The weather might feel miserable right now, but it's spring and that means the fairways will begin to turn green and golf season will be start.Golf is one of the favorite hobbies of the Wall Street crowd, and when it comes to where they play, they'll accept only the best.
We have compiled a list of some of the courses where the biggest heavy-hitters on Wall Street like to play.
-Blind Brook (Purchase, New York)-
**Wall Streeters Who Have Played There:* *Lloyd Blankfein, James Gorman, Stanley Druckenmiller, Jimmy Lee and Jimmy Dunne III.
*Location: *Purchase, New York
*About: *It's a private, members-only golf club that was established in 1915. The course features 18 holes, 6,385 yards and a par of 72.
*Course Designer(s):* Charles Blair Macdonald and Seth Raynor
Source: GolfLink.com, Source: GHIN.com, Source: Golf Slope-Sebonack Golf Club (Southampton, New York)-
**Wall Streeters Who Have Played There:* *Lloyd Blankfein, Gary Cohn, Feroz Dewan (Tiger Global), Daniel Och, Henry Kravis, Jimmy Dunne III (Sandler O'Neill) and Bob Prince (Bridgewater Associates).
*Location:* Southampton, New York
*About:* The gorgeous 300 acre course, which opened in 2006, is located right on the water in Southampton. It's close to neighboring golf courses, Shinnecock Hills and National Links. According to a 2006 Bloomberg News article, membership just to golf at Sebonack costs $500,000. The course features holes, 7,286 yards and a par of 72.
*Course Designer(s): *Jack Nicklaus and Tom Doak
Source: GolfLink.com, Source: GHIN-Shinnecock Hills Golf Course (Southampton, New York)-
**Wall Streeters Who Have Played There: **George Herbert Walker IV (Neuberger Berman), Henry Kravis (KKR), Stan Druckenmiller (Duquesne), Eric Gleacher, Jimmy Dunne III and Chase Coleman.
*Location: *Southampton, New York
*About: *The course features 18 holes, 6,996 yards and a par of 70. Shinnecock is scheduled to host the 2018 U.S. open.
*Course Designer: *William Flynn
Source: GHIN
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