Putnam County Golf Course

1st time playing this course. What made this a great experience started by being greeted by 2 of the most jovial, pleasant and funny gentlemen (employees) at the bag drop/starter box! Helpful, informative staff including in pro shop. Course was nicely manicured, greens very fast (they had been cut & rolled that morning)! Made for challenging putting. A lot of doglegs which made for interesting play! Definitely would recommend, worth the trip if you are in this area!

Really nice course. Was pretty busy for a weekday but after 9 it got a little quicker. They need to put water out at the stations however. Solid conditions and will definitely play again.

This was my first round at Putnam. From the beginning it was a great experience. The staff were attentive and friendly. The course - especially the greens were in excellent shape - a few greens had some repairs in progress but did not anything significant. The fairways were devoid of divots - apparently the members replace them and this is also a priority of the ground crew. The greens are insidious and you have to get used to the mounds which hide slopes that when you get closer you find you are off the green when you had thought you were on. I plan to play again soon and reduce the three putts. BTW there is a brand new Men's locker room which is fantastic.

Course was really wet, but it is well maintained. Probably will be great, once it dry's out, hopefully no more rain!

Greens were recently aereated. Had not been cut. Unbelievably slow. Course was soggy, should have been closed. Could not even walk in many fairways without sinking in the mud. Balls plugged in fairways. Just too wet for play.

The course will be very beautiful in summer and fall. A must try in New York State

This is really nice local course with fantastic staff, all around. The starters and pro shop staff are always courteous, generally always very helpful. They do their best to get things done properly. Putnam has a very small practice range, but it is not really convenient for the starting area. There is a fantastic practice green right in the starting area which is nice. Ive never been disappointed with the conditions of the fairways and greens, even after prolonged rains or lack there of. The snack bar and BAR are always open when the course is open, and you never have to worry that the tender has gone home and no employees are able to (or old enough) serve food and beverages... uhhum cough Garison. If you play Monday to Friday, it’s absolutely worth every penny. And wheb the weather starts cooling off, you can almost get out by yourself if you’d like. . No stacking of singles and/or pairs for absolutely no reason unless they absolutely must.

Every fairway is basically separated by a single line of trees, so an errant stike can put you on another fairway pretty easily, not really an issue when it’s not crowded but on the weekends you’ll definitely find random carts driving out into your fairway without regard for your party halfway through teeing off, or in the middle of your backswing.

***This is the only reason for the low stars ...

If you have any anxiety or PTSD, you may want to wear a helmet, and get used to hearing FORE and having no idea where it’s coming from. The prices on weekends are very high, comparable to many premium courses in the area. I would just avoid the weekends here if it’s all possible unless you enjoy paying premium prices for a 6 hour round full of ducking for cover.

Great day of golf, cart path only was ok as the fairways are narrow can’t beat the price hot deal