The 10 best courses in New York (trust us – you want to play these)
Best golf courses in New York: National Golf Links of America
It kind of has you at the name, doesn’t it?
If it is the ‘National Golf Links of America’ it is either really good, or really deluded. It is definitely the former.
‘The National’ was founded in 1908 and CB Macdonald was again involved, assisted by the lower profile but nonetheless masterful Seth Raynor.
Anglophile Macdonald incorporated famous holes he had seen from his tours around Britain while a student at St Andrews and sure enough the Road Hole and Eden from the Old Course, Sahara from Sandwich, Bottle from Sunningdale, Alps from Prestwick and Redan from North Berwick are in evidence at NGLA.
It’s one occasion when mimicry actually works, and was a high-class host of the Walker Cup in 2013.
NCG’s best golf courses in New York list continues on the next page…
Chris Bertram
Chris Bertram is a specialist in all things golf courses.
He was born and brought up in Dumfriesshire and has been a sports journalist since 1996, initially as a junior writer with National Club Golfer magazine.
Chris then spent four years writing about football and rugby union for the Press Association but returned to be Editor and then Publisher of NCG.
He has been freelance since 2010 and spends the majority of his time playing golf and writing about the world’s finest golf courses.