Winged Foot's name and logo are taken directly from a sculpture in the lobby floor of the New York Athletic Club in Manhattan.

[3] Winged Foot has two 18-hole golf courses, the West and the East, both of which were designed by A. W. Tillinghast.

[4] In 2019 Winged Foot was listed on the National Register of Historic Places, as the last course Tillinghast designed that was complemented by a Clifford Charles Wendehack clubhouse.

Winged Foot's West Course has hosted the U.S. Open six times and the PGA Championship once.

[9] On January 9, 2023, it was announced Winged Foot will host the U.S. Open for a seventh time in 2028, the first since 2006 at the course with ticketed spectators.