the area of New York State north of Westchester and south of the Catskill Mountains – from New Paltz to Saugerties and points west – has something of an identity crisis. But in name only.Is it the Catskills? Or the Hudson Valley? It’s kind of both.
What’s important to know is that this no-man’s land feels very much like the Catskills. it’s far enough from New York City, some 100 miles north, and it feels even *farther* full of mountains, trees, creeks and charming, thinly-populated towns alternating wiht farms.
It’s also something of a secret golf haven.Dozens of courses,many dating back a hundred years,spoil the locals,at least in the warmer months.But it’s the newest course in the region that is the focus of this story, and it should be the focus of your next trip to the area: King-Collins’ inventive nine-hole design at Inness.
For those not in the know,Tad King and Rob Collins of King-Collins Design (now King Collins Dormer Golf Couse Design) are a hot golf architecture partnership responsible for the beloved,imaginative Sweetens cove a nine-holer in Tennessee. Their work at Inness, finished in 2019, has been affectionately referred to as “Sweetens’ back nine.” And I can tell you that it lives up to that moniker.
