![]() Others have weighed in on the merits of the holes and generally I concur. When the sky is clear and sunshine abundant, the panorama really adds to the golf experience - especially in the Fall period. The Sleepy Hollow site is blessed with engrossing terrain and the views of the Hudson River from certain vantage points is clearly something one will not forget. George passed away a few years ago but, in his lifetime, there was no one with more knowledge of the career of CBM than he. Different design fingerprints only served to muddy the waters - even if those fingerprints came from some of the most noted architects.įortunately, the club was able to hire an ascending career wise Gil Hanse and in securing him the club also benefited from the involvement of the late George Bahto. Kudos to the club's leadership in recognizing that having a previously discombobulated layout needed to be rectified. Some solid template holes here, including the 15th, one of my favorite Alps holes I have ever played with a fantastic punchbowl green.ĭespite cracking the Top 100 US on most lists, the course might still be underrated, likely due to the deep bench of courses in the tri-state area already highly ranked. The sprawling course has good elevation change without feeling like a climb and offers great variety in design - some consider this a weakness, but I find it a strength, particularly for members who can play different styles of hole design and never get sick of the course. ![]() ![]() ![]() While the 16th gets the most attention, all of the par 3s are strong at the course, which has been influenced by CB Macdonald, Raynor, Tillinghast, and Hanse/Bahto over the years. The much photographed 16th (short par 3 overlooking the Hudson) used to be an eyesore with a "smiley face" bunker complex, and is now one of the most photographed par 3s in the US. When you look at before and after pictures of the course prior to the fine work of Gil Hanse and George Bahto, you realize how smart the membership was to support the restoration plan. Women’s Amateur in 2002 and the club also staged the Senior Tour's now defunct NYNEX Commemorative tournament between 19. Sleepy Hollow's championship Upper course played host to the U.S. Not many parkland courses deliver this much drama." Writing in The Confidential Guide to Golf Courses, Tom Doak commented as follows: "This sprawling course climbs up a ridge, with knockout views of the Hudson River as the backdrop for the short 16th. After a couple of failed restoration attempts around the 1990s, Gil Hanse and George Bahto were called in to perform a major overhaul of the course in 2007.Īll twenty-seven holes on the property have now been restored in the style of Macdonald – a trio of replica par threes (Eden 3rd, reverse Redan 7th and Short 16th) benefitting in particular – which proves that new life can be breathed into an old course, providing the right people are involved. Tillinghast added seven new holes, which unfortunately resulted in something of a mismatched layout. As Crane frantically tried to get away, the "Headless Horseman" suddenly stopped and threw his head at him. One fateful night, Crane was confronted by the ghost and chased toward a nearby bridge. Bones and another townsman named Ichabod Crane were vying for the hand of wealthy heiress Katrina Van Tassel. The most famous of many legends surrounding Sleepy Hollow is that of the "Headless Horseman." According to the story, the ghost of a Hessian soldier, who was beheaded during the Revolutionary War had possessed the body of Brom Bones, a local schoolteacher. In The Evangelist of Golf, George Bahto commented as follows: "Many of the original Macdonald and Raynor golf holes were named after characters and sites of the story "Ichabod". Designed by Charles Blair Macdonald, with Seth Raynor as foreman, the legendary golf layout at Sleepy Hollow Country Club sits high above the Hudson River on a 338-acre estate that was purchased by William Rockefeller and Frank Vanderlip a year before the course opened for play in 1911. ![]()
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