Patriot Hills Golf Club

Beautiful view, Steep hills, you have to keep the ball on the fairway. I love difficult courses, the more difficult the better, you have to pick a spot to land the ball, good shots can roll off the fairway easily, this course need more water play. The staff was very, very nice. The practice range and putting greens were beautiful and you, yes you will need to use it before your round. If you shoot 90 and up, bring plenty of balls and don't waste time looking for it, just drop, take a penalty and continue play, however, you will have a good time and enjoy the views. good luck!

I would place Patriot Hills in the same pile as nearby tracks Hudson Hills and New York CC - and label the stack, "not enough". As a native Floridian turned Manhattan golfer, I'm twisted in the weekly grind that is playing a trusty circuit of no-frills city courses (Dyker, Pelham, Split Rock). And it seems as though every time I venture out of my stale comfort zone of NYC munis looking for frills - I'm often disappointed. And most often said disappointment goes hand-in-hand with traveling north to play a buzzed-about high-scale public "gem"... that's more like paying $100+ for a cart path carnival ride and not much else. Today Patriot Hills was in 'just fair' condition. Most tee-boxes were quite chewed. Some were a joke. But thank Yeezus (%80 of) the greens were a pleasure and rolling nicely. The fairways are toast - dusty and pale. I enjoy an elevated tee-shot like the next guy, but at "first play" so many holes at Patriot Hills give you that, "heck if I know where it's going but here goes" feeling. The strongest holes are the lovely collection of par 3s. Each interesting in presentation and sparkling with shot value, #9 was my favorite hole on the course - an amazing view of the Hudson River summed-up perfectly by a playing partner, "...this hole makes me feel like I'm on vacation." And yet after all the twists and turns of a round at Patriot Hills, the lasting impression will be an unfortunate sour one - after paying $100 (which was the "bargain Golf Now" rate, as it was quickly pointed out in the pro-shop) why was there not at least a pimply high school kid at the finish line to clean my clubs, ask "how was it out there, fellas?", and collect a few bucks? The staff at Patriot Hills are perfectly friendly yet non-existent - the course is perfectly OK but not in the shape it needs to be - the layout is fun and interesting but the views will be all I remember.

Greens were aerated the week before I played, so putting was frustrating. But the greens fees were adjusted accordingly, so good for them. Could be some clearer yardage poles. On one hole it couldn't be seen from the tee, so one couldn't decide which club to hit to avoid bunkers. Cart path only on some holes led to long walks with lots of clubs.

I found the course to be challenging and the greens receptive. The punched greens made the putting difficult but others I played with said they were fair.

One of the finest courses I've played in the Tri state area. Incredible vistas. Well maintained. Beautiful layout. An absolute must.

Patriot Hills is a fantastic, scenic and challenging course. On the weekends, the course is pricey, but you pay for what you get. The views of the Hudson River and the changes in elevation are beautiful. The course itself is very challenging, with lots of elevated greens, bunkers, and changes in elevation from tee to green. The greens are also slick and tricky, too. Overall, this course is really enjoyable. The greens could use a little work, since there were a lot of ball markts and scuffs. Could have been because they were scheduled to aerate the greens the following day.

First time playing here. There are vast elevation changes. Beautiful views of the Hudson River and NYC.
On most holes, you can only see the hole you are playing, so you better hit it straight. Long drives (cart) between holes; you go up the mountain, down and back up. I don't believe you could walk this course, it would take you 6 hours to play.

The greens were pretty fast, fairways cut real low. The rough can be penal.

This is a beautiful course that warrants play. The course features elevate tees to fairways below, very challenging.
The staff is friendly, there is a wonderful lunch and bar.
The course needs some help maintaining the greens as there are too numerous un-repaired ball marks, the golfer playing here needs to take some responsibility and repair their ball marks plus 1 more. The same can be said for the divots in the fairway, players need to replace their divots. The carts could use some divot fill for the fairways, this would also help. Also, the pace of play on Monday afternoon was too slow, players need to play the proper tees and move the play along, 5 hours was too long for an afternoon tee time.
Otherwise, this is a very enjoyable, challenging course, nice layout, beautiful scenery. Go play!

Great mountain course layout. Slightly short from the tips (approx 6400 yds) especially since most tee shots are severely elevated but emphasis is definitely on accuracy. Doesn't feel too short though since they do mix in some long par 4s and par 5s. They keep the par 3 relatively short average around 150 (only 1 200 yd par 3 if i remember).

Fairways were perfect and the bunkers were nice, but the greens could use some infill. They were really quick but looked to be beat up and had many visible ball marks, scarring in some spots. Otherwise, conditions were really good.

The course itself is nice. Alot of up and down. Slightly challenging greens. But the staff and rangers are very unfriendly. Made us feel very uneasy. We finished 18 holes in 4 hours but all the while they were rushing us...Just because there was'nt a team in front. Kept telling us to move it up??? How much faster could we play? Our enjoyable outing was ruined by the poor service.

Play it if you get a chance, always a fun round on a nicely kept course.

Love the driver shots down the mountains. Great experience!!

Great course getting pricey for a municipal course unless you live in the town of course. Always nicely maintained pace of play can be slow at times. The views are great

course was in great shape, pace was slow, weather was fantastic.

Set on the side of the Palisades overlooking the Hudson River, Patriot Hills has all the elevation changes ANY golfer could ever want. Par 3 10th has a fantastic view of the Hudson Valley. On several holes the tee boxes are well over 100 feet over the fairway. Played this course 5 times in 2012 and enjoyed every round. After playing the my first round this year, I've noticed a few improvements, mainly to various bunkers around the course. Quite a few of the bunkers were almost as hard as concrete last year. One negative though, they have put up a fence on the 4th to protect homes off to the left of the hole. Extreme eyesore and way to close to the tee box. Even so, well worth the trip if you are within an 1-2 hour drive.

Patriot hills is a very nice golf course with a lot of character . A lot of elavated tee ares. Beautiful views. The challenging part of the course is off the tee. Also the greens are undulating , but very fair

Good hilly course with a lot of room between holes. Well maintained. They didn't have ball cleaning equipment on the holes yet.