History and Gardiner's Bay Country Club - Shelter Island Reporter
History and Gardiner’s Bay Country Club (Credit:Reporter File Photo) This summer season we can all celebrate a wonderful achievement for Shelter Island — Gardiner’s Bay Country Club is 125 years old. Although the club’s early history was a series of challenges, including fire, World Wars and the Great Depression, the club’s current position is one of strength and a future full of promise. By the late 19th century, at the home of golf in Scotland’s St. Andrews, shepherds had been swinging their crooks at pebbles for over half a millennium. Howe...