New York’s only Pete Dye-design vaults three spots from 2011
(POUND RIDGE, N.Y.) – Pound Ridge Golf Club – the public Pete Dye-design located an hour north of Manhattan in Westchester County – has moved up to No. 5 on Golfweek’s 2012 “State-by-State” list for New York.
Pound Ridge Golf Club is in elite company alongside PGA Tour venues and world famous resorts including Bethpage State Park and Saratoga National. In 2011, Pound Ridge was ranked No. 8.
“We are honored to be recognized by one of golf’s most prestigious publications and excited to climb the list again in 2012,” says Ken Wang, owner of Pound Ridge. “The playing surface and surrounding landscape has matured, and the course is coming into its own in terms of pliability. Pound Ridge has truly emerged as one of the true modern marvels of Dye’s legendary portfolio, and the Golfweek ranking is incredibly rewarding.”
Pound Ridge Golf Club is a quintessential Dye course, exhibiting all the qualities for which he’s so renowned: dramatic, beautiful, rhythmic, challenging, deceptive and subtle. The front nine opens with a decidedly playable 451-yard par 4 with a green complex set against a rock-lined water feature. Starting with the par-4 second hole – an uphill brute with the narrowest landing area on the course – Pound Ridge quickly morphs into a strategic blend of challenging driving holes and intriguing risk/reward approach shots.
In addition to being under an hour from New York City, the course is within minutes from population centers such as White Plains, Stamford and Greenwich, Connecticut. Flexible rates are designed for today’s busy golfer, including $115 after 3 p.m., $105 after 5 p.m. and a nine-hole rates ranging from $60 to $80. Regular weekday and weekend rates (morning, early afternoon) range from $160 to $235.
For more information: 914.764.5771, www.PoundRidgeGolf.com.
About Pound Ridge Golf Club
Opened in 2008, Pound Ridge Golf Club is the only course in New York designed by the legendary Pete Dye. Located in Westchester County, it is less than an hour north of New York City and less than 15 minutes from Stamford and Greenwich, Connecticut. Pound Ridge Golf Club is the premier high-end, public course in the metropolitan New York area.
Crafted by Dye, his son Perry and long-time Dye construction manager/lead shaper Michael Langkau, Pound Ridge Golf Club is a full bentgrass facility, hewn from 172 acres of magnificent cliffs, streams and wooded hills. Dramatic rock formations and boulders were left on-site, creating one of the most visually stunning settings for golf in the U.S. More than 14,000-linear-feet of rock wall surround trees, wetlands and water hazards. These frame contoured fairways which wind through hardwood forests and fescue mounds leading to open meadows with picturesque green complexes.
Pound Ridge Golf Club plays to a par-72 and houses five sets of tees and measures 7,165 yards. It boasts a practice range, short game area and putting green. The property features some of the highest points in Westchester County, with a number of tee boxes offering expansive vistas of the surrounding countryside. Notable holes include the par-5, 13th – home to “Pete’s Rock,” a giant boulder that rests in the middle of the fairway – and the par-3 15th – dubbed “Headstone” – which is flanked on the right by a large rock outcropping that protrudes into the elongated, 9,000-square-foot green.
Recent accolades for Pound Ridge Golf Club Include:
• “No. 1 New York City Area Golf Course, 2010” – AskMen.com
• “America’s Best New Courses, 2009” – Golf Digest
• “New Golf Development of the Year, 2009” – ABTA Golf
• “Top Ten You Can Play, No. 2, 2008” – GOLF Magazine
• “Best New Courses, 2008” – LINKS Magazine
• “America’s Best New Courses, 2008” – Golfweek
Contact:
Shane Sharp
Buffalo Communications
704.519.8381
ssharp@buffalocommunications.com
Glenn Gray
Buffalo Communications
703.891.3511
ggray@buffalocommunications.com
