Silo Ridge - Catskills

[Brent Belote]

Spoke with one of the sales associates there and said that 9 holes will be open Summer 2015 and the rest in Summer 16. 

Anyone been up to check out the progress or seen a course routing?

Also curious on thoughts but to me seems like they could have a problem creating something like Bakers Bay, Gozzer, etc in such close proximity to NY.  There are already so many great courses that I don't see people in NYC buying a Silo Ridge property as a luxury getaway with the golf course attached.  Maybe the golf course is just a side project but seems like they over reached a bit on the development.

[Tim Gavrich]

I played the front nine in a high school match about eight years ago and remember thinking it was a nice mid-level public course. Should be interesting to see what it's like with millions of bucks' worth of bells and whistles. I wonder if they'll keep the island green par three on the back side.

As for its prospects, I will say that it's pretty close to the affluent Litchfield Hills CT sphere. It's just west of Lakeville and Sharon, CT, so I guess they're aiming to attract a membership largely comprising affluent New Yorkers. Similar concept to Bulls Bridge, I imagine.

[Ronald Montesano]

Well, according to the site, it is a field club and an heirloom community. That must count for something.

[Carl Nichols]

I played the front nine in a high school match about eight years ago and remember thinking it was a nice mid-level public course. Should be interesting to see what it's like with millions of bucks' worth of bells and whistles. I wonder if they'll keep the island green par three on the back side.

As for its prospects, I will say that it's pretty close to the affluent Litchfield Hills CT sphere. It's just west of Lakeville and Sharon, CT, so I guess they're aiming to attract a membership largely comprising affluent New Yorkers. Similar concept to Bulls Bridge, I imagine.

Agreed--it's probably also just close enough to Rhinebeck/Red Hook/Hyde Park to draw from there too.

[Jim_Kennedy]

Silo Ridge is about 51,746 yards from the Catskills, as the crow flies.  

The site is completely ripped up - the new course will bear no resemblance to the original.

Mark Teixeira has supposedly bought a homesite there, and Andrew Magee is a sales associate for the project.

I have to believe that the biggest lure to buying in Amenia is access to all the other Discovery Land Co. communities.

http://themillbrookindependent.com/category/topic/discovery-land-company

[Joel_Stewart]

Received an interesting email the other day.  Silo Ridge has hired long time Shadow Creek head professional Mark Brenneman to run the golf operations.  I suspect I'm a little surprised considering he's been there 16 years.