Newport Country Club

Newport Country Club occupies exposed, largely treeless ground on Newport Neck above Brenton Point, with the Beaux-Arts clubhouse by Whitney Warren commanding long views over Harrison Avenue and the Atlantic shoreline. The club is private, hosting periodic USGA championships, most recently the 2024 U.S. Senior Open, for which the nines were reversed and two member par fives were played as long par fours to produce a 7,083-yard, par-70 test. Day-to-day, the club publishes course and slope ratings (men’s Black tees 75.4/135 at par 70), but it does not post a public scorecard. The course today reads as a Golden-Age layout shaped by A.W. Tillinghast, later refined under a Forse Design master plan and, more recently, via subtle bunker adjustments by Gil Hanse’s team and a club initiative to recapture original green perimeters. The presentation—broad, wind-exposed fairways, boldly flashed bunkers, and perched greens—reflects that lineage and the site’s coastal winds more than ornamental landscaping. Spectators and players encounter the venue most often through USGA coverage and the club’s brief public pages rather than a hole-by-hole tour, reinforcing the course’s identity as a championship-tested private venue.