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2026 U.S. Open Set for Shinnecock Hills Amid Tribal Dispute

6/19/2026

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United States will host the 2026 U.S. Open at Shinnecock Hills Golf Club.
Shinnecock Hills, incorporated in 1891, is a founding USGA club that hosted the Open in 1886 and 1896.
Shinnecock Nation members, who built the 12-hole course and still tend the grounds, erected protest pillars claiming tribal territory, which courts removed.
The tribe seeks repatriation of bones uncovered on the course, though many graves now lie beneath fairways.

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United States will host the 2026 U.S. Open at Shinnecock Hills Golf Club.
Shinnecock Hills, incorporated in 1891, is a founding USGA club that hosted the Open in 1886 and 1896.
Shinnecock Nation members, who built the 12-hole course and still tend the grounds, erected protest pillars claiming tribal territory, which courts removed.
The tribe seeks repatriation of bones uncovered on the course, though many graves now lie beneath fairways.