A Tradition of “Firsts”
The history of Saint Andrew’s is replete with “firsts” in American golf. Saint Andrew’s hosted the first “open” championship. It was a founding member (along with The Country Club, the Chicago Golf Club, the Newport Golf Club and Shinnecock Hills Golf Club) of the United States Golf Association.
The Saint Andrew’s membership roll has always reflected a diversity of American sportsmen, from the likes of legendary financier Andrew Carnegie and famed architect Stanford White to baseball commissioner Ford Frick, air ace Eddie Rickenbacker and former New York State Governor Malcolm Wilson.
In 1988, Saint Andrew’s was the venue for the celebration of the first 100 years of golf in America, an event that brought together many of the greatest names in the history of the game, including Gene Sarazen, Ben Hogan, Sam Snead, Arnold Palmer, Gary Player, Kathy Whitworth, Nancy Lopez and Jack Nicklaus.
In 1995, Saint Andrew’s hosted the “Founders Cup” matches, a competition held among the five original founding members of the USGA to honor that organization’s centennial year.

A World Class Golf Club
Saint Andrew’s has never lost sight of its Scottish heritage. The club continues tournament relationships with the Royal and Ancient Golf Club of Saint Andrews (Scotland), Carnoustie, Prestwick, Royal Burgess and Royal Dornoch. Saint Andrew’s members also enjoy an extensive schedule of interclub matches both with clubs in the New York metropolitan area and with other historically significant clubs across the country.
Saint Andrew’s participates in the Julian Curtiss Cup matches, a series held exclusively between clubs at least 100 years old, including Baltrusrol, Baltimore Country Club and Greenwich Country Club. The annual “Four Corners” match pits a Saint Andrew’s team against teams from such other venerable clubs as Bedford Golf and Tennis Club, Greenwich Country Club and Apawamis. Teams for most of these matches are selected during open qualifying tournaments within the club.
Members of Saint Andrew’s also enjoy reciprocal membership privileges with the Shenorock Shore Club in Rye, New York.

The Golf Course
                                             
Saint Andrew’s members play on a superb Jack Nicklaus signature golf course laid out on the same rolling Westchester County site to which the club moved in 1897. In explaining the philosophy behind his design, Nicklaus said, “I must think back to the way they’d build a course at the turn of the century, visualize that and then try to build that vision to modern standards.”
The course is 6,670 yards long, has a course rating of 73.6 and plays to a slope of 145 from the championship tees and 71.4 and 142 from the member tees. Incidentally, “tee times” are never required at Saint Andrew’s.
One of the most appealing aspects of The Saint Andrew’s Golf Club is its close proximity to New York City. Saint Andrew’s is located near the quaint river town of Hastings-on-Hudson, New York. It’s also just about twenty minutes from the George Washington Bridge, the Governor Malcolm Wilson/Tappan Zee Bridge and Fairfield County.

An Historic Setting
A visit to Saint Andrew’s is like a walk through golf history. The turn of the century clubhouse is a veritable museum of golf memorabilia. You can have cocktails in the warm ambiance of the John Reid Room, surrounded by a priceless collection of early golf clubs and balls – some of which were actually used at Saint Andrew’s by John Reid, “the father of American golf.” There is even a branch from the original apple tree that served as the club’s first “clubhouse” in Yonkers. The Landau Library contains such historic documents as copies of the handwritten minutes of the meetings that led to the formation of the club in 1888 and to the organization of the United States Golf Association in 1895.
The Club dining room is light and airy and its sweeping and spacious new deck is poised dramatically overlooking the spectacular topography of the fourth hole. Under the direction of our capable chef, it features a varied menu and
an extensive wine list selected by members themselves during a unique series of early season wine tastings.

THE SAINT ANDREW’S GOLF CLUB
10 Old Jackson Avenue
Hastings-on-Hudson. New York
Organized November 14, 1888, by John Reid, Robert Lockart, H.O. Tallmadge Harry Holbrook, John B. Upham

Incorporated 1894

Golf Associations:
United States Golf Association
Metropolitan Golf Association
Met P.G.A. Club Association
Westchester Golf Association
New York State Golf Association