Montauk Downs

Course Type: Public

Design Role: Redesign 2008

Co-Designer(s): Bryce Swanson

Client Course Description

The golf course traces its history back to a private course originally developed in 1927. The golf course was taken over by a group of private investors in 1966 and became known as the Montauk Golf and Racquet Club. In 1968, Robert Trent Jones, Sr. along with his son Rees, redesigned the present course. The private club was purchased by New York State in 1980. Montauk Downs has been consistently rated as one of America's top public golf courses.

Designer Notes

In 2008, Rees Jones, Inc. created a Long Term Master Plan for the course and have been working with the state to restore select bunkers and tees on the course's par three holes.

Awards

• Golfweek: Best Municipal Courses
• Golfweek: America's Best State-By-State Courses You Can Play