New York Golf Course Reviews
Seven Oaks Golf Club in Hamilton, New York: Colgate's home course offers a final exam in putting
Seven Oaks Golf Club, the home course for the Colgate University golf team, was voted among the top 20 public golf courses in New York by Golf Magazine. And if you want to post a good score on this Robert Trent Jones Sr. design, you better be able to handle slick greens, Brandon Tucker writes.
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The Sagamore Golf Course in Bolton Landing, N.Y.: Restored Ross masterpiece a gateway to the Adirondacks
The entrance to The Sagamore Golf Course is understated, but the course -- in the foothills of the Adirondack mountains with a beautiful view of Lake George -- isn't underrated. The Donald Ross design is considered one of New York's finest public golf courses for good reason.
... full article »Lake Placid Club Mountain Course a golf girl's best friend in New York
It doesn't take long to figure out what he-man thumping golfers are thought of at Lake Placid Club's Mountain Course. Long hitters are going to feel hemmed in on this 96-year-old, 6,294-yard design. Which is just what makes it a woman golfer's best friend.
... full article »Lake Placid's golf time machine: Links Course is the throwback of throwbacks
Those who've played true links golf in Scotland or Ireland could be in for a shock at the Lake Placid Club's Links Course. It doesn't give you much roll on shots, making it play even longer than its 6,936 yards. Attack the Links Course like a traditional links course and you'll be in for a very long day.
... full article »Otesaga Resort's Leatherstocking Golf Course: More to Cooperstown than the Hall of Fame
Designed by Devereux Emmet in 1909, the Leatherstocking Golf Course is a challenging, 18-hole, championship golf course located at The Otesaga Resort in Cooperstown. The Otesaga was voted one of the 50 top U.S. golf resorts by readers of Condé Nast Traveler (June 2000), in recognition of the Leatherstocking's excellent design and level of difficulty, as well as of the quality of accommodations and dining at the resort.
... full article »Taking the Cure at Saratoga Spa State Park in New York
The pairing of golf resorts and spas is an explosive trend today, so it's hard to imagine that Saratoga Spa State Park in Saratoga Springs, New York combined the two nearly 70 years ago with the construction of the original nine holes of the Park's championship course. Saratoga had already been a spa hundreds of years before that.
... full article »Spook Rock Still a Top Value Among City's Municipal Courses
Throughout the 1990s, Spook Rock frequented Golf Digest lists of the best public golf courses in the United States. As new upscale public courses keep popping up around the country, it might be hard for the Rockland County course to maintain some of those lofty ratings. Nothing, however, has changed about the quality of the course.
... full article »The Shenendoah Golf Club is Flush with Challenges
Many golfers have been known to bring gambling to the course. The Oneida Nation has brought the golf course to a gambling center. The Shenendoah Golf Club, with its pro shop situated about a 9-iron away from the back entrance to the Turning Stone Casino Resort, opened May 25, 2000. The Oneida Nation has lofty aspirations for its new showcase course.
... full article »Crystal Springs Golf Course: Only the Strong Survive
Golfers ready to take on Crystal Springs Golf Course can expect to have to hit many different shots. Among the tests are: controlling the distance of an iron shot sent soaring off a cliff 80 feet above the green, carrying a ball 135 yards over water and landing it softly, and consistently hitting some of the tightest fairways in resort golf.
... full article »Conklin Players Club: Underrated Gem Steps into the Spotlight
Course design and management's equivalent of a public links amateur golfer playing himself into contention in the U.S. Open is cause for celebration at the Conklin Players Club. Built and run by the Brown and Rickard families, the Conklin Players Club has been appreciated by players on the New York-Pennsylvania border since it opened in 1991. The course started without an experienced architect and it continues without a professional.
... full article »The Links at Hiawatha Landing: Challenging Golf in New York State
The Links at Hiawatha Landing's status around the state was confirmed when the Apalachin course was selected to host the New York State Amateur in 1996, just its third year in existence. A year later, Golf Digest honored The Links at Hiawatha Landing with its Junior Development Award.
... full article »- Conklin Players Club: Underrated Gem Steps into the Spotlight
- Spook Rock Still a Top Value Among City's Municipal Courses
- The Shenendoah Golf Club is Flush with Challenges
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