Sleepy Hollow Country Club

C.B. Macdonald and Seth Raynor's 1913 course above the Hudson River, rebuilt in Macdonald's template style by Gil Hanse and host of the 2023 U.S. Mid-Amateur.

Sleepy Hollow opened in 1913 in Westchester County above the Hudson River, with a course by C.B. Macdonald and his engineer Seth Raynor. In the late 1920s A.W. Tillinghast expanded the club to 27 holes, leaving the main course a mix of 11 Macdonald holes and seven by Tillinghast. Macdonald, a central figure in early American golf, handled the design while Raynor did the engineering, the same partnership behind National Golf Links.

Gil Hanse and Jim Wagner, working with Macdonald scholar George Bahto, persuaded the club to rebuild the whole 18 in Macdonald's manner, a project that ran more than a decade. The result restored bold template greens and long views across the river valley, and brought the course back into national rankings. The USGA brought the 2002 U.S. Women's Amateur here and returned for the 2023 U.S. Mid-Amateur, when the course was set at 6,840 yards and par 71. Four par 3s, from 145 to 218 yards at that setup, give the card variety.

Holes to know

7

Par 3 · 218 yd

A long par 3 (as set for the 2023 Mid-Amateur), one of four one-shotters on the card.

16

Par 3 · 145 yd

The shortest hole on the course at the 2023 setup, coming just before two long par 4s to finish.

Championships

• U.S. Women's Amateur 2002
• U.S. Mid-Amateur 2023

Design history

• Late 1920s: A.W. Tillinghast expanded the club to 27 holes and added holes to the main course
• 2000s–2010s: Gil Hanse and Jim Wagner, with Macdonald historian George Bahto, rebuilt all 18 holes in Macdonald's style