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4.0
647 Reviews (647)
5 Stars
222
4 Stars
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3 Stars
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2 Stars
27
1 Stars
16
Conditions
4.1
Value
4.2
Layout
4.1
Friendliness
4.4
Pace
3.6
Amenities
3.9
86.9%
Recommend this course
575 out of 647 reviews
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3.2
13 Reviews (13)
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Conditions
3.8
Value
3.8
Layout
3.4
Pace
2.9
Amenities
3.4
StaffFriendliness
4.3
69.2%
Recommend this course
9 out of 13 reviews
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3.8
34 Reviews (34)
5 Stars
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4 Stars
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3 Stars
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Conditions
4.1
Value
4.1
Layout
4.0
Pace
3.5
Amenities
3.7
StaffFriendliness
4.3
82.4%
Recommend this course
28 out of 34 reviews
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Course Highlights
Exceptionally welcoming staff create a private-club atmosphere that keeps golfers returning to this well-maintained course. Solid conditions, a rewarding layout, and strong overall value make each round worth booking.

About

Holes 18
Type Public/Municipal
Par 71
Length 6745 yards
Slope 129
Rating 73.3

Nestled in the Lower Hudson Valley, Putnam County Golf Course enjoys a scenic location amid rolling hills yet it’s not too far from the city. Formerly known as Putnam National, the club was originally opened as a private club in 1959, it opened to the public when it was bought by the county in 2004 but it continues to offer the quality and amenities of a private country club. The golf course has front and back nines that are completely different from one another so be prepared to use all the clubs in your bag. Water hazards only come into play on two holes but don’t let that fool you, this course is formidable even for avid golfers. Putnam County Golf Course's final four holes are an especially challenging stretch that will test you with everything from uphill lies to a slew of strategically placed bunkers.

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Course Details

Year Built 1959
Fairways Rye Grass
Greens Bent Grass
Golf Season Open: 3/15 Closed: 12/15

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes
Pull-carts Yes
Caddies No
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Bunker Yes
Golf School/Academy Yes
Teaching Pro Yes
Pitching/Chipping Area Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted VISA, MasterCard, Amex, Discover Welcomed
Metal Spikes Allowed Soft spikes only
Walking Allowed Yes
Dress code Proper golf attire required.

Food & Beverage

Food & Beverage

Available Facilities

Showers, Lockers

Available Activities

Hiking

Available Sports

Tennis
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Reviews

4.0
647 Reviews (647)

What Golfers Are Saying

The 19th Hole is Great For:
Drinks 20
Patio Dining 12
Course Challenges Include:
Undulating Greens 22
Elevation Changes 20
Plays Long 14
This course/club is great for:
Locals 20
Advanced Golfers 13
Walkers 13
This Course's Location is:
In the 'Burbs 27
Worth the Drive 16

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Reviews 12
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

peter

The shape of the course is beautiful. Price is good and staff is nice. Condition of the course is good and green is challenging. I like this course.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Very good value.

The course was in very good condition despite the heavy rains the night before. While there was one area that had a small amount of standing water on 1 hole our group was very impressed with the condition of the golf course. Our group played 18 holes in 4 hours!

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great municable coarse

This course presents as a club. Big club house with nice facilities and pro shop, staff to take your clubs upon your arrival. Less than an hour from the city this coarse is worth the fee and the travel.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 15-19
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

Good course, poor management by rangers

The course is in great shape, and they have done a lot of work on it in the past few months. Greens are well kept. The only issue is the "rangers" are nowhere to be seen. Yesterday I was paired up with another player, and we were stuck behind a 4 some of rookies who would not let us play through. We spent 15 holes waiting roughly 5 minutes between shots while a group of hackers took their time ahead of us. The ranger appeared around the 16th hole and even then did not say anything to the group ahead. Great course, poor management by the rangers.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Fair
Amenities Average
Difficulty Fairly Easy
Played On
Reviews 70
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

Good and Bad

Course is in fine condition and greens ran true. Only problem was the play was extremely slow due to a couple of groups in front of our foursome. I had to ask the foursome in front of us after 11 holes to please pick up their pace as the group in front of them was two holes ahead. There should be a ranger on the course to ensure timely play.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Fair
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Walked

Great value golf course

Some very long challenging holes you will get a lot of use of your hybrid and long irons.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Nice public course

They have made further improvements to the course. I felt the course was in great shape for mid July.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Pace Average
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Good weather
Used cart

Fun Course

I paid through Golf Now and got a round for me and my partner for $45 each and this review is based on that price. $69 is the regular price and I would not pay that much to play at Putnam.

The front nine are fairly flat, wide and not that difficult. If you like to pull out the whacking stick then 6 or 7 of the first 9 holes offer you the chance to use a driver. There are a couple of par 3's that seem easy but offer a little hidden challenge or two.

The back nine is different altogether. Some wide holes but slope comes into play. Hitting across water on 14 and 13, high uphill on 16 and my favorite all time hole; the par 4 12th. The tee is so high above the green it feels as if you can drive it from the tee and a professional probably can but there are risks if you try.

I have a slice that varies from slight to pronounced, Putnam is the best course for my slice. There are plenty of dog leg rights that my slice whips around.

Putting has been pretty good. I like fast greens and the three times I have played here this season, they have been like lightning. Fast but true, little in the way of bumps that move your ball and well maintained.

I usually shoot ~100 and I shot 102, 100 and 97 the three rounds I have played there.

I highly recommend this course.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Fair
Amenities Good
Difficulty Fairly Easy
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Putnam CC

Need rangers on course to move slower players along, had to wait on every hole

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Poor
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played
Good weather
Used cart

Putnam County

Good course> worth the money. Course is slightly challenging

Conditions Good
Value Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 9
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Excellent weather
Used cart

Putnam County CC is a good value

I didn't know what to expect but was very pleased with Putnam County CC. The course is well maintained and as I understand has had a lot of recent work. The course meanders around with several holes side by side by side. The greens were well manicured with lots of break. There were several interesting holes including one with a big elevation drop. It was fun to play.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Beginner
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Nice Course

Nice course and staff are very nice, friendly and helpful. Cart paths are under renovations. Will definitely play again

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Pace of play was brutal

Nice course and like the greens. 6 hr pace of play. No rangers on the course to push play. Did not finish due to pace of play.

Conditions Excellent
Value Fair
Friendliness Average
Pace Poor
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Good weather
Used cart

nice layout

great improvements,course s/b great by end of some

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
1.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

No

Extremely poor service. Had to get a rain check and was told to come back the next day. Went back at the time we were told, but then was told something completely different by the same person who helped us the day before and tried to charge us extra. Never coming back here.

Friendliness Poor
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played

No complaints....but

Tons of rocks in the sand traps. That should be the next thing to fix after a lot of nice renovations. Looking forward to my next round here.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 4
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played
Fair weather
Used cart

I know you have to do your job but .....

The course was excellent and they are doing a lot of work to fix the drainage issues around the 12th hole. The Golfnow rate is well worth the value but my only complaint was that a grounds keeper drove up on the green to water it while one of foursome was in the processes of addressing his putt. Needless to say it was very distracting and he should of waited 2 minutes for us to finish the hole. However this is very rare, i play this course often and the staff is very friendly and professional.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap Don't know
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
1.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Good weather
Walked

Frustrating Round

We had a 1:35 Tee Time and we tee'd off about 15 minutes late. We waited on every hole and on every shot. It took about 6 hours to complete this round. I will not return to this course on a weekend. The twosome behind drove past us on the 16th hole stating they were done and the single they paired us up with (who is a local and played the course many times) quit after the 16th holes also. Just grabbed his bag off the cart and walked to his car. The conditions of the course were good and the course has some challeging holes but pace of play was dreadful. Won't be returning.

Conditions Good
Value Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Poor
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great place to play

Everything was great! Only reason I gave 4 stars on conditions was they had a huge construction project going on along side one of the holes. It was very distracting. Other than that, it was a wonderful experience.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 15-19
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Excellent weather
Used cart

Very pleased

Unfortunately, I have been mostly priced out of playing golf, however your Groupon offer was too good to pass up. I bought another one, so I will come again. I would like to see you be able to run some of those clinics, they could really help my 17 year old son, who is starting to play.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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