New York Golf Course Reviews
Whiteface Club Golf Course: A Lake Placid queen gets her regal dress
Tell a local that you're going to play Whiteface Club Golf Course and they'll let you know how much better shape it's in these days. This doesn't just come from one or two people either. Everyone you talk to echoes the same theme.
... full article »Forget the nature nuts, let's golf: Saratoga Spa course swings in a state park
Every state park should have its own golf course - one as good as the track at Saratoga Spa State Park in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. This state park in the late-summer horse-racing paradise of Saratoga Springs does not just have a golf course. It has a 7,141-yard golf course that runs through towering pine trees and takes precedence over nearly everything else.
... full article »Lake Placid's hidden golf ace: Craig Wood just your average scenic, historic muni
Craig Wood won both the Masters and the U.S. Open in 1941 at age 39, validating a career that saw him lose three previous majors in playoffs. Long after his death in 1968, his legacy lives on at Craig Wood Golf & Country Club.
... full article »Don't believe the hype: Saratoga National Golf Club a nice play but no must-play
Saratoga National Golf Club in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. isn't a bad course. But to place it in the same golf-quality solar system as Troon North makes about as much sense as likening Danielle Steele to Ernest Hemingway.
... full article »Tee times for you! Today's Saranac Inn is a great golf play for all
The wonders and quirks of Saranac Inn Golf & Country Club, a 104-year-old Seymour Dunn design, once the province of Vanderbilts and Rockefellers, are available to average folks. These days Saranac Inn is one of the most history-steeped, reasonably priced plays in the Lake Placid, N.Y. region.
... full article »From the river to the grave, Garrison Golf Club a unique Hudson River Valley look
The views of the Hudson River bring you to Garrison Golf Club. The graveyard just may be what brings you back. It's found on No. 14. Or at least above No. 14. Tombstones — old tombstones — look down on the near island green of Garrison's 14. In fact, when you're on the tee, picking out a target on this 215-yard par 3, your gaze cannot help but drift up to the stonewall cordoning off the hill above the green and the graves behind it. It's sort of creepy and atmospheric at the same time.
... full article »Mohonk a 9-hole gem in historic Hudson Valley
Nine-hole golf courses are too-often overlooked. As more golfers complain that the sport has come to cost too much and take too long, courses like Mohonk might see their reputation grow. With proximity to New York City (it's a 90-minute drive from Manhattan) and northern New Jersey, it's the perfect escape. "The nine remaining holes of the Mohonk Golf Course offer as charming a round of golf as you'll find anywhere," writes Patrick White.
... full article »Chautauqua Golf Club at the Historic Institution is filled with charm
For more than a century the Chautauqua Institution, sitting on the shoreline of the 18-mile long Lake Chautauqua about an hour outside Buffalo, has been an academic retreat. Not a resort, not really a vacation spot, but rather a campus of Victorian homes on streets hugged by trees and surrounded by university-like buildings that remind you of any one of the Ivy League colleges. The staff at the Chautauqua Institution believe golf is the perfect complement to a brainiac's getaway. You can just walk across the street from the Institution and play some of the region's best golf.
... full article »Conklin Players Club
Rob Serling, creator of "The Twilight Zone" grew up in Binghamton, New York. As host of that popular 60s TV show he told views to prepare to enter another dimension. Now, just south of Sterling's hometown in the small berg of Conklin, golfers can prepare to enter another dimension. This one much more inviting than the places Sterling created in his mind, this one is called Conklin Players Club.
... full article »En-Joie Golf Club
En-Joie Golf Club is a municipal golf course owned and operated by the town of Endicott, New York. In many ways its like other munis, very reasonable green fees and as a result lots of play. But En-Joie is unlike almost all other munis in that it hosts a PGA tour event!
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