Undermountain Golf Course

Undermountain Golf Course sits in the rural hamlet of Copake in Columbia County, New York, positioned in the Hudson Valley region near the Massachusetts border. The course takes its name from the nearby Taconic Range, with Undermountain Road running through this agricultural area of upstate New York. John H. Shakshober designed the layout, though records of his broader portfolio remain limited in widely accessible golf architecture references. The course occupies rolling farmland characteristic of this part of the Hudson Valley, where the terrain transitions from valley floor toward the foothills of the Taconics. The routing likely works with the natural contours of former agricultural land, a common approach for courses built in this region during the mid-to-late twentieth century. Copake itself sits roughly thirty miles south of Albany and twenty miles east of the Hudson River, in an area known more for farming and small-town character than for golf destination appeal. Undermountain operates as a public facility serving the local community and visitors to this corner of Columbia County. The course provides golf access in a region where courses are relatively dispersed compared to more densely developed areas of the state. Players encounter a straightforward layout suited to the rolling topography, with the Taconic landscape providing the backdrop to the east and views extending across open farmland in other directions.