Hudson Hills Golf Course

Was a tough course. Use irons more. Blind spot drives. Overall, great course. Wind on back 9 can change the entire round. No driving range.

I understand that public golf courses want to book as many tee times as possible per hour, but when there are so many that a reserved tee time is 20 minutes behind, shameful.
The starter apologized and did the best he could. Also, where has golfers common sense of fairness gone? The group in front of our 9:48 tee time was so slow, that " while we're young" did not effect them...would not occur to let a faster group play through...where are the course marshalls?
The bunker conditions are terrible, spend some time raking them and put sand inside of the traps....
The rough is too high for public play, why not have a first and second cut of rough to speed up play?
There is no divot repair or ball mark repair on the greens....
All of this for $ 85... no bargain...this is a $ 45 green fee at best....

Course not in the shape I am accustomed to playing it, the blind spots beat you up from the tee box, but still had good time. Pace was good, if you never played it before it is well worth it.

The Good:
Played on a Sun, 10:24 tee time. Perfect weather with a few buddies on a friend's birthday. Ready for a great day.
The Bad: The starter calls 10:23, and thinking he made he a minor mistake, I say right here, 10:24. He says no, 10:23. My friend says to me, maybe he meant 10:33? No again. Starter (Steve?) says there was a compluter glitch, don't shoot the messenger! and gave us an attitude. So, the tee times were a minute apart??? He took the twosome behind us and paired them with twosome ahead, and with the 'new' group squeezed in, we didn't tee off until 10:50.
The Course: Overall, in good shape as it should be with the rain, rough is juicy and greens were rolling nicely. I had a couple drives I thought were perfect end up in ankle deep rough, <1 ft off the fairway. Ever heard of a first cut? As an earlier review mentioned, the green on #14 is a sitting duck for drives hit right off #4. Holes 2,15,16,17 all run parrallel, get ready to take cover.
The Price: $115 to play w/o a pass, I'll pay half that and take my 5 hour and 20 min round to Bethpage Black.

Hudson Hills is a beautiful, though often tough track. Lots of hidden greens and difficult sidehill or up and down-hill lies await you. But the rewards make it worth the struggle.

The course was beautiful and well maintained. The rough was thick and dense so if you missed the fairway, you were in trouble if you were even able to find your ball.

Great course but poor at sending out complete 4 somes. Me and my friend were a 2 some in front of us was a single in front of him was a. 3 some which causes slow play could not get any flow to round waited to play on most holes

course is in in good condition. we have perfect weather and course is no busy. best round of golf so far this year for me.

Each hole is very interesting. No boring holes. Really enjoyed except pace of play.

The one knock on this course is pace of play which is not the course's fault, it's the players who are selfish and don't care about other golfers which is a shame since this is a stellar facility. The staff is the best I have dealt with on a course and are all 5 star human beings who really do care about the customer. Play here and get to the staff and you will be very happy you came here.

I have played this course a few times in the past. it is a long and tough course that never disappoints. As of 4/14/14, the course still needed some work after the brutal winter, but i am confident that the grounds crew will get it there. i payed $45 to play it, so thats crazy cheap for this course.
The carts are second to none. They have GPS and are electric. They also slow down when you are off the cart path on path only holes. The carts also alert you to where others are on the blind shot holes.

went by myself and got paired up. some challenging holes. otherwise average holes. maintained well.

2 holes were completely blind. Well maintaibed. Would play again. I am glad I paid $55 through golf now and not $115.

Very good and well-maintained course. Beautiful views from many hilly perches. Course is a bit tricky from the tee, so repeated plays would be beneficial to understand how best to approach some of the holes. A terrific golfing experience overall.

Hudson Hills is couse that if you have not played before, you will be losing balls. Many blind shots and lots of hills. The fairways are fairly open but if you are a long hitter you will spend time looking for your ball. You do not want to walk this course.
Greens are firm and very fast. They can be difficult to read. Fairways could use some divot repair.
All in all a nice course. I think it should cost less than the 85 for weekdays and 115 for w/e.

This Westchester public course is billed as something special. I've been sucked in 3x now because its easy to get a tee time. But each time, I just wish I hadn't played at all. The course is not as well maintained as it could be for the price they charge, it's filled with blind shots and poor hazard design...and there's no practice range. I mean, c'mon.

Carts are a must as you are up and down hills all day long. This is truly a course for the low handicapper. Tight layout. Invariably you are going to play with the ball either above or below your feet. Easy for the high handicapper to go through a bunch of balls. Lots of movement on the greens; read somewhere that the break is always towards the water tower, but didn't feel like that's always the case. The only Westchester public course where I've seen machines in the traps for maintenance. Another "unique" characteristic, tho they didn't have it this day, is that there are attendants after 18 who'll wipe down your clubs. Not sure what the expected tip rate is; maybe they've dropped the practice.

Great layout.......well designed gem............You need to play from the correct tee boxes or you will have a miserable day...........Black is for 0-6 who drive it 260 + ONLY....Green for 0-12 who drive 230-240.............
if you don't you'll be hitting out of fescue and rough and on the side of steep hills all day. From the correct tee boxes it's a truely enjoyable and challenging round !!!!

Not for the novice- challenging hills and blind shots - lots of trouble - still holds some beautiful scenes of the Hudson Valley -
Well worth visiting -

Very nice course. Well maintained, tough, but fair. Greens are in great shape for a public course. Staff are courteous and friendly. Only negative is the $ which is more like a semi-private course - not a big issue when you're sticking it but a bit of a sting when you're playing like I was last week.