Hewlett Harbor, New York
The Seawane Club has re-emerged as an open, dramatic test blending its Emmet roots with modern playability. Jeff Stein’s restoration delivers wide corridors, expanded greens, and native fescue—evoking pure Long Island links energy on every tee box.
Seawane today sings with restored Emmet spirit: Jeff Stein’s multi-year transformation recaptured the course’s links-like foundation, sweeping away artificial mounding and heavy rough for a landscape of wide playing corridors, natural sandy features, and fescue-lined vistas. Expanded greens now brim with strategic pin positions and fair ground-game opportunities, while the routing maximizes wind, angle, and risk-reward decisions across flat, open meadows along Hewlett Bay. Modern playability now fuses with classic challenge on every hole.
Devereux Emmet’s original links intent—open, sandy, and wind-ready—returns forcefully in Stein’s minimalist, eco-sensitive vision.
This demanding two-shotter runs straight into the prevailing wind, framed by native sand and fescue left and right. The sloping green awaits a long-iron approach—force accuracy, or pay with awkward chips from sandy runoffs.
Favor the right side off the tee for an open angle to a deep green, but don’t chase pin placements tucked behind bunkers.
Missing left finds deep sand and heavy fescue; right bails bring awkward recovery angles.
Consistently polished with bentgrass greens and fairways; native sandy areas and fescue now fully in play.
Steady member pace—expect relaxed, unhurried rounds unless a club event is underway.
Neighborhood Long Island tradition—understated, golf-centric, friendly to serious play.
Standard private-club golf attire—collared shirts, customary slacks or golf shorts recommended.
Expanded, sloping greens require deft chips and sand saves, especially from firm surrounds or fescue edges.
The open site gets true coastal gusts—practice clubbing up and down, especially for one-shotters and exposed approaches.
Focus on shot placement and angles over bomb-and-gouge; the strategic Emmet routing rewards precision.
The course is flat and highly walkable, so a comfortable pair of walking shoes or spikeless golf shoes is ideal.
Course founded, designed by Devereux Emmet
Named NY Sports Writers Association Club of the Year
The club’s elegant Victorian mansion began as the Auerbach family estate, with early members arriving by boat to enjoy golf against the bay’s winds. Seawane’s heritage is as much about local legend as about classic architecture.
Jeff Stein’s restoration returned Seawane to its Emmet DNA: sandy, windswept, and a world away from tree-lined parkland. Wide corridors and open views now reward imagination and bold play.
Native fescue and sandy areas form both visual drama and strategic hazards, bringing Hewlett Bay’s natural character back into play. Every shot now feels entwined with the land’s honest contours.
While it isn’t a national host, Seawane has anchored important MGA and Long Island events for decades. Its classic challenge has tested generations of regional competitors and club legends.
The club’s name, Seawane, references copper beads linked to an Algonquin burial found on site.
In decades past, members sometimes arrived by boat using canal approaches from Hewlett Bay.
After Stein’s restoration, the course features over a dozen native sandy zones seamlessly joining fairways and greens.
The Seawane clubhouse was once a sprawling Victorian mansion on the Auerbach family estate.
During its first decades, the club boasted nearly 200 bunkers in the ‘true links’ tradition.
One of America’s most demanding championship layouts; a must-play.
Solid, approachable municipal course with fun North Shore routing.
Dramatic, tournament-scale course with city skyline views.
Classic Long Island design for those with access.
Stay in Garden City or Rockville Centre for easy access to both Nassau’s private clubs and Long Island’s best public tracks.
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Why it matches: Wild Horse Golf Club is a natural next stop after The Seawane Club: it a comparable balance of challenge, variety, and character.
Why it matches: If The Seawane Club is your kind of course, Belle Meade Country Club is worth a look because it a comparable balance of challenge, variety, and character.
Why it matches: If The Seawane Club is your kind of course, Piqua Country Club is worth a look because it a comparable balance of challenge, variety, and character.
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