Explore the world's most iconic golf clubhouses. Best Clubhouse covers clubhouse architecture, design, renovations, and the buildings that define the golf experience, from historic landmark clubhouses to modern masterpieces at private and resort courses.
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Francis Ouimet's childhood home at 246 Clyde Street in Brookline sits directly across the road from The Country Club. In 1913, the 20-year-old amateur walked out the front door, crossed the street, and won the U.S. Open, changing American golf forever.
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The Lighthouse at Harbour Town Golf Links is not a real lighthouse. Built in 1969 by developer Charles Fraser as the centerpiece of his Sea Pines marina village, locals called it Fraser's Folly. Today the candy-striped tower is the logo of Sea Pines and the backdrop of the RBC Heritage every April.
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The Harbour Town Clubhouse at The Sea Pines Resort was designed in 2014 by Grady Woods, a Lowcountry architect who raked bunkers at Harbour Town as a boy. Home of the RBC Heritage, the three-story Lowcountry clubhouse was demolished and rebuilt between tournaments in a 10-month construction sprint.
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Oakmont Country Club's clubhouse was designed in 1904 by Pittsburgh architect Edward Stotz as a Scottish farmhouse in Tudor Revival style. 120 years later it still has no air conditioning in the locker room.
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Seminole Golf Club's pink stucco clubhouse was designed in 1929 by Marion Sims Wyeth, the same architect who master planned Mar-a-Lago for the same client. Inside is the most copied locker room in American golf: 72 original knotty-pine lockers, unchanged since opening day.
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Most clubhouses try to complement their golf course. Congressional's overshadows it. Designed in 1924 by Philip Morison Jullien, this Spanish Revival building is the largest clubhouse in the United States. Barrel-tile roof, white stucco walls, and a vaulted entry hall visible from nearly every hole.
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In 1859, Dennis Redmond's farmhouse was featured in an architecture manual. His floor plans show a fruit room, a dairy, and an ice-house. No trophy room, and no Crow's Nest. Today that farmhouse hosts the Masters, and the best golfers in the world compete for a silver replica of it.
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If you're interested in seeing more content about golf clubhouses, be sure to follow Best Clubhouse on Instagram. Architect: Chester Hugh Kirk, 1909 Baltusrol is the first club that came to mind. It is the apotheosis of private American golf clubs. Two legendary courses, Upper and Lower, by