SOUTHAMPTON, N.Y. – The walk from Shinnecock Hills Golf Club to the Shinnecock Windmill took 26 minutes and 7 seconds to make on this sunny Tuesday before the U.S. Open. There were many obstacles and “Restricted Area” signs along the way.
Men in powder blue golf polos and women in floral summer dresses marched along the concrete path and over the pedestrian walkway, oblivious to the golf history they tread on. They don’t know who Janet “Nettie” Hoyt and her daughter, Beatrix, are. It’s O.K. to admit, you don’t either.
