Fresh Meadow Country Club is a country club with a golf course in the eastern United States, located on Long Island in Lake Success, New York, its home since 1946. The club opened in the New York City borough of Queens in 1923, with a golf course designed by noted course architect A. W. Tillinghast, and hosted two major championships in the early 1930s.
Under increasing development and tax pressure, the club sold its Queens property in 1946, which was developed as a residential neighborhood by New York Life Insurance Company.
The club then purchased the property, clubhouse, and golf course of the defunct Lakeville Golf & Country Club in Nassau County, which is the club’s present course. Approximately five miles (8 km) northeast of the original site, its course was designed by English course architect Charles Hugh Alison, partner of architect Harry Colt.
Fresh Meadow is a parkland course. Its fairways follow the natural roll of the forested terrain, the trees intruding dangerously close to fairways. Several tees are elevated well above the fairway, presenting vistas hardly conducive to keeping one’s eye on the ball.
Best Hole at Fresh Meadow Country Club: The back nine at Fresh Meadow proves to be infinitely more interesting than the the front. After you make the turn (and stop in the clubhouse to sort through an impressive selection of jelly beans, m & m’s, and gold fish to recharge), you step onto the tenth tee and behold the gorgeous 586 yard par 5 that introduces you to the second half of your round. The hole is long but downhill, and a solid tee shot to a wide open fairway will give you a decent shot at par. From there, you’ll check out number eleven, a 196 yard par 3 with a green that sits at the lowest point of elevation on the course. The green is still raised, however, so the hole plays just about on the number.
