Sankaty Head Golf Club

Sankaty Head Golf Club is one of the easternmost golf courses in Massachusetts, perched on the edge of Nantucket Island in Siasconset, Massachusetts. The course was designed by Emerson Armstrong and opened in 1923.[1][2] 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 wraps around 270 degrees of the layout and the Sankaty Head Lighthouse looms over the front nine.

Sankaty Head Golf Club
Club information
Sankaty Head Golf Club is located in Massachusetts
Sankaty Head Golf Club
LocationSiasconset, Massachusetts, USA
Established1923
TypePrivate
Operated byLori Snell
Total holes18
Websitewww.sankatyheadgc.com

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.[1][3][4] Membership is private.[1][5] Famous members include Jack Welch[4] (whose island residence is just off the 4th tee-box), Lawrence Bossidy,[4] Robert Charles Wright, Harry Fraker, Amos Hostetter Jr., Henry C. Pfaff, and Bill Belichick.[4]

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.[2][6] This was their first hosted USGA championship and was played September 25–30, 2021.[2][6]

The Caddy Camp

The Sankaty Head Caddy Camp, directed by Dave Hinman,[3] is the last remaining caddy camp in the United States and one of the last in the world.[1][3][4] Here, 60 caddies,[3] 6 junior staff members, a program director, caddymaster, camp director, assistant camp director, and cook are located between the 11th and 13th fairways[3] 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.

Scorecard
Sankaty Head Golf Club (All measurements made in yards)
Tee Rating/Slope 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Out 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 In Total
Black 72.6 / 126 405375195495420180410540285330542545022538015041035054538533206625
White 70.8 / 123 3903551854854101603905202803175 40540019037013538534049537530956270
Blue M:67.2/118 W:72.5/119 3502951804103601303504202802775 36035017532511036533045034028055580
Yellow M:65.7/111 W:70.7/115 3152901454003601103504152602645 33035016032010532531541031026255270
Par Men's and Women's 44354345436 4434344543571
SI Men's 1191553177113 46151018812214
SI Women's 5131511117739 10818121421646

Source:[7]

See also

References
  1. "Sankaty Head Golf Club - Massachusetts - Best In State Golf Course". www.top100golfcourses.com. Retrieved July 3, 2019.
  2. DePasquale, Brian (June 4, 2019). "USGA: Sankaty Head G.C. Chosen to Host 2021 U.S. Mid-Amateur". USGA. Retrieved November 24, 2019.
  3. "Camp History". campsankatyhead.org. Retrieved July 4, 2019.
  4. Kahn, Joseph (August 20, 2014). "The last private-club caddie camp". The Boston Globe. Retrieved July 4, 2019.
  5. "Sankaty Head Golf Club (Nantucket) - 2019 All You Need to Know Before You Go (with Photos)". TripAdvisor. Retrieved November 7, 2019.
  6. "2021 U.S. Mid-Amateur Championship". Sankaty Head Golf Club. Retrieved November 25, 2019.
  7. "Scorecard and Course Tour - Sankaty Head Golf Club". July 19, 2017. Archived from the original on July 19, 2017. Retrieved November 25, 2019.
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