Hempstead Golf & Country Club
60 Front St, Hempstead, NY 11550, USA
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The lay of the land.
How the course above sets up: its routing, character, and what to expect.
Hempstead Golf & Country Club is an 18-hole golf course in Hempstead, NY, playing 5,940–6,778 yards from 4 sets of tees (slope 126–134, course rating up to 72.7).
It's a gently rolling walk, roughly 220 feet of total climb over 18 holes.
Expect 94 bunkers; the front nine plays tougher.
The word on the course.
How golfers talk about it, summarized from public reviews. Their opinions, not our scoring.
Discussion of Hempstead G&CC mostly draws on its classic-era roots, with a Peter Lees opening layout and a later A.W. Tillinghast reworking of the back nine. Modern reviewers describe it as a friendly, well-kept parkland that plays moderately rather than brutally, with a clubhouse-and-veranda design where several holes finish in plain view.
Consistently praised
- The architectural lineage of Lees and Tillinghast gives it more pedigree than its modest yardage suggests.
- The way the first, ninth, tenth, and eighteenth finish near the clubhouse veranda gets called out as a pleasant old-club design touch.
- Course conditioning and staff friendliness come up consistently in member-leaning reviews.
Worth knowing
- Independent golfer reviews are thin, and the present routing has been altered since Tillinghast, so it is not a pure heritage experience.
Golfers recommend
- Play it as a position course; precision around small greens beats trying to overpower anything.
- Take a moment near the clubhouse turn to appreciate the layout choice of routing four holes back to the veranda.
Tee fit & expected score.
Set your handicap for the right tees, a realistic score, and the holes where you'll get a stroke.
Play the White tees, 5940 yds (or Blue)
How to play it
- Scoring chances at #1, #3, #12, #16, so make your birdies count.
- Card-wreckers at #6, #7, #15. Bogey is fine here; don't compound mistakes.
- 3 driveable par 4s, a chance to steal a shot.
Tagged scorecard.
Per-hole tags for hazards, length, and scoring chances from your selected tee.
| Hole | Par | Yds | SI | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1• | 4 | 318 | 17 | DriveableBirdie |
| 2• | 4 | 432 | 3 | Tough |
| 3• | 5 | 485 | 11 | Reachable |
| 4• | 4 | 413 | 5 | |
| 5• | 4 | 432 | 7 | |
| 6• | 4 | 472 | 1 | Long 4Tough |
| 7• | 4 | 462 | 9 | Long 4 |
| 8• | 3 | 178 | 15 | |
| 9• | 4 | 328 | 13 | |
| Out | 36 | 3520 | ||
| 10• | 3 | 196 | 10 | |
| 11• | 4 | 417 | 4 | |
| 12• | 4 | 320 | 16 | DriveableBirdie |
| 13• | 5 | 547 | 6 | |
| 14• | 4 | 387 | 8 | |
| 15• | 5 | 555 | 2 | Tough |
| 16• | 4 | 319 | 14 | Driveable |
| 17• | 3 | 147 | 18 | |
| 18• | 4 | 370 | 12 | |
| In | 36 | 3258 | ||
All tees & ratings
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | Par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green | 6778 | 72.7 | 134 | 72 |
| Black | 6757 | 72.3 | 132 | 72 |
| Blue | 6410 | 71.1 | 128 | 72 |
| White | 5940 | 68.7 | 126 | 72 |
Conditions & terrain.
Today's wind by hole, the climbs and drops, and a seven-day playability outlook.
Wind today
Climbs & drops
Tee→green elevation change, estimated from terrain.
7-day outlook
Best window this week: Wed 06-03 · 95/100
Where the trouble is.
Sand and water by hole, plotted from OpenStreetMap.
Most bunkered: #4 (9) · #15 (9) · #18 (8) · #2 (6).
Frequently asked.
- How long is Hempstead Golf & Country Club?
- Hempstead Golf & Country Club plays 5,940–6,778 yards across 4 sets of tees, to a par of 72 from the back tees.
- How difficult is Hempstead Golf & Country Club?
- Its slope rating ranges 126–134, with a course rating up to 72.7. The front nine plays tougher.
- Which tees should I play at Hempstead Golf & Country Club?
- A mid-handicap golfer (around 15) best fits the White tees at 5,940 yards. Match your own driver distance or handicap with the tee selector on this page.
- Is Hempstead Golf & Country Club walkable?
- It's a gently rolling walk, with roughly 220 feet of total elevation change over 18 holes.
- How many bunkers does Hempstead Golf & Country Club have?
- Hempstead Golf & Country Club has 94 bunkers.
Nearby & similar.
Other courses within reach, and the closest matches by difficulty and length.