The 2026 U.S. Open returns to Shinnecock Hills Golf Club for the sixth time in history. Shinnecock was first incorporated in 1891, was one of the five charter clubs that founded the USGA, and hosted the second U.S. Open in 1886. Its members built the first golf clubhouse in America shortly thereafter, created by famed architect Stanford White. Most golf sickos can tell you that.
But did you know Native Americans helped build the first course here? Or that women were admitted as full members from its founding?
