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Therese Shady
Saratoga Springs
2010-04-29
$56 (cart included), played on Thursday, April 2010 at noon
Saratoga National is having a wonderful special, where with vouchers given at a free open house event on April 1st, you can play the course for $60 til May 7th, $80 til May 23, and $100 til June 2nd. Check around, someone you know must have a voucher as the event was attended by almost 800 people. This course is spectacular from all the tee boxes, even in hurricane force winds like we had today. They've made the course a bit easier by trimming some of the fescue areas, which speeds up play, so our foursome finished in 4 hours despite being rusty from the long upstate NY winter. Pro shop staff is wonderful, so ask about the special rate even if you don't have a voucher (I think it is $85 to play sans voucher). Bring in your extra shoes as free shoeshine and spike replacement is included in greens fees,along with cooler with bottled water, GPS, and free use of practice range facilities. Amenities can't be beat. A must play course with more reasonable rates off season. It goes to over $200 in racing season though...so go early or later. Golf as it should be!!
Would travel: 60-120 Miles, Vacation Worthy
Bottom line: I would play again, Best course in the area
Condition of Course, Difficulty, Layout, Ambiance, Staff, Clubhouse, Pro Shop
$56 (cart included), played on Thursday, April 2010 at noon
Saratoga National is having a wonderful special, where with vouchers given at a free open house event on April 1st, you can play the course for $60 til May 7th, $80 til May 23, and $100 til June 2nd. Check around, someone you know must have a voucher as the event was attended by almost 800 people. This course is spectacular from all the tee boxes, even in hurricane force winds like we had today. They've made the course a bit easier by trimming some of the fescue areas, which speeds up play, so our foursome finished in 4 hours despite being rusty from the long upstate NY winter. Pro shop staff is wonderful, so ask about the special rate even if you don't have a voucher (I think it is $85 to play sans voucher). Bring in your extra shoes as free shoeshine and spike replacement is included in greens fees,along with cooler with bottled water, GPS, and free use of practice range facilities. Amenities can't be beat. A must play course with more reasonable rates off season. It goes to over $200 in racing season though...so go early or later. Golf as it should be!!