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Best golf courses in New York: Winged Foot (West)
Tillinghast again. AWT designed both the East and West at this Mamaroneck club, which is close to Quaker Ridge geographically
Founded in 1921, the West hosts the championships but it is the East that really charms. Hilariously, the East is used as a parking lot during major championships held on its sister.
More playable, with more variety and a lot more nuance than its ‘championship’ sibling, Hanse has been praised for a sympathetic renovation of a course with outstanding short holes.
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Chris Bertram
Chris Bertram is a specialist in all things golf courses.
He was born and brought up in Dumfriesshire and has been a sports journalist since 1996, initially as a junior writer with National Club Golfer magazine.
Chris then spent four years writing about football and rugby union for the Press Association but returned to be Editor and then Publisher of NCG.
He has been freelance since 2010 and spends the majority of his time playing golf and writing about the world’s finest golf courses.