The hardest golf courses in New York
The hardest 18-hole golf courses in New York, ranked by USGA slope rating from each course's longest men's tees, with course rating as the tiebreaker. 208 courses have complete, verified tee data.
Manhattan Woods Golf Club
West Nyack, NY, USASlope rating 153, 76.0 course rating, Black tees, 7,109 yds
PrivateGary Player & Stephen Kay
- 4.5Conditions
- 3.5Layout
- 4.5Scenery
- NRFacilities
- Challenging
- Driving range
- Must play
Black
Bethpage State Park Golf Course
Farmingdale, NY, USASlope rating 152, 78.1 course rating, Blue tees, 7,468 yds
PublicA .W. Tillinghast & Rees Jones
- 4.5Conditions
- 4.4Layout
- 4.5Value
- 3.7Scenery
- 3.6Facilities
The Tillinghast design is home to some of the tightest fairways and thickest rough a golfer will find. You don't play Bethpage for the greens, you play for the journey to them. They're considerably flat and slow, which people dislike, but I think it adds a sense of fairness back to the golf course.
Written by
@rev
- Must play
- Challenging
- Great value
Trump National Golf Club - Westchester
Briarcliff Manor, NY, USASlope rating 152, 77.4 course rating, Black tees, 7,361 yds
PrivateJim Fazio
- 3.5Conditions
- 4.3Layout
- 3.5Scenery
- 4.0Facilities
- Challenging
- Driving range
- Must play
Pound Ridge Golf Club
Pound Ridge, NY, USASlope rating 150, 76.0 course rating, Black tees, 7,165 yds
PublicPete Dye
- 4.0Conditions
- 4.2Layout
- 2.9Value
- 3.9Scenery
- 3.5Facilities
Anyone who has played a Pete Dye track before will instantly recognize his classic touches all over this track. The incredible bunkering(with tiny bunkers that look huge from the tee), the small green par 3s, and some excellent short par 4s.
Written by
@Tom Doakito
- Challenging
- Driving range
- Must play
Kaluhyat
Turning Stone Resort
Verona, NY, USASlope rating 150, 75.5 course rating, Black tees, 7,105 yds
PublicRobert Trent Jones, Jr.
- 2.8Conditions
- 4.3Layout
- 3.0Value
- 3.7Scenery
- 3.0Facilities
- Challenging
- Driving range
- Pristine
Cobblestone Creek Country Club
Victor, NY, USA
Slope rating 150, 74.8 course rating, Black tees, 6,866 yds
Sebonack Golf Course
Southampton, NY, USA
Slope rating 148, 77.3 course rating, Black tees, 7,220 yds
(East) Oak Hill Country Club
Rochester, NY, USA
Slope rating 148, 76.4 course rating, Championship tees, 7,152 yds
Hudson National Golf Club
Croton-on-Hudson, NY, USA
Slope rating 148, 75.6 course rating, Black tees, 7,131 yds
The Golf Club of Purchase
Purchase, NY, USA
Slope rating 148, 74.3 course rating, Champions tees, 6,876 yds
The Bridge Golf Club
Bridgehampton, NY, USA
Slope rating 146, 77.6 course rating, Checkered tees, 7,314 yds
Bally's Golf Links at Ferry Point
Bronx, NY, USA
Slope rating 146, 76.3 course rating, Black tees, 7,407 yds
Silo Ridge Field Club
Amenia, NY, USA
Slope rating 146, 74.4 course rating, Silo Ridge tees, 7,107 yds
Saint Andrews Golf Club
Hastings-on-Hudson, NY, USA
Slope rating 146, 73.6 course rating, Championship tees, 6,614 yds
The Apawamis Club
Rye, NY, USA
Slope rating 146, 73.4 course rating, Blue tees, 6,741 yds
Golf Club at Mansion Ridge
Monroe, NY, USA
Slope rating 145, 74.9 course rating, Tour tees, 6,889 yds
Timber Banks Golf Club & Marina
Baldwinsville, NY, USA
Slope rating 144, 76.4 course rating, Bear tees, 7,331 yds
Saratoga National Golf Club
Saratoga Springs, NY, USA
Slope rating 144, 75.3 course rating, Professional tees, 7,241 yds
Ravenwood Golf Club
Victor, NY, USA
Slope rating 144, 74.7 course rating, Burgundy tees, 7,083 yds
Westchester Country Club
Rye, NY, USA
Slope rating 144, 73.1 course rating, Blue/Black tees, 6,718 yds
Whippoorwill Club
Armonk, NY, USA
Slope rating 144, 73.0 course rating, Blue tees, 6,636 yds
(Atunyote) Turning Stone Resort
Verona, NY, USA
Slope rating 143, 75.8 course rating, Black tees, 7,315 yds
Meadow Brook Golf Club
Jericho, NY, USA
Slope rating 143, 75.3 course rating, Blue tees, 7,405 yds
En-Joie Golf Club
Endicott, NY, USA
Slope rating 143, 75.0 course rating, The Tips tees, 7,040 yds
Old Oaks Country Club
Purchase, NY, USA
Slope rating 143, 74.0 course rating, Black tees, 6,848 yds
How we rank
This ranking uses published scorecard data from each course’s longest men’s tees, the same tee set for every course. Only 18-hole courses with a yardage for every hole, a total that matches the hole-by-hole sum, and a par between 54 and 80 are included, and the tees must carry a single slope rating (55–155) and course rating. Courses whose scorecard duplicates another course’s are left out until the data is fixed. Courses are ordered by slope rating, then course rating, then Course Vaults score. Only open courses with a published Course Vaults score (at least 5 explicit ratings) are eligible, and a page is published only when at least 5 courses qualify. State pages include courses across New York. Rankings refresh about hourly.
FAQ
Manhattan Woods Golf Club is #1 on Course Vaults in New York at Slope 153 (76.0 course rating · Black tees · 7,109 yds). 208 courses qualify for this list.
This ranking uses published scorecard data from each course’s longest men’s tees, the same tee set for every course. Only 18-hole courses with a yardage for every hole, a total that matches the hole-by-hole sum, and a par between 54 and 80 are included, and the tees must carry a single slope rating (55–155) and course rating. Courses whose scorecard duplicates another course’s are left out until the data is fixed. Courses are ordered by slope rating, then course rating, then Course Vaults score. Only open courses with a published Course Vaults score (at least 5 explicit ratings) are eligible, and a page is published only when at least 5 courses qualify. State pages include courses across New York. Rankings refresh about hourly.
Slope rating is the USGA measure of how much harder a course plays for a bogey golfer than for a scratch golfer, from 55 to 155 (113 is average). Course rating is the expected score for a scratch golfer from the same tees.
This page was last generated Nov 12, 2026, 3:49 AM EST. Scores and eligibility are recomputed about every hour.
