Tiger Woods is designing an 18-hole private course on Long Island’s Gold Coast, and the next Tiger Woods golf course will rise in Brookville, New York. Woods and his design firm, TGR Design, will build it on the old Tam O’Shanter grounds, according to a release from The Armchair Collective announced Monday.
Land like this rarely comes around twice, and it makes the project one of Tiger’s biggest design jobs yet. His playing future, meanwhile, stays an open question, as our look at why Woods isn’t in the Hero World Challenge field shows.
What the Tiger Woods golf course will include
The Armchair Collective calls this its Long Island flagship. The plan, according to Best Clubhouse, is a private golf destination with an 18-hole Woods course, a new clubhouse and member cottages.
Armchair says it is building a national membership around architecturally notable courses. So this one is meant to draw members from well beyond Nassau County.
Woods announced it on social media himself. “I’m excited to announce that @tgr.design and I are partnering with The Armchair Collective,” he wrote, in a post on social media. Dirt is expected to move in 2027.
The mayor of Brookville, Dan Serota, called it “a remarkable opportunity” for “this beautiful and historic part of Long Island.” Still, the property earns the praise.
The grounds began as part of the Linden Estate, built around 1915, according to TGR Design. That pedigree makes this Woods Long Island course a natural fit for a signature design.
How the Brookville golf club site got here
Tam O’Shanter has had a rough decade. The club closed completely in 2021. A developer had bought the land in 2019 and planned luxury homes.
Then came a plot twist: arsenic found in the topsoil stalled that plan, per Golf on Long Island.
Then the village changed its rules. In 2025, Brookville’s trustees amended the code, which had allowed only not-for-profit golf operators. As a result, members-only, for-profit clubs are now allowed.
The village said the 148-acre property was later sold to Armchair Collective. The company plans to turn it into exactly that kind of club.
So a patch of land that looked destined for houses is heading back to golf, with Woods’ name on the blueprints. That’s quite a comeback story for a course that sat quiet for years.
What it means for you
Don’t expect to book a tee time. This will be a private, members-only club with a national membership, and nobody has published a price. If you live nearby, expect construction news first and a membership pitch later.
In fact, Armchair hasn’t announced the club’s name, the cost of the build or an opening date. What we do know is the scale: 148 acres, and dirt moving in 2027.
Woods also has history here. He won the 2002 U.S. Open at Bethpage, not far from Brookville, and Long Island has treated him like family ever since. Putting his design work on the Gold Coast feels like a homecoming.
Meanwhile, the next generation keeps drawing his name, as Jackson Koivun’s 3M Open win and the Tiger comparisons showed.
Tiger has plenty to build, and Long Island gets to see whether he can make a legendary property new again. The real question is who gets to play it.
