
Baiting Hollow Course
Baiting Hollow Club


About this course
Baiting Hollow Club occupies a distinctive site on the North Fork of Long Island, where the original Robert Trent Jones Sr. design from 1966 was substantially reimagined by Michael Hurdzan and Dana Fry in the early 2000s. The renovation transformed what had been a traditional Jones layout into a more modern championship test while preserving elements of the property's rolling terrain and wooded character. The course sits inland from Peconic Bay, with elevation changes uncommon for Long Island golf providing natural drama to the routing. The Hurdzan-Fry redesign introduced contemporary bunkering, green complexes with more internal contour, and strategic options that reward thoughtful course management. The layout moves through mature stands of oak and pine, with several holes playing across or along natural valleys that create both visual interest and strategic challenge. Water features appear selectively, and the property's natural topography allows for a varied sequence of holes that shift between open and enclosed playing corridors. Baiting Hollow functions as a private club serving members from the North Fork region and beyond. The course has hosted regional amateur competitions and serves as a year-round facility for its membership. The combination of Jones's original routing bones and the Hurdzan-Fry modernization gives the course a layered design pedigree, blending mid-century strategic principles with contemporary green speeds and maintenance practices. The North Fork setting provides a quieter alternative to the Hamptons golf scene while maintaining championship length and challenge.
Rankings
Ranked by CV ratings from golfers who've played this course. Positions are shown worldwide, by country, and by state; the Private column compares member-only and guest-restricted courses.
Best in World
Best in USA
Best in NY
Quick facts
- Location
- Baiting Hollow, NY, USA
- Access
- Private
- Year built
- 1964
- Holes
- 18
- Designer(s)
- Robert Trent Jones Sr., Dr. Michael Hurdzan, Dana Fry
- Par
- 72
- Length
- 6,591 yards
- Difficulty
- 72.8/137
- Course Vaults score
- 8.0
Getting there
The journey to Baiting Hollow Club begins at Long Island MacArthur Airport or New York's major hubs, followed by a two-hour drive east along the Long Island Expressway that gradually sheds the density of the city for the open farmland and vineyards of the North Fork. As you turn north off Route 25, the landscape shifts to rolling potato fields and quiet wooded lanes, the kind of rural Long Island that feels a world apart from the Hamptons glitter just miles south. The final approach down Sound Avenue carries you through this agricultural corridor to the club's discreet entrance, where the land opens toward Long Island Sound and one of the region's most closely held modern designs awaits.

FAQ
Common questions about Baiting Hollow
Ratings, design, and course details pulled from Course Vaults.
Baiting Hollow has a Course Vaults score of 8.0 out of 10 based on 26 logged golfers.
Baiting Hollow was designed by Robert Trent Jones Sr., Dr. Michael Hurdzan, and Dana Fry.
Baiting Hollow is listed as private on Course Vaults; guest access is typically restricted.
Par at Baiting Hollow is 72.
Baiting Hollow plays 6,591 yards from the back tees on Course Vaults.
The slope rating at Baiting Hollow is 137.



