Sankaty Head Golf Club is one of the easternmost
golf courses
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in
, perched on the edge of
Nantucket Island
Nantucket () is an island about south from Cape Cod. Together with the small islands of Tuckernuck and Muskeget, it constitutes the Town and County of Nantucket, a combined county/town government that is part of the U.S. state of Massachuse ...
in
Siasconset, Massachusetts
Siasconset is a census designated place (CDP) at the eastern end of Nantucket Island, Massachusetts, United States with an elevation of 52 feet (16 m), and a population of 205 at the 2010 census. Although unincorporated, the village has ...
. The course was designed by Emerson Armstrong and opened in 1923.
It is an 18-hole course. It is one of the few examples of world-class
links-style golf outside of the
UK (see
Shinnecock Hills). The
Atlantic
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wraps around 270 degrees of the layout and the
Sankaty Head Lighthouse looms over the front nine.
Sankaty members are a driving force behind the
Francis Ouimet Scholarship Fund. They also have successfully sustained one of the few remaining
caddy camps in the world,
Camp Sankaty Head, which has existed since the late 1930s.
Membership is private.
Famous members include
Jack Welch
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When Welch retired from GE, he receive ...
(whose island residence is just off the 4th tee-box),
Lawrence Bossidy
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,
, Harry Fraker,
Amos Hostetter Jr.
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, Henry C. Pfaff, and
Bill Belichick
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.
On June 4, 2019, the Sankaty Head Golf Club was chosen to be the host site of the
USGA's 41st
U.S. Mid-Amateur The U.S. Mid-Amateur, often called the Mid-Am for short, is the leading annual golf tournament in the United States for post-college amateur golfers, organized by the USGA.
It was first played in at Bellerive Country Club in Creve Coeur, Missouri, ...
.
This was their first hosted USGA championship and was played September 25–30, 2021.
The Caddy Camp
The Sankaty Head Caddy Camp, directed by Dave Hinman,
is the last remaining caddy camp in the United States and one of the last in the world.
Here, 60 caddies,
6 junior staff members, a program director, caddymaster, camp director, assistant camp director, and cook are located between the 11th and 13th fairways
on the course. After being picked through an application process, caddies come to this camp from Iowa, Florida, New York, South Carolina, Maine, New Jersey and other states.
There are three "huts" in the camp, with 20 boys in each. Other buildings in camp include a mess hall, recreational hall, library, laundry shack, staff hut, and the director's hut. While the boys are not caddying, they can enjoy organized team sports of softball, volleyball, football, basketball, and of course, golf. Also in their free time, the boys can enjoy recreational golf, a workout in the weight "pit", or a game of ping pong in the rec hall.
On August 2, 2011, a fire at the caddy camp erupted during a propane delivery. The fire consumed three buildings and injured the driver of the propane tanker truck.
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See also
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Siasconset Golf Club
Siasconset Golf Club, also known as the Siasconset Golf Course and commonly shortened to the Sconset Golf Course, is one of the easternmost golf courses in Massachusetts, perched on the edge of Nantucket Island in Siasconset, Massachusetts. This ...
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Miacomet Golf Course
Miacomet Golf Course is a public 18-hole golf course on Nantucket.
History
In 1956, Ralph P. Marble, a Michigan-native, bought 400-acres of land on Nantucket with dairy farm intentions. The area he bought was called by the old Wampanoag inha ...
References
External links
Official Sankaty Head Golf Club websiteOfficial Sankaty Head Caddie Camp websiteMassachusetts Golf Association Member PageCourse ReviewWhen Did Golfing Begin on Nantucket?
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1923 establishments in Massachusetts
Golf clubs and courses in Massachusetts
Buildings and structures in Nantucket, Massachusetts
Sports venues completed in 1923
Tourist attractions in Nantucket, Massachusetts