The US Challenge Cup comes to the Eisenhower Golf Complex in its latest event on the tournament schedule.

 

The Red Course, one of three 18-hole golf courses at Eisenhower Park, has a storied history. Originally, it was part of the exclusive Salisbury Golf Club, begun by wealthy Long Islanders such as A.T. Stewart, a 19th-century retailer and property magnate who created the planned Village of Garden City out of the prairie known as the Hempstead Plains.

 

The Red Course's history with championship golf goes back to the PGA Championship in 1926, but in recent years the course has hosted the PGA's Champions Tour. Professional golfers on that circuit have lavished praise on the Red course. PGA golfer Lee Trevino has called Eisenhower Red "one of the better and one of the toughest courses we play."