Shinnecock Hills Golf Club is a prestigious golf club at Southampton on Long Island in the U.S. state of New York. It has hosted the U.S. Open four times. Golfer teeing off at the start of a hole Golf is an outdoor game where individual players or teams play a small ball into a hole using various clubs. ... Southampton, New York is the name of three entities on Long Island in Suffolk County, New York in the United States. ... Image of Long Island taken by NASA. Long Island, New York, is an island off the North American coast, some 118 miles (190 km) long, and from 12 to 20 miles (32 km) wide, extending from New York Harbor into the North Atlantic Ocean. ... State nickname: Empire State Other U.S. States Capital Albany Largest city New York Governor George Pataki Official languages None Area 141,205 km² (27th)  - Land 122,409 km²  - Water 18,795 km² (13. ... The United States Open Championship is an annual mens golf tournament staged by the United States Golf Association each June. ...

The club was founded in 1891 and was originally laid out by William Dunn. It was one of the five clubs which founded the United States Golf Association in 1894. It was redesigned by Charles B. Macdonald and Seth Raynor in around 1916, retaining five of Dunns original holes, and redesigned again Howard C. Toomey and William S. Flynn in 1931, retaining five of Macdonald and Raynor's holes and the green of a sixth hole. The United States Golf Association (USGA) is the United States national association of golf courses, clubs and facilities and the governing body of golf for the U.S. and Mexico. ...

Shinnecock Hills was ranked third in Golf Digest's 100 Greatest Courses Ranking for 2005.

U.S Open winners at Shinnecock Hills:

• 1896 James Foulis
• 1986 Ray Floyd
• 1995 Corey Pavin
• 2004 Retief Goosen

The 1896 Open was notable for the participation of African American John Matthew Shippen, Jr.. James Foulis with the U.S Open trophy, and wearing the winners medal. ... Raymond Floyd often known as Ray Floyd (b September 4, 1942, Fort Bragg, North Carolina, U.S.A.) is a professional golfer who has won numerous tournaments at both PGA Tour and Champions Tour level. ... Corey Pavin (b. ... Retief Goosen (born February 3, 1969 in Pietersburg (now Polokwane), South Africa) is a professional golfer. ... African Americans, also known as Afro-Americans or black Americans, are an ethnic group in the United States of America whose ancestors, usually in predominant part, were indigenous to Sub-Saharan and West Africa. ...