The 10 best courses in New York (trust us – you want to play these)
Best golf courses in New York: Quaker Ridge
Quaker Ridge was designed in 1918 by Tillinghast out of the previous nine-hole Metropolitan nine-holer.
Tillinghast and Robert Trent Jones made modest alterations before Gil Hanse conducted a more thorough review this Millennium, taking out trees and returning the greens to their original form.
A classic old school parkland with stand-out two-shotters, Masters champion-turned-architect Ben Crenshaw said: “It is so much of a treat to play. There is such a beautiful mix of holes at Quaker Ridge; it is truly a Tillinghast gem.”
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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.