The best private courses in Albany, New York
Course Vaults is a golf course logging app where members have logged 12,317 rounds in New York and rate what they played. These are the 4 highest-rated private clubs within about 25 miles of Albany, New York, ranked by those community scores.
The Country Club of Troy
Troy, NY, USAPrivateWalter Travis
- 1.0Conditions
- NRLayout
- NRScenery
- NRFacilities
- Driving range
- Restaurant
- Bar

Albany Country Club
Voorheesville, NY, USAPrivateRobert Trent Jones Sr.
- 3.0Conditions
- NRLayout
- NRScenery
- NRFacilities
- Driving range
- Hidden gem
- Restaurant

Shaker Ridge Country Club
Albany, NY, USAPrivateJim Thomson
- 4.5Conditions
- 4.0Layout
- 3.5Scenery
- 4.2Facilities
- Fast greens
- Driving range
- Restaurant
Colonie Country Club
Voorheesville, NY, USAPrivateGeoffrey Cornish
- Driving range
- Restaurant
- Bar
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How we rank
Course Vaults ranks private golf courses by Course Vaults Score (CV score), a community rating from golfers who have played and rated each course. Only open courses with at least 5 explicit ratings qualify, and this list is limited to private courses (not guest-friendly). City pages include private golf courses within about 25 miles of Albany, so nearby suburbs can appear on the same list. Rankings refresh about hourly as new ratings come in; each page shows when it was last generated.
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Common questions about private course rankings in Albany, New York.
The top private golf courses in Albany, New York on Course Vaults are led by The Country Club of Troy with a Course Vaults score of 8.2. This page ranks 4 courses, including The Country Club of Troy, Albany Country Club, Shaker Ridge Country Club.
Course Vaults ranks private golf courses by Course Vaults Score (CV score), a community rating from golfers who have played and rated each course. Only open courses with at least 5 explicit ratings qualify, and this list is limited to private courses (not guest-friendly). City pages include private golf courses within about 25 miles of Albany, so nearby suburbs can appear on the same list. Rankings refresh about hourly as new ratings come in; each page shows when it was last generated.
Yes. The Albany, New York list includes private golf courses within about 25 miles of Albany, not only courses whose city field is an exact match. Nearby suburbs can appear when they fall inside that metro radius.
The Country Club of Troy is currently #1 among private courses in and around Albany, New York on Course Vaults at 8.2 out of 10.
This ranking was last refreshed Nov 12, 2026, 4:17 AM EST. The page revalidates about every hour as golfers add new explicit ratings that meet the 5-rating minimum.
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