Rhode Island Golf Club, Newport Rhode Island Private Club, Narragansett Bay Marina, Scottish style Golf Course

"A wonderful golfing experience on a challenging course with spectacular views. What a privilege it is to have this unique Scottish-style course in America!"

Brad Faxon, PGA Tour and
Carnegie Abbey Member

Back Nine

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Back Nine: 12th Hole

White Stones
520 Yards - Par 5
On the tee shot, a small central bunker set into a ridge splits the vast fairway and players must decide which line to choose. The cross slope from left to right effectively narrows the wider right-hand route and the player going for the long drive should try the left-hand channel to gain maximum use from the slopes. Once on the top of the ridge, the rest of the hole unfolds, a dominant approach bunker on the left of the approach pinching into the area where most players want to be.

The green is huge and rolling, and the decision on how to play the second and third shot will vary according to the flag position. If the flag is left, then stay left, either short of the approach bunker, or carry over it to use the valley which funnels down onto the green. The right flag may be a little easier to reach but the angle of the fairway will make the positioning of the second shot a little trickier than first appears.

The quartz outcrops to the left of the hole were uncovered during construction, having been completely covered in a thicket of vines, lost in dense woodland.

They must once have been visible from all around the area, in the days when the whole area was farmed before World War II. The quartz adds a contrasting and showy quality to the fieldstone walls. Notice the gateway behind the next tee.

This outcrop was quarried in 1864 (during the American Civil War) under the direction of Richard Upjohn, the first president of the American Architectural Association, when he designed the original estate buildings now incorporated into the School. The Boathouse at Portsmouth Abbey with its stone turret is constructed out of this white quartz.