Catskill Golf Club

Lakeville, CT · 28 mi away

The Hotchkiss School Golf Course circles the campus of the Hotchkiss School in Lakeville, Connecticut, with views of Lake Wononscopomuc and the surrounding Berkshire-Taconic hills. Seth Raynor designed the course in 1924; Charles Banks, a Hotchkiss teacher who later became Raynor's design partner, reconfigured several holes in the 1930s after Raynor's death. The nine-hole course plays to a par of 35 across just over 3,000 yards, with undulating greens and moderate elevation changes that give it a reputation among golf architecture enthusiasts for its Raynor template holes. The course closes to the public in afternoons during the school's athletic season and otherwise operates on a membership and daily-fee basis, run through the school's pro shop.

Averill Park, NY · 30 mi away

Burden Lake Country Club is an 18-hole, par-72 golf course in Averill Park, New York, roughly ten miles from Troy and fifteen from Albany. The course was designed by architect Chuck Baltzel and operates today as a semi-private club open to public play. The layout is set in the rolling terrain around the Rensselaer County lake region, with course reviewers describing large, fast greens and a generally challenging test for the area. Facilities include a grass-tee driving range and private lessons through the club's PGA staff. Beyond the course, Burden Lake offers indoor golf simulators featuring dozens of virtual courses for year-round play, along with a clubhouse restaurant and bar known as Jack Kelly's Tavern by the Green. The club welcomes both members and public golfers with advance tee time booking.

Lagrangeville, NY · 33 mi away

The Links at Union Vale is a semi-private, 18-hole course in Dutchess County, about 70 miles north of New York City near the Taconic Parkway. Architect Stephen Kay built the course on roughly 200 acres of former cattle and farmland and opened it in 2000. The par-72 layout measures 6,646 yards from the back tees and sits on open, largely treeless ground with views of the Hudson Hills and Catskill Mountains. Fescue, pot bunkers and water run through the routing. The club also runs a junior golf academy and hosts weddings on site.