[Mike Sweeney]

http://www.harlemvalleygolfclub.com

It is not without flaws and who knows if Donald Ross was ever really at the place, but there are some pretty good holes and for $17, this 9 holer is in awfully good shape. Up in Wingdale, NY north of Westchester County:

Way uphill par 3 Third hole, plays 175




4th hole - dogleg right, tough green to hit



Downhill 5th



Uphill 6th


7th hole reminded me of Yale #8 with some Eastward Hoish landing area. Great hole:





It was not perfect, with a long flat par 5 8th and then a 90 degree right turn with some blockage:

[Tom Dunne]

For my money, Wingdale is one of the creepiest places within a hundred-mile radius of NYC. I had no idea there was a Ross mail-in up there.

Edit: Oh, wow. In the second to last photo, that's got to be the old prison peeking through the trees, right?

[Mike Sweeney]

In the second to last photo, that's got to be the old prison peeking through the trees, right?

Old Psychiatric Center. Could be the perfect place for a GCA.com outing. 

[Jim_Kennedy]

Mike,
HVGC is a fun spot.
You do play the 8th to a green straight ahead when playing it as the 17th.

There was another course in Wingdale at one time. It's now a 7th Day Adventist camp.

[Tom MacWood]

Does anyone know the history of this course? It sure looks older than 1928.

[Jim_Kennedy]

Tom Mac,
Sorry, but I don't know much about it.
 
In 1911 there was a plan to build a prison on the site but only a few of the buildings were built. These are the (4) structures just west of the train tracks. It was supposed to be a successor to Sing Sing but the plan was abandoned for various reasons and the  plans to convert it to a psychiatric center happened in 1923-24.

I suppose it's possible that something was built prior to 1928 but there wasn't much there until 1924.

The director's residence still exists along the 4th hole.
 

[Mike Sweeney]

The director's residence still exists along the 4th hole.
 

Jim,

That big cart path in some of the pics above is actually a driveway to that house. Not sure if it was a tear down, but it seems to be a complete redo. Still a nice place.

[Richard Hetzel]

Ahhhhh....I used to drive thru Wingdale NY with my Dad and wish I could climb the "GIANT CHAIR".

The Hunt Country Furniture Company of Wingdale, NY, used more than a ton-and-a-half of wood to build a huge Fireside Chair, twenty-five feet tall and fourteen feet wide. It was quickly recognized as the World's Largest. And yet, after only two years of accolades, it was chopped into kindling. Accusations that "young people were climbing up and doing unsafe things on it" forced Hunt to tear down the behemoth for good.


The next time I am in the area (I just left today, thanks Mike!) I will check that Ross out. I did however play Rip Van Winkle CC (Ross 1919) and Bend of the River GC (1925).

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