NASSAU COUNTRY CLUB
🇺🇸 Glen Cove, NY, USA
Designed by Devereux Emmet

Nassau Country Club, a fixture of Long Island's Gold Coast, embodies the understated elegance of a bygone era, where golf was as much a social endeavor as a sporting one. Carved into the rolling terrain of Glen Cove, the course's original Golden Age design meanders through mature hardwoods, rewarding strategic play over sheer power. The layout’s subtle doglegs and challenging green complexes make this course especially tricky, demanding precision rather than length, as well as patience.
The club boasts a design originally crafted by Devereux Emmet, a notable architect of his time, whose signature blend of natural beauty and strategic challenge is evident throughout. While Nassau has seen renovations over the years, it has maintained the integrity of Emmet's vision, preserving the classic feel of the course.
Nassau has played host to significant amateur events, quietly fostering a culture of competitive golf. The club is not necessarily known globally but maintains a significant regional presence, owing to the character of its membership and the challenges of the layout. Nassau Country Club is revered as an ideal and quintessential club experience.
Reviews
played the mga ike here. greens were so burnt out and firm that it was borderline unplayable. some holes are very quirky, not much to write home about.
FAQ
Ratings, design, and course details pulled from Course Vaults.
Nassau at Nassau Country Club has a Course Vaults score of 7.8 out of 10 based on 15 explicit golfer ratings.
Nassau was designed by Devereux Emmet.
Nassau at Nassau Country Club is listed as private on Course Vaults; guest access is typically restricted.
Par at Nassau is 70.
Nassau plays 6,648 yards from the back tees on Course Vaults.
The slope rating at Nassau is 126.