Golf Your Heart Out in the Hudson Valley

The Very Best Hudson Valley Golf

The Hudson Valley is place of beauty, both natural and architectural, which gives residents and visitors alike plenty to enjoy. Another thing that the Hudson Valley offers? Plenty of amazing golf courses to take your weekend (or after work wind-down) from ordinary to truly enjoyable. Finding a great round of golf in the Hudson Valley is as easy as doing a little research and finding exactly what you want, whether it’s gorgeous views, good prices, or a challenging green. We’ve compiled a list of our favorite Hudson Valley golf stops to help you get started planning your ultimate weekend.

Spook Rock Golf Course

Located in Montebello, New York, Spook Rock offers avid golfers the opportunity to play on a supreme course with the kind of scenery you need to unwind, enjoy yourself and become one with your 9-iron. Whether you go during summer, spring or fall, there is plenty of natural beauty to soak in while you own the green.

Putnam County Golf Course

This exceptional Hudson Valley destination for golf boasts over 50 years of providing residents and visitors to the Lower Hudson Valley with a scenic and relaxing place to play golf. Whether they go as part of a group, with their work friends or on their own, guests to the Putnam County Golf Course can count on challenging holes and plenty of natural beauty to enjoy during their experience.

Garrison Golf Club

This picturesque and perfectly coiffed golf course sits in the gorgeous Hudson Highlands, with 300 acres of rolling hills and sweeping vistas to captivate you as you make your way from hole to hole. You can fine dine at the upscale on-site restaurant, The Valley, or even book an overnight stay in one of their rooms. There’s also a bar, a restaurant with al fresco dining, and plenty of places to simply sit down and enjoy yourself.

Hudson Hills Golf Club

This 7,000 yard, par-71 championship course offers guests the opportunity to view a full third of the entire course from its highest point, atop one of its many gorgeous hills. Enjoy the vistas and the challenging green with your friends, breathe in the clean air of the Hudson River Valley, and experience the kind of total escape all of us need sometimes.

Casperkill Golf Club

Located among the beautiful rolling hills of the Hudson River Valley’s Dutchess County, the Casperkill Golf Club offers New Yorkers from all over the chance to experience a departure from the hustle and bustle of modern city life and get in touch with nature. The course was built in 1944 and continues to to offer a delightfully challenging set of terrace greens that will likely become your favorite new golf course in the Hudson Valley. We can’t say we’d blame you.

Thunderhart Golf Course at Sunny Hill

With its gorgeous location in the Northern Catskills, the Thunderhart Golf Course offers guests the chance to try a challenging green in a natural atmosphere that can only be described as serene. Whether you’re a golf enthusiast or just want to enjoy the landscapes of one of the most breathtaking locations in the continental United States, Thunderhart has something for you.

If you’re lucky enough to live, work, or play in the Hudson River Valley, there is plenty of incredible golf to be had, whether it’s for your weekend or a quick after-work unwinding session. The Hudson River Valley’s long list of public golf courses proves that a few hours of hitting up the greens could be the best decision you make all week.

 

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