Kieran Stack is a retired educational professional who recently concluded a 22-year tenure with the Brewster Central School District in Brewster, New York, as an assistant principal. Kieran Stack now enjoys leading an active lifestyle that includes cycling and playing golf.
New York is one of the best states in the country for golf aficionados, with more than 12 courses ranking among the top 100 in America, according to Golf Digest. While most golfers are familiar with the likes of Shinnecock Hills Golf Club and the National Golf Links of America, both in Southampton, there are several lesser-known courses every New York golfer should try.
The one at Piping Rock Club in Locust Valley, for example, moved up from No. 16 on Golf Digest’s 2016-2017 list of New York’s finest courses to No. 13 on the 2017-2018 list. Hudson National Golf Club, meanwhile, ranks as No. 81 in the nation. With scenic bluffs overlooking the Hudson River Valley, the course at Hudson National is known for its lightning-quick greens and treacherous bunkers, of which there are many.
Quaker Ridge Golf Club in Scarsdale, home to America’s No. 71-ranked course, was designed in 1918 by A.W. Tillinghast and revised by Gil Hanse in 2011. Hanse removed a number of trees and rebuilt several bunkers, but left many of the course’s challenging par 4 holes intact. In fact, Hanse strengthened them.
Additional courses to try throughout the state of New York are ones at the Maidstone Club in East Hampton, Mamaroneck’s Winged Foot Golf Club, and the Garden City Golf Club. Newer ones include the Glen Oaks Club in Old Westbury and the North Shore Country Club at Glen Head.
