Cherry Creek Golf Links is a golf club located in
Riverhead on
Long Island
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in the state of
New York
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in the United States. Constructed on of former potato and sod farms, Cherry Creek Golf Links opened in 1996. A second course, The Woods at Cherry Creek, was added across the street in 2002.
Geography
Cherry Creek Golf Links is a scenic links-style course with rolling fairways and elevated tees and greens situated in Riverhead out on the eastern end of Long Island. The course is only south from the
Long Island Sound
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and north of the
Atlantic Ocean which puts wind into a factor including the flat open fields and wineries that are around the course. They raised their weekend golf special fees with cart after 12 pm to $60 from $50 in 2017.
The course designed by Charles Jurgens can stretch to 7187 yards with a par of 73. The fairways are generous and long with water coming into play on four of the 18 holes.
The
Signature Hole is the 12th, a 389-yard par 4 that plays from an elevated tee to a narrow, sloping fairway with a pond on the right. The Par 6 18th Hole, which is the only par 6 in the New York Metropolitan Area stretches 644 yards when played from the tips and ties for the longest hole in the Metropolitan Area.
References
External links
Cherry Creek Golf LinksThe Woods at Cherry CreekCherry Creek Golf Links at LongIslandGolfNews.com
Golf clubs and courses in New York (state)
Riverhead (town), New York
1996 establishments in New York (state)
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