Wykagyl Country Club (New Rochelle, New York)

 golf course, country club

The HSBC Women’s World Match Play Championship moved to a new home in 2007 amidst the picturesque surroundings of the Wykagyl Country Club, New Rochelle, New York. The course remains one of the most highly-rated in the United States with it rolling slopes, the proximity of the woods, and the hazards of the willow-bordered brooks, calling for every shot in golf.

The original course was laid out by Lawrence E. Van Etten in 1905 but was later changed in two steps by two noted golf architects. Firstly Donald Ross redesigned several holes in 1919 and then A.W. Tillinghast orchestrated some changes, including a totally new 17th hole and shortening the 18th, that were completed in 1931. In 1994 the club commissioned noted golf course architect Arthur Hills to supervise a makeover and in 2005, Coore-Crenshaw, the design partnership of Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw, were asked to maintain the legacy of 'Wykagyl’s storied golf course'.