AuSable Valley at Au Sable Valley GolfClub

Au Sable Valley Golf Club sits in the Adirondack foothills near Au Sable Forks, a small community in northeastern New York where the East and West branches of the Au Sable River converge. The course was designed by Seymour Dunn, a Scottish-born professional and instructor who worked primarily in the early twentieth century and is better known for his teaching methods and writings than for prolific course design work. The layout reflects the modest scale and straightforward routing typical of courses built to serve rural communities in this era.

The terrain in this region features rolling woodland and river valley topography characteristic of the lower Adirondacks. Courses here tend to incorporate natural elevation changes and mature tree cover, with playing corridors shaped by the surrounding forest. The Au Sable River system and its tributaries define much of the area's landscape, and courses in the vicinity often feature views of these waterways or the distant mountain ridges.

Au Sable Valley serves as a community course for the surrounding area, offering golf in a setting removed from the more developed resort zones of the central Adirondacks. The club provides a traditional small-town golf experience, where the focus remains on accessible play rather than tournament hosting or national recognition. For golfers traveling through the North Country, it represents the kind of unpretentious layout that has anchored local golf culture in upstate New York for generations.