Liberty National Golf Club
The club cost over $250 million to build, making it one of the most expensive golf courses in history. Club designers added amenities such as an on-site helistop, yacht services, spa, and restaurant.
Tournaments hosted
Liberty National hosted The Northern Trust (formerly The Barclays and the Westchester Classic), in 2009, 2013, 2019, and 2021. In 2009, Heath Slocum won with a score of 275 (–9), one stroke ahead of four runners-up. In August 2013, Australian Adam Scott won by one stroke over four runners-up. Due to negative feedback from many players in 2009, the course underwent many changes prior to the 2013 playing.
In 2019, The Northern Trust – the first of three events of the PGA TOUR's FedEx Cup Playoffs – was played at Liberty National from August 8–11. It was won by Patrick Reed, with a score of 268 (–16). In 2021, it was again the first event of the FedEx Cup Playoffs and was won by Tony Finau with a score of 264 (–20).
On June 1-4, 2023, it hosted its first LPGA event, the Mizuho Americas Open, overlooking the Statue of Liberty and the Manhattan skyline.
Presidents Cup
Liberty National hosted the Presidents Cup in 2017.
Caven Point controversy
Caven Point is a 22-acre (8.9 ha) bird sanctuary in Liberty State Park along the Hudson River Waterfront Walkway adjacent to the golf course. The owners of the course would like to lease the land to expand the course with additional holes. The proposal would require privatization of publicly-owned land and disruption of the fragile ecosystem. Proposals to protect the land have been made in the New Jersey Legislature to specifically protect the park from commercial development without a severe vetting process and public scrutiny.
Scorecard
Tee | Rating/Slope | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
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Tournament | 77.7 / 155 | 398 | 219 | 395 | 193 | 427 | 538 | 484 | 611 | 474 | 3739 | 513 | 250 | 431 | 563 | 150 | 481 | 325 | 445 | 490 | 3648 | 7387 |
Medal | 74.2 / 142 | 365 | 196 | 365 | 163 | 401 | 523 | 445 | 565 | 360 | 3383 | 496 | 225 | 363 | 521 | 146 | 444 | 285 | 428 | 471 | 3379 | 6762 |
Liberty | 72.9 / 141 | 365 | 171 | 365 | 153 | 401 | 498 | 413 | 537 | 360 | 3263 | 496 | 193 | 363 | 489 | 146 | 423 | 285 | 428 | 414 | 3237 | 6500 |
Member | 72.2 / 134 | 339 | 171 | 345 | 153 | 386 | 498 | 413 | 537 | 347 | 3189 | 453 | 193 | 324 | 489 | 131 | 423 | 261 | 387 | 414 | 3075 | 6264 |
Regular | 69.6 / 120 | 319 | 142 | 322 | 136 | 344 | 465 | 381 | 485 | 330 | 2924 | 424 | 153 | 301 | 446 | 114 | 401 | 248 | 348 | 389 | 2824 | 5748 |
SI | 15 | 17 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 10 | 18 | 4 | 16 | 6 | 2 | ||||
Par | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 36 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 36 | 72 | |
Forward | 72.4 / 135 | 293 | 137 | 277 | 107 | 304 | 438 | 353 | 453 | 269 | 2631 | 374 | 113 | 262 | 414 | 98 | 366 | 224 | 297 | 325 | 2473 | 5104 |
Notable members
Liberty National has notable members such as: