Glens Falls

The beauty of using Top 100 Golf Courses as your guide, is getting to explore golf courses you would never otherwise know existed, especially in a country which isn't your homeland.

In the past several years, Glens Falls has received recognition as being the best golf course between Rochester and Westchester County of New York.

The currently being discovered gem is nestled at foothills of the Adirondack Mountains.

OK, let’s dispose of the negatives first.

You can always tell when Donald Ross was on a property or not.

Some Donald Ross courses open with a “play away” hole, a simple one that allows the player a bit of leeway to get the round started.

One of the benefits architects had in the early part of the 20th century was being able to select land on behalf of deep pocket benefactors and not have to concern themselves with the slew of environmental rules and regulations that existing architects most routinely face.

A below the radar design of Donald Ross that shines.