Tyler Rae

Centereach, NY

Opened in 2024, Spy Ring Golf Club is the first new public golf course built on Long Island in more than 20 years. Designed by Tyler Rae on the outer edges of a luxury apartment community in Centereach, the nine-hole layout makes the most of its constrained site with thoughtful green complexes and dramatic topography. The final three holes on the southernmost portion of the property are the standout stretch, culminating in the drivable par-4 eighth. Named after the Culper Spy Ring, a network of American Revolution-era spies who operated in the area.

Chicago, IL · Location not mapped

Beverly Country Club, founded in 1908 in what is now Evergreen Park, Illinois, grew out of members of the Auburn Park Golf Club who purchased the 160-acre former Sherman Farm. The original layout was credited to club professional George O'Neil with assistance from Tom Bendelow, and in 1918 Donald Ross was engaged to redesign the course, producing a routing in which no two consecutive holes run in the same direction despite the rectangular property. The course uses a ridge left by prehistoric Lake Chicago that runs through the back nine. In 2002 architect Ron Prichard led a restoration recapturing Ross-era features, and the club has hosted the 1931 U.S. Amateur and multiple Western Opens.