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GOLF2022 | Best 18 HOLE
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uphill fairway, so how you play your approach depends on where you placed your drive.
Briarcliff Manor
No. 2 • Par 5 • 515 yards
A par-5 hole doesn’t have to be long to be challenging. The 2nd hole at Trump National combines beautiful hazards, including a stream that meanders in, across, and along the fairway to a pond that guards the green with fairway bunkers that punish the player who tries to keep dry by hugging the left.
White Plains
No. 6 • Par 4 • 416 yards
What could be more beautiful than a hole that looks like it would be right at home on Augusta National? The 6th hole at Metropolis fits that description and adds a few bestial features, as well. There’s the fairway bunker right that is the slicer’s worst nightmare off the tee, then the innocent-looking bunker in the front- center of the green that seems to be in play for everyone no matter where the cup is cut.
Elmsford
No. 18 • Par 4 • 473 yards
The finishing hole at Knollwood is known as a beautiful round-wrecker. The view from the tee box takes in the expansive fairway, the hazard that defines the hole along the right side, and the elevated green, far, far in the distance. There’s no easy way to play this beast. It requires a long, well-placed drive and
Purchase
No. 7 • Par 3 • 175 yards
What a charming beast of a hole! It is indeed beautiful, with a winding brook beside the green, classic flash-faced bunkers pinching it, and the stunning halfway house in the background, but the slightest miscue from the tee can easily send your ball to a sandy or watery grave.
No. 17 • Par 4 • 372 yards
Our golf panel had some spirited discussions on this hole, all over the best way to play it. The green, perfectly framed by pine trees but blind on the second shot, is canted to the
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15 Knollwood CC
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12 Salem GC North Salem
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14 Metropolis CC
Knollwood CC, Hole 18
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