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US Open host Shinnecock shares a complicated past with golf and ...
US Open host Shinnecock shares a complicated past with golf and ...
FILE - The U.S. Open Golf Championship trophy is displayed in front of the clubhouse at Shinnecock Hills Golf Club in Southampton, N.Y., Sept. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)
SOUTHAMPTON, N.Y. — A slice of golf history merges with a piece of American history whenever the U.S. Open returns to one of its most storied landscapes, Shinnecock Hills.
The golf course, a links-style masterpiece that was one of the USGA’s five founding clubs in the 1890s, lies across ancient burial grounds that once belonged to the Shinnecock Nation, whose own people built the course.
On Thursday, 156 players from around the world will tee it up for the sixth U.S. Open held on the site. Among those playing back in 1896 — the first time the USGA brought the Open to the outer reaches of Long Island — was John Shippen, the African-American golf teacher and club maker at the club who, as a 16-year-old, joined Shinnecock tribe member Oscar Bunn on the tee sheet.
Shippen was the first Black player to play in the U.S. Open; he and Bunn are believed to be the first two American-born players to play in America’s national championship.
Before …
US Open host Shinnecock shares a complicated past with golf and ...
US Open host Shinnecock shares a complicated past with golf and ...
The U.S. Open Golf Championship trophy is displayed in front of the clubhouse at Shinnecock Hills Golf Club in Southampton, N.Y., Sept. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)
J.J. Spaun walks to green on the 12th hole during a practice round for the U.S. Open golf tournament at Shinnecock Hills Golf Club in Southampton, N.Y., Monday, June 15, 2026.(AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
T.K. Kim chips to the green on the 14th hole during a practice round for the U.S. Open golf tournament at Shinnecock Hills Golf Club in Southampton, N.Y., Tuesday, June 16, 2026.(AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
The clubhouse is seen at Shinnecock Hills Golf Club in Southampton, N.Y., Monday, Sept. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File(
SOUTHAMPTON, N.Y. (AP) — A slice of golf history merges with a piece of American history whenever theU.S. Openreturns to one of its most storied landscapes, Shinnecock Hills.
The golf course, a links-style masterpiece that was one of the USGA’s five founding clubs in the 1890s, lies across ancient burial grounds that once belonged to the Shinnecock Nation, whose own people built the course.
On Thursday, 156 players…
U.S. Open host Shinnecock shares a complicated past with golf and ...
U.S. Open host Shinnecock shares a complicated past with golf and ...
SOUTHAMPTON, N.Y. — A slice of golf history merges with a piece of American history whenever the U.S. Open returns to one of its most storied landscapes, Shinnecock Hills.
The golf course, a links-style masterpiece that was one of the USGA’s five founding clubs in the 1890s, lies across ancient burial grounds that once belonged to the Shinnecock Nation, whose own people built the course.
On Thursday, 156 players from around the world will tee it up for the sixth U.S. Open held on the site. Among those playing back in 1896 — the first time the USGA brought the Open to the outer reaches of Long Island — was John Shippen, the African-American golf teacher and club maker at the club who, as a 16-year-old, joined Shinnecock tribe member Oscar Bunn on the tee sheet.
Shippen was the first Black player to play in the U.S. Open; he and Bunn are believed to be the first two American-born players to play in America’s national championship.
Before the tournament, pros from Britain told USGA management they refused to play against the Black and Native American players. The USGA president, Theodore Havemeyer, told those p…
U.S. Open host Shinnecock shares a complicated past with golf and American history
U.S. Open host Shinnecock shares a complicated past with golf and American history
<p>SOUTHAMPTON, N.Y. — A slice of golf history merges with a piece of American history whenever the U.S. Open returns to one of its most storied landscapes, Shinnecock Hills.</p>
US Open host Shinnecock shares a complicated past with golf and ...
US Open host Shinnecock shares a complicated past with golf and ...
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FILE - The U.S. Open Golf Championship trophy is displayed in front of the clubhouse at Shinnecock Hills Golf Club in Southampton, N.Y., Sept. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)
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J.J. Spaun walks to green on the 12th hole during a practice round for the U.S. Open golf tournament at Shinnecock Hills Golf Club in Southampton, N.Y., Monday, June 15, 2026.(AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
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T.K. Kim chips to the green on the 14th hole during a practice round for the U.S. Open golf tournament at Shinnecock Hills Golf Club in Southampton, N.Y., Tuesday, June 16, 2026.(AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
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FILE - The clubhouse is seen at Shinnecock Hills Golf Club in Southampton, N.Y., Monday, Sept. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File(
US Open host Shinnecock shares a complicated past with golf and American history
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SOUTHAMPTON, N.Y. (AP) — A slice of golf history merges with a piece of American history whenever the
U.S. Open
returns to one of its most storied landscapes, Shinnecock Hills.
The golf course, a links-st…
A Window on History: Native legacy shines at Shinnecock Hills
A Window on History: Native legacy shines at Shinnecock Hills
Mark Wagner
Special to
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The Rev. Mike Smith recalls vividly the evening before Day 1 of the 86th U.S. Open in 1986 at Shinnecock Hills Gulf Club.
He had spent the day preparing the golf course with his brother Peter. As night fell, he looked out and saw his father, Shinnecock tribal member Elmer — the first full-time superintendent of grounds — standing with Scotsman Charlie Thom, the second full-time golf pro at the course.
“It was quiet,” Mike Smith recalled, “and there was this sunset over the ocean. Purples and reds and oranges painting the sky. And I looked over and saw my father and Charlie Thom, just as they always were. My father had his arms crossed and a cigar in his mouth, and Charlie had his hands in his pockets. They had looks of satisfaction on their faces. They knew the course would defend itself.”
A nor’easter began to gather in the Atlantic. Beach plums and laurel and holly that lined the spirited fairways began to wave, and ancient spirits became players. By 1986, his father and Thom had been gone for years, but their influence lived on.
Today, as golfers, spectators and the Shinnecock Nation prepar…
US Open host Shinnecock shares a complicated past with golf and ...
US Open host Shinnecock shares a complicated past with golf and ...
SOUTHAMPTON, N.Y. (AP) — A slice of golf history merges with a piece of American history whenever the U.S. Open returns to one of its most storied landscapes, Shinnecock Hills.
The golf course, a links-style masterpiece that was one of the USGA's five founding clubs in the 1890s, lies across ancient burial grounds that once belonged to the Shinnecock Nation, whose own people built the course.
On Thursday, 156 players from around the world will tee it up for the sixth U.S. Open held on the site. Among those playing back in 1896 — the first time the USGA brought the Open to the outer reaches of Long Island — was John Shippen, the African-American golf teacher and club maker at the club who, as a 16-year-old, joined Shinnecock tribe member Oscar Bunn on the tee sheet.
Shippen was the first Black player to play in the U.S. Open; he and Bunn are believed to be the first two American-born players to play in America's national championship.
Before the tournament, pros from Britain told USGA management they refused to play against the Black and Native American players. The USGA president, Theodore Havemeyer, told thos…
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2×cross-perspective · 4Shinnecock Hills Golf Club is the host of the U.S. Open.
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triblive“U.S. Open host Shinnecock shares a complicated past with golf and American history”
adn.com“US Open host Shinnecock shares a complicated past with golf and ...”
apnews.com“A slice of golf history merges with a piece of American history whenever theU.S. Openreturns to one of its most storied landscapes, Shinnecock Hills.”
foxsports.com“A slice of golf history merges with a piece of American history whenever the U.S. Open returns to one of its most storied landscapes, Shinnecock Hills.”
ictnews.org“The Rev. Mike Smith recalls vividly the evening before Day 1 of the 86th U.S. Open in 1986 at Shinnecock Hills Gulf Club.”
timesfreepress.com“So much history is involved when the U.S. Open returns to New York's Shinnecock Hills Golf Club, the only course to host this major championship in three different centuries.”
1×broadly confirmedShinnecock Hills Golf Club was one of the USGA’s five founding clubs in the 1890s.
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adn.com“The golf course, a links-style masterpiece that was one of the USGA’s five founding clubs in the 1890s, lies across ancient burial grounds that once belonged to the Shinnecock Nation, whose own people built the course.”
foxsports.com“The golf course, a links-style masterpiece that was one of the USGA's five founding clubs in the 1890s, lies across ancient burial grounds that once belonged to the Shinnecock Nation, whose own people built the course.”
1×broadly confirmedShinnecock Hills Golf Club lies across ancient burial grounds that once belonged to the Shinnecock Nation.
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adn.com“The golf course, a links-style masterpiece that was one of the USGA’s five founding clubs in the 1890s, lies across ancient burial grounds that once belonged to the Shinnecock Nation, whose own people built the course.”
foxsports.com“The golf course, a links-style masterpiece that was one of the USGA's five founding clubs in the 1890s, lies across ancient burial grounds that once belonged to the Shinnecock Nation, whose own people built the course.”
1×broadly confirmedThe Shinnecock Nation’s own people built the course at Shinnecock Hills Golf Club.
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adn.com“The golf course, a links-style masterpiece that was one of the USGA’s five founding clubs in the 1890s, lies across ancient burial grounds that once belonged to the Shinnecock Nation, whose own people built the course.”
foxsports.com“The golf course, a links-style masterpiece that was one of the USGA's five founding clubs in the 1890s, lies across ancient burial grounds that once belonged to the Shinnecock Nation, whose own people built the course.”
1×broadly confirmedThe sixth U.S. Open has been held at Shinnecock Hills Golf Club.
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adn.com“On Thursday, 156 players from around the world will tee it up for the sixth U.S. Open held on the site.”
foxsports.com“On Thursday, 156 players from around the world will tee it up for the sixth U.S. Open held on the site.”
1×broadly confirmedJohn Shippen played in the 1896 U.S. Open at Shinnecock Hills.
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adn.com“Among those playing back in 1896 — the first time the USGA brought the Open to the outer reaches of Long Island — was John Shippen, the African-American golf teacher and club maker at the club who, as a 16-year-old, joined Shinnecock tribe member Oscar Bunn on the tee sheet.”
foxsports.com“Among those playing back in 1896 — the first time the USGA brought the Open to the outer reaches of Long Island — was John Shippen, the African-American golf teacher and club maker at the club who, as a 16-year-old, joined Shinnecock tribe member Oscar Bunn on the tee sheet.”
1×broadly confirmedOscar Bunn played in the 1896 U.S. Open at Shinnecock Hills.
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adn.com“Among those playing back in 1896 — the first time the USGA brought the Open to the outer reaches of Long Island — was John Shippen, the African-American golf teacher and club maker at the club who, as a 16-year-old, joined Shinnecock tribe member Oscar Bunn on the tee sheet.”
foxsports.com“Among those playing back in 1896 — the first time the USGA brought the Open to the outer reaches of Long Island — was John Shippen, the African-American golf teacher and club maker at the club who, as a 16-year-old, joined Shinnecock tribe member Oscar Bunn on the tee sheet.”
1×broadly confirmedJohn Shippen was the first Black player to play in the U.S. Open.
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adn.com“Shippen was the first Black player to play in the U.S. Open; he and Bunn are be”
foxsports.com“Shippen was the first Black player to play in the U.S. Open; he and Bunn are believed to be the first two American-born players to play in America's national championship.”
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John Shippen and Oscar Bunn are believed to be the first two American-born players to play in the U.S. Open.
foxsports.com
Before the 1896 U.S. Open, British professionals told USGA management they refused to play against Black and Native American players.
foxsports.com
Elmer Smith, a Shinnecock tribal member, was the first full-time superintendent of grounds at Shinnecock Hills Golf Club.
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Charlie Thom was the second full-time golf pro at Shinnecock Hills Golf Club.
ictnews.org
Shinnecock Hills Golf Club is the only course to host the U.S. Open in three different centuries.
timesfreepress.com
Scottie Scheffler has won the Masters in 2022 and 2024.
timesfreepress.com
Scottie Scheffler has won the British Open and PGA Championship in 2025.
timesfreepress.com
Scottie Scheffler has been the No. 1 player in the Official World Golf Ranking for more than three years running.
timesfreepress.com
Scottie Scheffler said it is hard to get the U.S. Open just right when it is held on a different golf course every year.
timesfreepress.com
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“U.S. Open host Shinnecock shares a complicated past with golf and American history”
→ Shinnecock Hills Golf Club is the host of the U.S. Open and has a complex history involving golf and American history.
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“A slice of golf history merges with a piece of American history whenever the U.S. Open returns to one of its most storied landscapes, Shinnecock Hills.”
→ Shinnecock Hills Golf Club is the host of the U.S. Open and has a complex history involving golf and American history.
apnews.com
“A slice of golf history merges with a piece of American history whenever theU.S. Openreturns to one of its most storied landscapes, Shinnecock Hills.”
→ Shinnecock Hills Golf Club is the host of the U.S. Open and has a complex history involving golf and American history.
foxsports.com
“A slice of golf history merges with a piece of American history whenever the U.S. Open returns to one of its most storied landscapes, Shinnecock Hills.”
→ Shinnecock Hills Golf Club is the host of the U.S. Open and has a complex history involving golf and American history.
ictnews.org
“A nor’easter began to gather in the Atlantic. Beach plums and laurel and holly that lined the spirited fairways began to wave, and ancient spirits became players.”
→ Weather conditions and natural elements were present at Shinnecock Hills during the 1986 U.S. Open.
timesfreepress.com
“It has not been smooth sailing off the Great Peconic Bay on Long Island.”
→ The U.S. Open at Shinnecock Hills has faced challenges.