Golf Club of Purchase

Listed by Business Insider as one of “The 12 Golf Courses Where Wall Street Big Shots Love To Play,” The Golf Club of Purchase is a 1996 Jack Nicklaus Signature layout that’s routed through woodland where wetlands also create challenge.

“An understated place that doesn’t draw publicity, but a solid modern addition to Westchester’s heavily classic golfing landscape,” is how author Daniel Wexler describes the course in his book in The American Private Golf Club Guide.

“Though not overly long, it is a significantly demanding test, highlighted early by the 459-yard 4th, a creative design is something of an island amidst a marsh. The 372-yard 5th plays to another wetlands-guarded putting surface, as does the 539-yard 7th, a fine three-shotter with alternative layup areas.

The back nine’s best come mostly at the finish, beginning at the 516-yard 15th (played across a creek to a small hilltop green) and the 456-yard 16th, a very demanding par four whose putting surface sits behind a pond. The 146-yard 17th is similarly water-menaced, while the 418-yard finisher doglegs sharply right before crossing one final stretch of wetlands to reach a narrow, angled green.”