Perched hundreds of feet above the lower Hudson River Valley, with never-ending views of the Hudson River and Golden Age architecture beckoning, Sleepy Hollow Country Club is one of golf’s most breathtaking settings. It’s likely your social-media feeds have flashed photos from the 16th tee with the iconic thumbprint green sitting in the fore of the Hudson. We’re here to bring you inside all 338 acres of the tumbling topography with dramatic ridges, rock outcroppings and ravines. Here, we present a comprehensive drone tour of Every Hole at Sleepy Hollow Country Club.
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Carlos Amoedo
A major restoration project overseen by Gil Hanse, Jim Wagner and late historian George Bahto have brought the shine back to this C.B. Macdonald masterpiece. Decades of decline softened some Macdonald features, the result being Sleepy Hollow not appearing on our national rankings from our inaugural list in 1966 until 2013. Even Golf Digest’s Best in State lists did not rank Sleepy Hollow within the 15 best courses in New York.
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The long-term project has resulted in Sleepy Hollow steadily climbing our rankings, rising to its current position of 52nd on our most recent ranking of America’s 100 Greatest Golf Courses the United States. We wouldn’t be surprised if it comes to move up.
Jon Cavalier
Among the other distinguishing templates found at the Macdonald gem include the Eden third, his and Seth Raynor’s first reverse Redan (seventh), an enormous Punchbowl 15th green that conjures Fishers Island and the Short 16th.
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Enjoy the below video of Every Hole at Sleepy Hollow Country Club:
This article was originally published on golfdigest.com
