Opening from On This Site - Native Long Island

Shinnecock Hills Golf Club

Shinnecock Hills Golf Club sits within the broader Shinnecock Hills landscape, part of Shinnecock ancestral territory and the land at the center of the 1703 lease and 1859 land-loss history. The course is also a place where Shinnecock labor, caddying, greenskeeping, and golf history are visible, including Oscar Bunn and generations of Shinnecock workers. The 2026 U.S. Open brings global attention back to this landscape, making source-grounded land acknowledgment especially important. The 2026 U.S. Open landscape is Shinnecock homeland, not only a famous golf course. It connects championship history to land loss, burial-ground disruption, and Shinnecock labor and skill: tribal members helped build and maintain the course, Oscar Bunn played in the 1896 U.S. Open, and later Shinnecock workers shaped the grounds across generations. Shinnecock Hills Golf Club is known internationally as one...