- Built on a lovely piece of land. Seems to be a camp or something during other times of the year.
- There's some nice elevation change
- Good hole variety. There are some wood holes and field holes, some hyzer and anhyzer lines, some uphills and downhills, some shape shots and some ace runs.
- Well-made tee boxes. Some are concrete but some aren't. The ones that aren't are probably the best non-concrete tee boxes I've played on. They have the rubber mats with the holes, but they're usually held in by concrete blocks. Many of the tee boxes have brooms, too.
- Signs on every tee box with distance and the general shape of the hole.
- Really friendly locals. I talked to about 10-12 people and everybody was very friendly. One guy talked to me for about 10 minutes about the course, its layout, and even a little history. The club clearly loves this course and takes good care of it.

- The layout is a little nuts. Instead of just doing different color tee boxes (red, white, blue, etc), the club just made them completely separate holes. Some holes are labeled S, L, W, or ALT, but I couldn't discern why it was one or the other or if I should be playing each one or what. The signage between holes was great, it flowed nicely, but I couldn't tell which letter(s) I should be playing. There are literally 13 different layout options on uDisc for the 22 hole course.
- I felt bullied into taking certain lines on holes. The tee box would point at trees rather than gaps or point at certain lines. There were also mandos on several holes. This course has enough natural obstacles (plenty of old growth trees and elevation) that mandos should be completely unnecessary.
- There's a lack of fairways. I'm not sure if the club is restricted from removing trees, but a lot of holes have a "spray and pray" situation or one choice which is a very narrow gap. Again, there's so much potential with the trees, elevation, and even the cabins that putting a random wall of trees up with no fairway isn't interesting. I also don't think shaping a shot through one, narrow gap is interesting golf either. One gap is not a fairway.

- I think this course has so much potential. It feels like the designer or the club tried to do too much with the extra holes and the mandos and whatnot. Why does the course need to be 22 holes? Why not make 18 great holes instead? You could put some great par 4's in here and some really interesting par 3's with lots of options. The layout is the best example of this: It's one thing for a local to have a better understanding of a hole, but you shouldn't need to be a local to know which holes to play or skip or circle back to or whatever.
- I always try and think about what my game would look like if this were my home course (playing 2 - 4 times a month). I think my precision would go up since I would be aiming for specific gaps in trees to maximize my chances of punching through the trees. I think my putting would improve at the 30 - 50 foot range. I think I'd lose my long game since none of the holes are particularly long.

This course is nestled on the edge of the Hudson Highlands at the site of an old (church?) camp. It's primarily set in the woods and on sloped ground, though 3 of them are set in an open field bordered by woods. One of these (hole 1) was very picturesque, with a giant flag pole waving old glory in the center of the fairway, with the basket perched beyond and below the autumn colors of the hills above.

The course is somewhat challenging as you are going either up and down that hill for more than half the course. The wooded fairways are tight enough to force some controlled shots, though most of these wooded holes are not that long.

The baskets are still new, in great shape, and the signs on the tees are very helpful. Navigation was fairly straight forward, but in a couple of places I used the provided map from the box at the start of the course.

There's a 5 hole run (5-9) that gives a little dejà vu, as you go uphill, then downhill, rotating like this every hole. They are very similar lengths, too. I think this may be resolved, as the kind local I played with told me they are considering lengthening a couple into par 4's.

The field holes could use a little more challenge - almost too wide open (hole 2 is an exception - the rough to the left forced me to pitch out which was acceptable risk/reward).

The tee pads are natural - not really a con, but many of them need to be flattened (especially when the throws are going up or downhill), and something to cover up exposed tree roots.

I played with a couple of locals who were super nice and made me feel welcome. They promoted their weekly scramble (doubles) that they have in the summer time.

It seems a bit odd to have hole #1 located where it is. Holes 18 & 19 are right in front of the parking area. It would be a bit confusing to first timers where to start (just follow 19's fairway to the end and you will see the open field and the tee for #1 ahead on the right).

The course was very quiet for a mild fall Sunday afternoon.

Overall, an enjoyable fun course that the new guys will find very challenging, and experienced players will enjoy but not feel too taxed