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ricocheted off the massive rock outcropping behind the 65-yard-wide green. Where else are you going to find a hole like that in the county?
Pound Ridge GC green fees are commensu- rate with the quality of the golf and a variety of time-of-day rates make the course affordable for just about any player.
Lake Isle CC
Eastchester
6,019 yards • par 70
Lake Isle’s Devereux Emmet course epitomizes classic shotmaker’s golf. The short-but-chal- lenging course presents the full spectrum of short and long holes, as well as straight and crooked, uphill and downhill. You’ll play over or around water, navigate blind shots, and use every club in your bag — perhaps even off the tee!
The course opens with a pair of short par 4s and a par 3, then smacks you in the face with a trio of the toughest holes in town: the 425-yard, par-4 4th; 400-yard, uphill-dogleg 5th; and the 449-yard, par-4 6th. After you catch your breath, you get to tackle the 230- yard, par-3 9th hole to finish the opening nine.
The back side has several captivating and challenging holes, including the 396- yard, downhill, severe-dogleg 16th, with water in play off the tee, and the 280-yard, precision-required 18th, one of the most fun holes in Westchester.
Lake Isle CC is owned by the Town of East- chester and offers both memberships and daily- fee play to residents and nonresidents alike.
Centennial Lakes Course
Somers National GC
Somers National GC
Somers
6,349 yards • par 72
When new owners took over the former West Hill Course in Heritage Hills in 2019, they promised to renovate the hilly, sub-par facility and present a public-golf alternative worthy of play in golf-rich Westchester. Their goal was achieved with Somers National GC, an
interesting track where local knowledge helps a lot and a steady hand on the putter is needed to put pars on the scorecard.
Somers National rewards the player who takes time to study the options on each hole before bombing away with the driver off the tee. The 389-yard 3rd hole, for example, lets you choose whether to challenge the water on the left or the trees on the right with your tee shot. The 628-yard, par-5 14th hole features a fairway that bends like a snake before bringing you to a tiny green protected by a creek.
It’s fun golf and not for the faint of heart. The semiprivate club offers memberships, as well as daily-fee play.
Westchester County Courses
Daily-fee golfers in Westchester should be quite happy with the six courses owned and operated by the county’s parks department. There’s a course just right for golfers at every level, from short and scenic Dunwoodie in Yonkers to long and challenging Hudson Hills in Ossining. Sprain Lake in Yonkers is on the shorter side but is no pushover, while Maple Moor in White Plains rewards the straight shooter who can pull out a cannon once or twice during the round. Roller-coaster eleva- tion changes may make Mohansic in York- town Heights the most challenging course in the rota, while Saxon Woods in Scarsdale will be the choice of the golf purist looking for a classic layout that is rumored to have several features designed by A.W. Tillinghast. •
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