The private course debuted in 1927 with a design by architect William H. "Willie" Tucker, although the late Geoffrey S. Cornish and architecture partner Brian Silva oversaw the renovation of many bunkers and greens during the 1970s and 1980s. Then from 2005 to 2006, architect Ron Forse oversaw a restoration of the original Tucker design. Preakness Hills plays over moderately rolling terrain in Passaic County, about 20 miles from midtown Manhattan. Water is in play on seven holes.