28-605: The Meadow Club Invitation or formally the Meadow Club of Southampton Invitation and also known as the Southampton Invitation or Southampton Invitational was predominantly a men's grass court tennis tournament established in 1887 at the Meadow Club, Southampton , Long Island , New York, United States. The tournament was staged as part of ILTC Circuit until 1973 when it was discontinued. In 1887
56-632: A campus in Southampton . The town was founded in 1640, when settlers from Lynn , Massachusetts , established residence on lands obtained from local Shinnecock Indian Nation . The first settlers included eight men, one woman, and a boy who came ashore at Conscience Point. These men were Thomas Halsey , Edward Howell , Edmond Farrington, Allen Bread, Edmund Needham, Abraham Pierson the Elder , Thomas Sayre, Josiah Stanborough, George Welbe, Henry Walton and Job Sayre. By July 7, 1640, they had determined
84-491: A humid subtropical climate ( Cfa ). It has one to two months averaging below freezing, six months above 50 °F (10 °C), and one to two months above 22 °C (72 °F). As of the census of 2000, there were 54,712 people, 21,504 households and 13,805 families residing in the town. The population density was 394.0 inhabitants per square mile (152.1/km ). There were 35,836 housing units at an average density of 258.0 per square mile (99.6/km ). The town's racial makeup
112-540: Is claimed as an Indian burial ground that is no longer in active use. Southampton is named after the port city of Southampton in Hampshire , England. Southampton operates an official historical web site. The site shows the locations of over 100 points of interest, historic markers, and historic districts as well as over 1500 photos. In 2005, the Shinnecock Indian Nation filed a lawsuit against
140-628: Is served primarily by Suffolk County Transit bus routes, although Hampton Jitney buses are available for trips to and from New York City . The town of Southampton contains the Francis S. Gabreski Airport north of Westhampton, and East Hampton Airport along the Southampton-East Hampton Town Line. The Southampton Heliport can also be found on the east side of the Shinnecock Inlet . The sole ferry in
168-516: The 2018 event won by Brooks Koepka . It is scheduled to host a sixth in 2026. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2000. It is routinely ranked as one of the greatest golf courses in the world. The club traces its roots to an 1889–1890 trip by William K. Vanderbilt , Edward Meade, and Duncan Cryder, to Biarritz in southern France where they encountered champion golfer Willie Dunn , from Scotland , who
196-728: The Native Americans' hunting techniques , improved on their weapons and boats, and then went out to ocean hunting . The first meeting house was on a hill that is the site of the current Southampton Hospital . The town's oldest existent house is the Halsey House at 249 Main Street, which was built by Thomas Halsey, one of the first Englishmen to trade with the Shinnecocks. Southampton has 47 public and private cemeteries, not including Shinnecock Hills Golf Club , which
224-603: The Shinnecock Canal . The 80-acre (32 ha) original parcel was purchased from developers for $ 2,500 and 44 original members signed up for $ 100 each. Willie Davis , the club professional from the Royal Montreal Club , designed a 12-hole course that opened in late summer 1891. Members of the Shinnecock Indian Nation helped build the course, which sits on the large expanse of land the Nation claims
252-472: The first U.S. Open in 1895 in Newport , Rhode Island . In 1896 the then–5,000 yd (4,570 m) Shinnecock hosted the second U.S. Open . Many players broke 80 in the 36-hole event, which led to demands to increase the course's difficulty. Participating in the 1896 Open was black professional player John Shippen , believed by many historians to have been the first USA-born golf professional. In 1901
280-483: The Meadow Club was founded It is a private members located at Southampton , Long Island , New York, United States. The club inaugurated a major international tennis tournament called the Meadow Club Invitation that was staged for 85 editions between 1888 and 1973, though it was not staged continuously. A women's invitation singles tournament was introduced briefly in the late 1920s to early 1940s under
308-702: The Town of Southampton takes NY 114 drivers across the Shelter Island Sound between North Haven and Shelter Island. Shinnecock Hills Golf Club Shinnecock Hills Golf Club is a links -style golf club located in an unincorporated area of the Town of Southampton on Long Island, New York , situated between the Peconic Bay and the Atlantic Ocean . Shinnecock Hills is believed to be
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#1732797729786336-466: The course was extended to a length of 6,996 yards (6,397 m) by the addition of extra tees. Shinnecock Hills was ranked second in Golf Digest ' s 100 Greatest Courses Ranking for 2007, 2008, and third in 2009. Its routing was retained, and several new tees were added, in preparation for the 2018 U.S. Open; the course was extended to 7,440 yards, retaining its par of 70. Shinnecock Hills
364-665: The first ladies’ golf course in American history. In 1894, Dunn arrived and added six more holes bringing the total to 18. That same year Dunn won the tournament which was an inaugural attempt to establish a national championship at Newport, Rhode Island , but this victory was not recognized as official. Later in 1894, Shinnecock Hills was one of five founding clubs of the United States Golf Association , established in New York City. The new USGA held
392-420: The ladies' course was incorporated into a lengthened and redesigned course by Charles B. Macdonald and Seth Raynor , retaining five of Dunn's original holes. William Flynn extensively redesigned the course in 1931 into a 6,740-yard (6,163 m) configuration. Flynn's design retains five of the holes by Macdonald and Raynor, and the green of a sixth hole designed by those two. Prior to the 2004 U.S. Open ,
420-530: The oldest incorporated golf club in the United States (1891), to have the oldest golf clubhouse in the U.S. (1892), and to have been the first American golf club to admit women members, which it did from the start. It is also the only golf course to host the U.S. Open in three different centuries. Shinnecock Hills is a founding member of the United States Golf Association . It has hosted several important events, notably five U.S. Opens , most recently being
448-490: The sale of 3,500 acres (14 km ) of tribal land. In 2006, the court ruled against the tribe finding the lawsuit was barred by laches . Southampton is bounded by the Atlantic Ocean to the south, the Peconic Bay to the north, East Hampton to the east, and Brookhaven to the west. It also shares a small border with Riverhead to the northwest. According to the United States Census Bureau ,
476-525: The state seeking the return of 3,500 acres (14 km ) in Southampton near the tribe's reservation, and billions of dollars in reparations for damages suffered by colonial land grabs. The disputed property includes the Shinnecock Hills Golf Club, which Shinnecock say is the location of tribe burial grounds. The tribe challenged the state legislatures' approval of an 1859 sale of the 3,500 acres of tribal land. The tribe alleged this broke
504-403: The terms of a 1,000-year-lease signed by Southampton colonial officials and the tribe in 1703. The suit charged that in 1859, a group of powerful New York investors conspired to break the lease by sending the state Legislature a fraudulent petition from a number of Shinnecock tribal members. Although other tribal members immediately protested that the petition was a forgery, the legislature approved
532-849: The title of the Southampton Invitational Round Robin or Meadow Club Invitational Round Robin, though women did take part most years in the mixed doubles events. With the exception of 1903 when the English player Laurie Doherty won the men's event it was completely dominated by American players until the mid-1940s with multiple winners such as; Howard Augustus Taylor , Vinnie Richards , Bill Tilden II , Frank Parker , and Bobby Riggs . After World War II up until at least 1969 more foreign players won this event including; Pancho Segura , Roy Emerson , Ian Vermaak , Fred Stolle , Tony Roche and Owen Davidson and Rod Laver . The Meadow Club Invitation ran until 1973 when it
560-531: The town boundaries. During the next few years (1640–43), Southampton gained another 43 families; there are now thousands of people in Southampton. From 1644, the colonists established an organised whale fishery, significant in the history of whaling as the first in New England . They chased pilot whales ("blackfish") onto the shelving beaches for slaughter, a sort of dolphin drive hunting . They also processed drift whales they found on shore. They observed
588-463: The town has an area of 293.5 square miles (760 km ), of which 139.1 square miles (360 km ) is land and 154.3 square miles (400 km ) (52.59%) is water. Southampton contains seven incorporated villages and 16 unincorporated areas, which are called hamlets in New York state. Source: Source: The Town of Southampton has a hot-summer humid continental climate ( Dfa ) bordering
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#1732797729786616-428: Was $ 53,887, and the median family income was $ 65,144. Males had a median income of $ 47,167 versus $ 32,054 for females. The town's per capita income was $ 31,320. About 5.3% of families and 8.3% of the population were below the poverty line , including 10.2% of those under age 18 and 6.0% of those age 65 or over. In 2016, according to Business Insider , the 11962 zip code encompassing Sagaponack , within Southampton,
644-460: Was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.45 and the average family size was 2.99. In the town, the population was spread out, with 21.1% under the age of 18, 7.7% from 18 to 24, 28.5% from 25 to 44, 26.0% from 45 to 64, and 16.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females, there were 99.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 97.2 males. The town's median household income
672-502: Was 87.98% White , 6.62% Black or African American , 0.41% Native American , 0.89% Asian , 0.08% Pacific Islander , 2.28% from other races , and 1.73% from two or more races. There were 21,504 households, of which 27.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 50.8% were married couples living together, 9.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 35.8% were non-families. 28.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 12.2% had someone living alone who
700-544: Was building a golf course at the resort. Back in the United States, Meade and Cryder scouted for a place for a golf course near New York City . Meade, known for his cowboy-ish antics trading commodities, was convinced that upstate New York would be the ideal location, but Cryder preferred a parcel of land in Yonkers . Ultimately, they chose the sandhills adjoining the Long Island Rail Road just east of
728-528: Was discontinued. (incomplete roll) Southampton, New York Southampton , officially the Town of Southampton , is a town in southeastern Suffolk County, New York , partly on the South Fork of Long Island . As of the 2020 U.S. census , the town had a population of 69,036. Southampton is included in the stretch of shoreline prominently known as the Hamptons . Stony Brook University has
756-409: Was illegally taken from them by earlier settlers of the area in 1859. At the 2018 U.S. Open, members of the Nation protested the event, noting that several burial sites were desecrated during the courses' construction. Stanford White designed the 1892 clubhouse, said to be the oldest golf clubhouse in the United States. A nine-hole ladies-only course was designed and built at Shinnecock Hills in 1893,
784-853: Was listed as the most expensive in the U.S., with a median home sale price of $ 8.5 million. Major employers in Southampton include The town supervisor is Maria Z. Moore, a registered member of the Democratic Party , who was elected in November 2023 with 56.99% of the vote against Republican Cynthia Mc Namara. The Long Island Rail Road 's sole line in the Town of Southampton is the Montauk Branch , which includes stations in Speonk , Westhampton , Hampton Bays , Southampton and Bridgehampton . Quogue and Southampton Campus also had their own stations until 1998. The Town of Southampton
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