Hudson National Golf Club

Croton On Hudson, NY Private

Overview

Hudson National rests on dramatic bluffs high over the Hudson River valley, a breathtaking location that, back in the 1920s, had been the site of the ill-fated Hessian Hills Country Club. (The fireplace and part of the foundation of its clubhouse still exists near the fourth green.) Fazio paid little attention to the old routing, however, dynamiting more than 130,000 cubic feet of granite to fit his design into the rocky terrain. Greens are blazing fast, the primary rough is wispy fescue and bunkers are deep and numerous. Hudson National closed in 2023 as the Fazio team returned for a complete remodeling, finishing plans they weren’t able to execute the first time around. The entire course was re-grassed with modern bents, bunkers were shifted and reshaped, and greens were enlarged with several reoriented with new low-mow chipping areas as surrounds. The most notable improvements are the new larger and three-dimensionally sculpted fifth green replacing one of the most placid on the course and the new green at the par-5 14th set tight against a lake that’s been elongated and extended 25 yards to create more tantalizing back hole locations.

About

Holes 18
Length 7326
Slope 148
Facility Type Private
Year Opened 1996
Designer Thomas Fazio, ASGCA

Awards

100 Greatest
Best Courses in Every State

Ranking history:

100 Greatest: Ranked since 2005.
2023-'24 Ranking: 88th.
Previous ranking: 89th.
Highest Ranking: 81st, 2019-2020.

Best in State: Top 15 in New York in 1999 & since 2005; Top 20 in 2003; Top 25 in 2001.
2023-'24 ranking (and previously): 14th.

Golf Digest Logo Panelists

Ratings from our panel of 1,900 course-ranking panelists

4.3

100 GREATEST/BEST IN STATE SCORES

Shot Options
7.4334
Character
7.5923
Challenge
7.6494
Layout Variety
7.51
Fun
7.3853
Aesthetics
7.802
Conditioning
7.69

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