elite golf courses out East ahead of the US Open

Nypost · May 29, 2026 · 903 words · By Beth Landman

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Good luck trying to get a Hamptons hotel or rental in June — usually the easiest month of the summer season to book.

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What happened

Good luck trying to get a Hamptons hotel or rental in June — usually the easiest month of the summer season to book.

Why it matters

Golfers and fans are an obsessed bunch, willing to pay big bucks to attend the US Open at Shinnecock Hills Golf Club in Southampton, June 18 to 21.

Common ground

That course is certainly beautiful, but it’s just one of the famed clubs that attracts duffers to the area.

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The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language, Glittering Generalities: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

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What evidence would most clearly confirm or weaken the claim that Cherry Creek Golf Links + The Woods at Cherry Creek... sister public courses in Riverhead?
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eFinder identified 2 propaganda techniques in this article. These signals explain how wording, emphasis, or missing context can shape a reader's interpretation.

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Loaded Language 80% confidence

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Glittering Generalities 70% confidence

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 21 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Cherry Creek Golf Links + The Woods at Cherry Creek... sister public courses in Riverhead”

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Claim 2: “Rory McIlroy and Phil Mickelson have played here [Sebonack]”

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No evidence was found in the provided search results to confirm or deny if Rory McIlroy and Phil Mickelson have played at Sebonack.

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Claim 3: “Friar’s Head... in Riverhead”

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Claim 4: “the US Open at Shinnecock Hills Golf Club in Southampton, June 18 to 21”

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Wikipedia explicitly confirms that the 2026 U.S. Open will be held from June 18–21, 2026, at Shinnecock Hills Golf Club in Southampton, New York.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2018 United States Open Championship was the 118th U.S. Open, held June 14–17 at Shinnecock Hills Golf Club in Shinnecock Hills, New York, about eighty miles (130 km) east of New York City on Lon…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_U.S._Open_(golf)

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2026 United States Open Championship will be the 126th edition of the U.S. Open, the national open golf championship of the United States. It will be held from June 18–21, 2026 at Shinnecock Hills…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_U.S._Open_(golf)

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Shinnecock Hills Golf Club is a links-style golf club located in an unincorporated area of the Town of Southampton on Long Island, New York, situated between the Peconic Bay and the Atlantic Ocean. Fo…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shinnecock_Hills_Golf_Club

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Claim 5: “Montauk Downs State Park Golf Course... owned by New York State”

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Claim 6: “one of the five founding members of the United States Golf Association”

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Web search results from the U.S. Open 'About The Course' page and other golf-related sources confirm Shinnecock Hills was one of the five founding members of the USGA.

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web search NEUTRAL — The Shinnecock Indian Nation is a federally recognized tribe of historically Algonquian -speaking Native Americans based at the eastern end of Long Island, New York.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shinnecock_Indian_Nation

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web search NEUTRAL — The Shinnecock Indian Nation (the Nation) is one of the oldest self-governing tribe in the State of New York and was formally recognized by the United States federal government as the 565th federally …
https://www.shinnecock-nsn.gov/

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web search NEUTRAL — Shinnecock Hills Golf Club 200 Tuckahoe Road. Southampton, NY 11968Clubhouse: (631) 283-1310Pro Shop: (631) 283-3525 Employment
https://www.shinnecockhillsgolfclub.org/

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Claim 7: “has hosted the US Open five times (last in 2018)”

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Wikipedia and other sources confirm the club has hosted the U.S. Open five times, with the 2018 event being the most recent prior to the upcoming 2026 event.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Shinnecock Hills is a hamlet (and census-designated place) in Suffolk County, New York, United States. As of the 2020 census, Shinnecock Hills had a population of 2,282. It is the home of a leading go…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shinnecock_Hills,_New_York

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Claim 8: “The club hosted the first and 44th Walker Cups”

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Claim 9: “Sebonack Golf Club... designed by... Jack Nicklaus... and Tom Doak”

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The provided evidence for this claim discusses Danish foundations (Trygfonden) and is completely irrelevant to Sebonack Golf Club or its designers.

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web search NEUTRAL — Jul 2, 2025 · In a significant move aimed at boosting security and well-being, the “Trygfonden” foundation has announced the release of 4.8 million crowns to various clubs and institutions in Nordschl…
https://www.archyde.com/4-8-million-for-clubs-in-north-schle…

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web search NEUTRAL — Aug 30, 2025 · Have your plans changed – or are you hoping for a different distance? You can now easily sell or buy tickets for TrygFonden Copenhagen Swim via Sportstiming. That way there’s room for y…
https://copenhagenswim.com/en/connect/news/2025-pressrelease…

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web search NEUTRAL — TrygFonden is an independent, non-profit foundation working to promote greater safety, security, and wellbeing across Danish society. It receives funding from TryghedsGruppen – the majority owner of T…
https://manyone.com/work/trygfonden-strategic-futures-compas…

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Claim 10: “public greens, where, depending on the time and day, fees can start at only $40 and run to just over $100 for a round”

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The specific pricing for public greens ($40 to just over $100) is mentioned in the same single web search result as claim 1, without further independent corroboration.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Essexville-Hampton Public Schools is a public school district in Bay County in the U.S. state of Michigan, based in Essexville, Michigan.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Essexville-Hampton_Public_Scho…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Hampton is a suburb of Greater London on the north bank of the River Thames, in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, England, and the historic county of Middlesex. Hampton is bounded by Bushy P…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hampton,_London

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Summer House is an American reality television series that premiered on January 9, 2017, on Bravo. The series follows a group of friends who share a summer house in the Hamptons town of Southampton, N…
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Claim 11: “Founder and owner Robert Rubin is a former commodities trader and art collector who runs a nonprofit in Harlem that combines golf with tutoring”

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Claim 12: “Maidstone Club... East Hampton country club”

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Claim 13: “Atlantic Golf Club... designed by Rees Jones and opened in 1992”

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Claim 14: “its seventh hole is in fact a replica of the “Road Hole” at the iconic Old Course at St Andrews in Scotland”

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Claim 15: “The Bridge... Situated on the old Bridgehampton Race Circuit”

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Claim 16: “Hampton Hills Golf & Country Club... private club, hidden within a 2,000-acre pine and oak preserve in Westhampton”

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Claim 17: “Shinnecock Hills Golf Club... founded in 1891”

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Multiple authoritative sources, including Wikipedia and the club's own history page, confirm the club was founded in 1891.

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Claim 18: “was the site of the 2013 US Women’s Open”

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No evidence was found in the provided search results to confirm or deny if Sebonack hosted the 2013 US Women's Open.

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Claim 19: “It was founded and built by Lowell Schulman”

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Claim 20: “Former President Bill Clinton has played here [Shinnecock Hills]”

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A golf course review explicitly mentions a caddie who worked at the club and caddied for Bill Clinton, and other search results discuss Clinton's golf habits, supporting the claim.

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web search NEUTRAL — So we made our way to the first tee with two caddies in toe, one of whom had been working at the club for over 30 years and caddied for Bill Clinton, Tiger ...
https://www.ukgolfguy.com/shinnecock-hills-golf-course-revie…

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web search NEUTRAL — Nov 4, 2016 · Clinton would join Trump National Golf Club in Briarcliff Manor, NY, located just five minutes from the Clinton home in Chappaqua.
https://www.golfdigest.com/story/once-upon-a-time-when-bill-…

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web search NEUTRAL — Nov 30, 2012 · Golf Digest is featuring a series entitled 'Golfers Who Give Back.' In this edition, they focus on former president Bill Clinton.
https://www.golfchannel.com/news/article-golf-digest-golfers…

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Claim 21: “Initiation fees are said to range from $175,000 to $1.8 million (before tax), not to mention annual dues (running from approximately $25,000 to $65,000)”

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The specific fee ranges ($175k-$1.8m initiation, $25k-$65k dues) are found in one web search result ('Our guide to the most elite golf courses out East'), but no other independent sources corroborate these specific numbers.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The president of the United States may take any of several kinds of executive actions. Executive orders are issued to help officers and agencies of the executive branch manage the operations within …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 1999 Bridge Creek–Moore tornado was a large, long-lived, and exceptionally violent F5 tornado that produced the highest tornado wind speed ever recorded by doppler weather radar—321 miles per hour…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Father Knows Best is an American sitcom starring Robert Young, Jane Wyatt, Elinor Donahue, Billy Gray, and Lauren Chapin. The series, which began on radio in 1949, aired as a television show for six s…
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