Bonnie Briar Country Club

Overview: In Larchmont, Bonnie Briar Country Club offers a private parkland setting with 18 holes, Westchester County. The layout moves through wooded ground, exposed rock, sloping fairways and the Sheldrake River, creating a compact but highly varied test. Current club material credits Devereux Emmet and A.W. Tillinghast, and the course measures 6,385 yards at par 71 from the back tees. Its character comes from the land itself: several holes climb or drop sharply, while the greens use tiers, false fronts and falloffs to reward controlled approaches.

History: Bonnie Briar was established in 1921 by Ed Bill Jr., whose family also completed the clubhouse from local stone and timber. The club’s own history places the property in a much older golf landscape, noting an early six-hole layout in the area during the nineteenth century. Over time the course developed into the present Westchester layout, with the Emmet and Tillinghast design traditions central to its identity. The club remains member-owned and operated, preserving a long-running connection between the property, its clubhouse and the surrounding community.

Did You Know? The Sheldrake River appears repeatedly in the course story, including near the closing stretch where several holes use the water and the surrounding rock formations as natural strategy features. The club also notes that the first and ninth fairways occupy the site of an early six-hole golf layout.