Wykagyl Country Club

Set on steep, rocky terrain in New Rochelle’s Wykagyl neighborhood, Wykagyl Country Club presents a Golden-Age hybrid in which Donald Ross’s 1919 rework is interwoven with Lawrence Van Etten’s 1905 original corridors and A. W. Tillinghast’s 1931 construction. The course plays to a par of 72 with the uncommon balance of five par-3s and five par-5s; the current back tees measure 6,690 yards with a 73.2/138 rating and slope. The outward nine climbs and falls over abrupt ridges before finishing below the clubhouse amphitheater at the uphill ninth; the inward nine oscillates between valley floors and high plateaus, with the restored “Hell’s Half Acre” central hazard defining the twelfth and a short, tempting fifteenth that can derail a round. Wykagyl is a private club. Facilities today include a full driving range, short-game practice area, pool complex, racquet venues, and a clubhouse whose men’s locker house (1928) survives as a period showpiece. Tournament heritage remains visible in historic photography displayed throughout, and the club continues to host metropolitan championships, but the day-to-day experience is defined by angled fairways, severe cants on select greens, and wind-exposed hilltops that make 6,700 yards feel longer than the card suggests.