The Swan Golf & Country Club
About
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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Views Photo submitted by Joel3054231 on 10/04/2025
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Photo submitted by Back9Ben on 07/04/2019
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Photo submitted by Back9Ben on 07/04/2019
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Photo submitted by Back9Ben on 07/04/2019
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Photo submitted by Back9Ben on 07/04/2019
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Photo submitted by Back9Ben on 07/04/2019
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Photo submitted by Back9Ben on 07/04/2019
great price on sale
my wife and i play here as often as we are able.The course is always in good condition and the greens are excellent.
Excellent course with great views
The Lazy Swan course will provide many fun challenges to golfers of any level. The course is in very good shape and the views are excellent. The greens well maintained and roll true. Definitely a fun round.
Thanks for the great review! Come visit us again!
worth the drive
Course was in great shape considering the wet spring in NY. Greens rolled true, tees, fairways in great shape. Nice variety of holes, with some difficulty and diversity. Shout out to the greenskeeper and staff.
Thanks for the great review! Hope to see you again!
Decent Course.
The course photos are a little deceiving. The online photos make it appear as if it's a very well manicured course. But that's not the case. The course layout was fine. Fairways were fine. Greens were fine, but a bit inconsistent.
Bunkers were the biggest downside for me since they were lacking sand. They were just dirt. Luckily I only ended up in one bunker (sort of). Also, the bunkers were not cut around the edges, so there were weeds growing all around them, and in them. I had one drive that landed just shy of a bunker, rolled to the bunker, and came to rest on the wall of the bunker on a weed that was protruding from the side of said bunker. Like, literally resting on a plant growing out of the edge of a bunker.
Cart paths (where there were paths) were pretty rough as well. Hang onto your gear. You could easily lose things rolling over some of the rocky paths.
I was the first person on the course, so the pace of play was great. I can't comment on whether or not that is the case for most people.
I would definitely recommend playing this if you're in the area. But for me, I traveled about 1.5 hours to play. I wouldn't do that again unless I heard about a few improvements. But if you live in the area, or are traveling through the area, by all means check this place out. Price is right.
Overall, not a bad course. I've played worse courses, but I've definitely played better courses as well. The bunkers, rough cart paths, and lack of a drink cart made this a 3 star review instead of a 4 star review. Change a few things and you have a great facility.
Thanks for all your great ideas, but here are a few reasons that we can not do some of them. First of all, you pass the restaurant 3 times during your round. If you remember holes 6-9, a beverage cart would never fit on those paths, neither would a truck, so paving them would be extremely difficult. If you remember going to holes 13-17, a beverage cart can not cross that road with alcohol, per County rules, so therefore a beverage cart would ride around the same 6 holes all day and you go to the bar after 3 of those holes.
I totally agree with the bunkers, the groundscrew knew that was their project this summer and they got relaxed with them. We have 75 tons of sand and they are being redone as we speak. Thankfully, you only went in 1 of the bunkers that you spoke of! Glad to hear the fairways and greens were good, that's what most golfers care about. Hopefully, you give us another shot.
Great golf course, well maintained and not too busy
We had a great time and love the golf course. Pace of play was good eventhough we got stuck behind 2 slow players and ended up grouping for the 9 front holes, 9 back were just us and was fun and fast. Well maintained golf course. Staff could be friendlier with non members though. Also driving range is 2 net and just a practice green. Great value for money and well maintained and fun golf course. We will come back.
Glad to hear that you enjoyed the round. I apologize if you feel we were not friendly enough, we were a little busy with a County Championship and your group showed 1.5 hours before your tee time. As for the range,if we had the room, there would be a full practice facility.
great price on sale
Had things to do but my wife said lets play golf so i went on Golfnow and was happy to see Lazy Swam at 10:50 booked it and had a great .
Thanks for the great review, hope to see your group again.
Decent track
Fun course to play. Unfortunately due to rain lately course has not been cut enough and it shows. Bunkers were in good shape and greens recently aerated. Overall still nice and staff are great.
Glad to hear that you enjoyed the course. As you know, it was a very wet Spring. Our staff is catching up on the mowing. Hope to see your group again.
The Swan
Played the course early Sunday and it was wet....if they had cart paths it would have been paths only. Course was very wet and rough pretty high due to lack of mowing. Still a great day, can’t wait for it to dry up so i can come back. Had lunch at bar and it was excellent.
Conditions were good,rough and traps were rough but expected due to recent heavy rains ,
Lovin The. Swan
Course was in excellent shape with all thevrai. Greens were pretty bumpy due to a golf outing. Many bunkers still unplayable due to rain and bunker edges not trimmef.
Thanks for the review. Yes, the rain has been plentiful the last month, when the course dries out, everything will be back to the norm.
Bunkers washed out. Some has gravel with no surface sand. Clumps of cut grass in the rough made it difficult to find balls. Bunkers do not have enough sand and not setup by personal to play fairly. Took a nice gouge out of the bottom of my sand wedge.
Sorry to hear about your wedge, I haven't heard anything like that before. With all the rain the bunkers were washed out. Unfortunately, you can not do anything to the sand until it dries, wet sand becomes mud if you groom them while they are wet.
Great set up, but tough conditions
This course is beautiful and I will return again and again. It seems though that this course has received far too much rain, and they have not been able to keep up with the condition of the grass, especially in the rough. The fairway and greens were pretty soft, but very playable, but the rough was completely unmanageable. The rough was at least 6” deep almost the moment you go off the fairway. This would be fine if there were not so many bunkers and so much water. The result was a video game course which was extremely penal today. I think it would be fabulous and extremely fair with the rough cut to an inch or the course to be completely dried out.
Thanks for the review! Yes, the rain has not stopped the past 2 weeks. Our rough is generally fair and very playable. Unfortunately, the wet grass is impossible to cut, as soon as we can cut, we will.
Great Setting/Needs Some Love
Beautiful setting on the edge of the Catskill Mountains. Atmosphere at the outdoor raw bar is without compare, and the delicious ceviche was made with red snapper and shrimp, not tilapia!
Staff were cordial, but certainly not engaging in the least. While fairways were groomed, the perifial rough was in need of better maintenance. Some quirkiness in the layout, it was still both challenging and enjoyable with the exception of the #16 par 3 hole that had a blind green and seemed forced into the landscape (I made a 3.) Cart trails, not cart paths, no cart beverage service provided, and very limited access to potable water was extremely taxing on a hot and humid day. No excuse for a course not to provide ready access to water for their clients in the heat of the summer! I recommend the course if your in the area, but would not travel 1 1/2 hours to get to it as I did! I will however recommend that outdoor raw bar setting to anyone traveling in the vecinity.
Unfortunately, we had over 5 inches of rain the few days before you played, with 2.5 inches on that Friday. The day before you played, Saturday, we didn't allow carts. Sorry, but you can't cut wet grass.
Great day!
The course is in great shape considering the midsummer heat. The greens are in amazing condition and roll fast and true. Not a long course, but does require different shots to manage your way around. Fun layout and reasonable price. They have a great restaurant and raw bar too! I will be back very soon!
Thanks for the great review, come play again!
Slow day
Don’t play on Tuesday . Senior day and pace of play is very slow.
The pace of play is fine. Unfortunately, you were a 2some that was behind 9 foursomes in a row. Those seniors are the reason you are able to purchase Hot Deals.
Holiday rate, no holiday service
We paid 63 dollars for holiday rate, 18 holes of golf. There was no food, there was no bar service or beer cart, the coolers were full of ice with no water until the 13th hole. I won’t be back
I'm sorry the restaurant was not opening, I can not control what they choose to do. My job is to deliver a great conditioned golf course and that was provided. As for the water coolers, they were full, a block of ice may have been blocking the spout. The staff would not put ice and no water.
Great value for the price. Greens are big and in great condition
Thanks for the great review, come play again
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Thanks for the great review!