Tiger Woods to redesign Long Island's closed Tam O'Shanter Club

Tiger Woods has been hired to rebuild the Tam O’Shanter Club in Brookville, a private club on Long Island’s North Shore that closed in 2021 so the land could be sold for houses. Woods announced on Instagram that he and TGR Design will create an 18-hole private course there for the Armchair Collective, a company building a national network of nomination-only golf clubs. It bought the 148-acre property in September for an undisclosed price, according to GOLF.com. “I have great memories of competing on Long Island, especially at Bethpage,” Woods said. Bethpage Black, where he won the 2002 US Open, is about 13 miles away.

Tam O’Shanter opened in 1962. Robert Trent Jones Sr remodelled it in 1968 and David Postlethwait redesigned it in 1999. A development company bought the club in 2019, and in its final summer it sold public tee times through GolfNow for $75 to $105 including a cart, Golf on Long Island reported at the time. Brookville’s planning board gave preliminary approval in March 2022 for 27 houses on lots averaging five acres. The plan was dropped after arsenic was found in the topsoil, and the Armchair Collective’s announcement does not mention the arsenic. Last year the village changed its zoning code to allow for-profit golf clubs.

Clearing and demolition have started. The plan includes a new clubhouse, member cottages, an indoor-outdoor performance centre and a 20,000-square-foot putting green modelled on the Himalayas at St Andrews. TGR Design’s other courses include The Hay at Pebble Beach, Bluejack National in Texas and Trout National in New Jersey.

Construction of the course is due to begin in 2027. The club’s new name and the first renderings will be published early that year.

Sources

• GOLF.com via Yahoo Sports: Tiger Woods to design golf course on Long Island
• The Golf Wire: Tiger Woods and TGR Design to create The Armchair Collective’s flagship club on Long Island’s Gold Coast
• Club + Resort Business: Armchair Collective plans Long Island private club with Tiger Woods-designed course
• Golf on Long Island: Tee times open to public at formerly private Tam O’Shanter Club (2021)
• Luxury Home NY: Why Brookville’s Tam O’Shanter is going back to golf