Between Burlington Vt. and Oakmont is there anyplace to play?

[mike_malone]

I am traveling on a Monday from Burlington to Oakmont CC. Is there anywhere to stop worth a try?

[Will Lozier]

Glens Falls CC & CC of Scranton with a route along 80.

[mike_malone]

May try Glen Falls on the way up. CC of Scranton is on my list. Thanks.

[David_Tepper]

The Robert Trent Jones' course at Cornell. The course at Colgate is a good one too. 

http://golfatcornell.com/

https://www.sevenoaksgolf.com/

[Steve Wilson]

Scranton!  Great greens.

[John Foley]

Mayday besides those that are listed theses would be great options

Leatherstocking
Yahnandasis
Tuegega
Taconic


The other to see on the south side of the Finger Lakes is Mark Twain

[Brad Tufts]

On the very front end, but Rutland CC is pretty awesome.  Semi-private, probably $90-$100 on a Monday.


I look at it as a mini-Taconic...similar but only 6100y par 70.  Some great holes, the epitome of a hidden gem!


Nobody talks about it, perhaps because of the length, but it's easily in Vermont's top 5, perhaps top 3.

[Mike Hendren]

I love how we have fallen into the default response by recommending inquirers play private clubs - Outpost Lite if you will.  Perhaps you know what I don't - that Mr. Malone is a Big Deal.  I see that he's playing at Oakmont so I'm guessing he dines at the adult table at Thanksgiving.

Pettiness and teasing aside, I can say with little reservation that one of my favorite trips included CC of Troy, Teugega, Glens Falls, Yahnandasis and Onandaga.  Just missed on Leatherstocking.   Any one of those is fabulous.  Doak might go with Glens Falls.  As my boy Arble likes to say, I have plenty of time for Troy and Teugega.  There's also a quirky one-shotter and twin punchbowls at Yahnny that alone make the trip there worthwhile. 

By the way, I'll be in Clementon, NJ next week.  Any recommendations?

The Bogue.

[Ed Brzezowski]

I would try Olgas Diner. Mr. Malone has a table there. He's a noted figure in the Clementon Park circles.

[Tim Martin]

Lots of good ones mentioned with a nod to Glens Falls and Yahnundasis. I’ll offer up Sunnehanna in Johnstown PA which is a rabid hockey town.

[mike_malone]

I love how we have fallen into the default response by recommending inquirers play private clubs - Outpost Lite if you will.  Perhaps you know what I don't - that Mr. Malone is a Big Deal.  I see that he's playing at Oakmont so I'm guessing he dines at the adult table at Thanksgiving.

Pettiness and teasing aside, I can say with little reservation that one of my favorite trips included CC of Troy, Teugega, Glens Falls, Yahnandasis and Onandaga.  Just missed on Leatherstocking.   Any one of those is fabulous.  Doak might go with Glens Falls.  As my boy Arble likes to say, I have plenty of time for Troy and Teugega.  There's also a quirky one-shotter and twin punchbowls at Yahnny that alone make the trip there worthwhile. 

By the way, I'll be in Clementon, NJ next week.  Any recommendations?

The Bogue.

This is funny. I would love a quirky public gem for 25 bucks.

[James Brown]

The Penn State White Course - a 1925 Willie Park design.

[Blake Conant]

Here's a link to my golf map.  Dunno if guests are allowed to plug in driving directions to see what's on their route, but much of what's worth seeing should be listed on there.  Hope its helpful


https://drive.google.com/open?id=1hRJpOVZEcCjcajsoEBCR-piYfyw&usp=sharing

[mike_malone]

Blake,
Is that supposed to show golf courses?

[Ronald Montesano]

It does, Malone, it does.


Maybe the most tongue-in-cheek thread title ever.


Where did you decide to play?

RM

[George Pazin]

Perhaps the RTJ course in Cornell?

[Bob Harris]

I would try Olgas Diner. Mr. Malone has a table there. He's a noted figure in the Clementon Park circles.

Ed,


It’ll be a long wait for service, Olga’s closed about 10 years ago.

[mike_malone]

It does, Malone, it does.


Maybe the most tongue-in-cheek thread title ever.


Where did you decide to play?

RM

Many good ideas. I’m leaning toward one of the lesser N.Y. courses.

[mark chalfant]

Penn Hills located in Bradford,  PA


12 or so very good Travis holes Superb use of  a winding stream on several holes.  Ed Homsey highly recommends this golf course. 


Yahundasis is very good.

[Ed Homsey]

Thanks, Mark, for that nod to Pennhills Club, in Bradford, PA.  Holes 2 through 10 will knock your socks off, with wonderful Travis greensites that I would stack up against any Travis course listed thus far.  Some fascinating fairway undulations and long-forgotten imprints of Travis's old "mounds with sand pits" hazards.  Another off-the beaten path golf course, easily accessed enroute between Burlington and Oakmont, is Thendara, up in the Adirondacks, and on the way back to civilization, Teugaga and Yahnundasis are a stone-throw away.

[Ed Brzezowski]

I would try Olgas Diner. Mr. Malone has a table there. He's a noted figure in the Clementon Park circles.

Ed,


It’ll be a long wait for service, Olga’s closed about 10 years ago.

Exactly!

[Dan Boerger]

Lots of good advice here Mike. We have a camp close to Thendara and I play that a few times a year. Interesting course and lots of fun. Two VERY different nines.


I also think you would like the Yahnundasis. Some really fine holes there and lots of nuance. 15/16/17 don't drain exceptionally well, so if you do go I hope it's not raining.


Short on time? A great 9 hole course is the Sadaquada.


Teugega and Seven Oaks also worth the effort, IMO.

[Rich Goodale]

If you go east there is Myopia, the Old Course, Falsterbo, Hirono, Chambers Bay, Lawsonia and Nemacolin (for a rest at the spa), and then Oakmont will just be an Uber away......

[mike_malone]

The 10 1/2 ride may be a killer. 

[mike_malone]

Thanks for the feedback. I was going to try Glens Falls on the way up and Yahnundasis on the way but a virus ended all of my plans.