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The Swan Golf & Country Club
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Located just 5 minutes off of the New York State Thruway in Saugerties, The Swan Golf & Country Club (formerly known as The Lazy Swan Golf Course) is a championship 18-hole course designed by Golf Architect Barry Jordan. The course has been exquisitely crafted as “a series of linked passages of natural beauty” with each hole presenting its own unique character and challenges for players to overcome. Players will encounter several cascading and reflection ponds, rock outcroppings, dramatic elevation changes, an alpine garden, and beautiful views of the Catskill Mountains.
| Tee | Par | Length | Rating | Slope |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue | 70 | 6216 yards | 71.0 | 126 |
| White | 70 | 5815 yards | 68.7 | 123 |
| Gold | 70 | 5095 yards | 65.5 | 113 |
| Red | 70 | 4532 yards | 64.0 | 112 |
| Red (W) | 70 | 4532 yards | 68.2 | 117 |
| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue M: 71.0/126 | 406 | 203 | 348 | 435 | 362 | 310 | 155 | 485 | 170 | 2874 | 197 | 530 | 182 | 355 | 437 | 515 | 185 | 413 | 528 | 3342 | 6216 |
| White M: 68.7/123 | 380 | 175 | 340 | 402 | 352 | 310 | 135 | 485 | 138 | 2717 | 145 | 516 | 130 | 355 | 415 | 482 | 165 | 395 | 495 | 3098 | 5815 |
| Gold M: 65.5/113 | 355 | 153 | 330 | 360 | 322 | 300 | 115 | 400 | 130 | 2465 | 135 | 500 | 110 | 260 | 375 | 420 | 95 | 290 | 445 | 2630 | 5095 |
| Red M: 64.0/112 W: 68.2/117 | 335 | 143 | 285 | 306 | 316 | 206 | 100 | 392 | 82 | 2165 | 110 | 402 | 95 | 250 | 320 | 375 | 90 | 285 | 440 | 2367 | 4532 |
| Handicap | 7 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 15 | 13 | 3 | 17 | 14 | 8 | 18 | 16 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 10 | 4 | |||
| Par | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 34 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 36 | 70 |
| Handicap (W) | 7 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 13 | 17 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 8 | 18 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 10 | 2 |
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Photo submitted by Back9Ben on 07/04/2019
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Back open and looks like they never missed a step
Course has been closed for many years, but you wouldn't know that. From tee to green, course in great shape.
Nice 18 hole layout
Greens, fairways, rough all in good condition. It just reopened after a few years being closed so it should only get better.
Pace of play was horrific
Played this course after two days of rain, but still far too much crabgrass on the course tee boxes were all chewed up. Greens were in good condition considering the rain. The staff Was courteous and professional. Pace of play was absolutely horrible. It took five hours to play this course as a twosome for that reason alone I would not return pricing was a little much also. Not having a halfway house serving soda and snacks is also a negative
Lazy Swan is anything but Lazy!
Open only 5 weeks after a 5 year hiatus, this newly renovated course is now one of the best in Ulster County!
Challenging holes and the best manicured fairways and greens I have played on. Fees include a cart with a video monitor mapping the course and hole distances!
Horrible experience
I booked this tee time earlier in the week. 3 of my buddies and myself, all drove over an hour away to come play this course. We get there to find out the course is closed. It's a beautiful Sunday afternoon, and no way to get to play another course. Definitely the worse experience ever and I was charged the full amount right when my tee time was supposed to happen. I dont know if golf now or the golf course dropped the ball. But this was the worst experience ever.
Bad experience
Booked a tea time on Memorial Day, drove to the course and at 8:40 and it was closed. Not a great experience for my golf partners and myself.
Good
The course wasn’t in pretty good shape compared to previous weeks. The greens were cut the fairways were cut nice. Course was a little wet because of the rain. The course has gotten better in the last month or so. Always a good time player here.
Greens had improvements
Tee boxs had improvements
Fairways had improvements
Rough is a little thick but it’s almost November
Highly Recommended
Having played nearly every course in the hudson valley (and beyond), the Lazy Swan is up there with the best public courses. Not sure why they are currently off of GolfNow, but am hopeful for their return. While nearly every course struggles to maintain proper turf in their fairways, you can actually hit your irons properly,as their fairways rank up there with some private clubs. They had some issues with moss on some greens,but they held incoming shots, and rolled true.
Needs work
I played this course 2 years ago it was in better condition Sand traps were in bad shape then and they are now, my main complaint is the grass around the sand traps is a foot high. If you were lucky to find your ball you can hardly get it out of the grass never mind the conditions of the bunker. The other complaint is some crabgrass in the fairway and Tee boxes need some working on. But with all that I said I still like the course just needs a little work and I think it would be well worth going to
Needs work
I’ve played this course about 10 times over the past 3 years
This is the worst I’ve seen the greens, not all but at least 9 of them had punched spots that had turned into dirt no grass in spots around the greens
The bunkers were hard panned dirt and weeds in them.
The layout is fun to play some really difficult holes
I really hope this course gets the improvements it needs to bring it back to a 5 star course
We have had a rough summer. Unfortunately, our superintendent moved to a new course in the middle of season and a few workers left with him. We had to find a new guy and it was during the " growing season" for grass. Thankfully, the weather has cooled down and the heavy chemicals can now be applied to the grass. Give us a few weeks and it will return to the course it has been in the past. Trust me, it angers me, more than it does you!
Surprised how bad the cause maintenance has become.
Unfortunately the course conditions were terrible. All of the greens had bare patches. Tee boxes hadn’t been tended to for a while. Disappointing for a course we have enjoyed before.
We have had a rough summer. Unfortunately, our superintendent moved to a new course in the middle of season and a few workers left with him. We had to find a new guy and it was during the " growing season" for grass. Thankfully, the weather has cooled down and the heavy chemicals can now be applied to the grass. Give us a few weeks and it will return to the course it has been in the past. Trust me, it angers me, more than it does you!
Lazy Swan A+++
Great place to play, awesome fairways, friendly staff, and the pace of play was great,
I highly recommended this golf course
interesting course needs attention
the club is great, the course is interesting and challenging and fun, the grounds need attention. the bunkers were unplayable and tee boxes not great. fairways were in good shape. greens were varied with a lot of dead areas. didn’t see a groundskeeper all day.
We have had a rough summer. Unfortunately, our superintendent moved to a new course in the middle of season and a few workers left with him. We had to find a new guy and it was during the " growing season" for grass. Thankfully, the weather has cooled down and the heavy chemicals can now be applied to the grass. Give us a few weeks and it will return to the course it has been in the past. Trust me, it angers me, more than it does you!
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I have mentioned in some previous post that we had a change in our superintendent this summer, and also lost some employees with him. We hired a new " super" and he now has a full staff, the course has really improved the last 2 weeks.