Editing Great River, New York (section)

===Timber Point Country Club===
Timber Point [[Golf Course]] is a public 27-hole regulation length, full-service facility, located south of [[Montauk Highway]] in Great River. Positioned where the Connetquot River meets the Great South Bay.

Timber Point, was originally an 18-hole golf course designed by the architectural team of [[Colt, Alison & Morrison Ltd|Colt & Alison]]. The [[country club|club]] was built and formed in the [[Roaring Twenties]], along with other prominent estates that were constructed along the South Shore during that time. The original mansion now serves as the clubhouse and still overlooks the {{convert|231|acre|adj=on}} property, much the same way it did for club founders Horace Havermeyer, Buell Hollister and [[W. Kingsland Macy]].

In 1925 [[Angel de la Torre]], Spain's first golf professional, agreed to travel to the United States to play in the [[U.S. Open (golf)|U.S. Open]]. In that same year, upon the recommendations of Captain Allison (a premier architect whom he had met in England), he accepted the position of golf professional at the newly built Timber Point Country Club. At one time, Timber Point was in the top 100 courses in the United States.

Aside from being immensely difficult as approached from the back tees (6,825 yards, par 71, in 1925), Timber Point probably offered about as much terrain-oriented variety as one could imagine. Its front nine initially ventured near the bay, then proceeded back inland through a series of British [[heath]]-like holes, then across some Pine Valley-like sandy terrain. The inward half, which was largely constructed on reclaimed [[marsh]]land, included several of the boldest holes of the course, including the 460-yard par-four eleventh (featuring three distinct driving areas), the 470-yard par-four fourteenth and the 205-yard into-the-wind fifteenth, modeled after Dr. [[Alister MacKenzie]]'s famous Gibraltar hole at [[Moortown Golf Club]], England. The sixteenth and seventeen were true seaside holes, and the 510-yard eighteenth, one of the few holes routed with the prevailing breeze, offered the aggressive player a chance to close in style.

Timber Point exists in a heavily altered state since its present owner, Suffolk County, long ago turned it into a 27-hole (three courses of nine holes) facility. Were its original design still intact, it would surely rate very near the top of [[Long Island Golf Association|Long Island]]'s best courses. The course is open seven days a week (in season), opening March 15 and with the last day of golf as December 30.

The Suffolk County Parks Department of Recreation & Conservation Golf Courses headquarters is located at Timber Point. Since the department's relocation here, the course has had substantial improvements.