Radisson Greens Golf Club - An old-world, 18 hole golf course

By Blair Howard, About.com Guide

Radisson Greens Golf Club is a semiprivate, (public play is invited) 18 hole layout in Baldwinsville, NY, just a few miles from Syracuse. An old-world, 18 hole golf course designed by the inimitable Robert Trent Jones Sr., it features large, bent grass greens, tight tree-lined fairways, large bunkers guarding all greens, with fairway bunkers on all but five holes - water is in play on six of the 18 holes. The Radisson Greens golf course is a beautiful, scenic layout; a largely wooded course that provides enough challenges to test the abilities of even the most advanced golfer: forced carries, tree-lined fairways with landing areas tight and narrow, and large, undulating greens that are fast and inevitably hard to read. Mr. Jones created a truly challenging round of golf and, on a misty morning in late spring, it's an ethereal, silent world: lush, green, inspiring... "wow" is a word often overused, but not here.

The Radisson Greens Clubhouse, newly renovated, features a full-service pro shop and the newly remodeled bar and Restaurant, Mulligan's with new management and a new chef. "Golf Digest" rated this course as the 6th "Best Public Course" in the state for 1996. A resort style golf course, just 20 minutes Northwest of Syracuse, and located in the Radisson Community, Radisson Greens opened in 1978.

The 18-hole Radison Greens Golf Club plays a testy 7,010 yards from the back/blue tees for a par of 72. The course rating is 73.3 and the slope is 135. Designed by Robert Trent Jones Sr, the golf course first opened for play in 1978.

Green Fees: 18 holes - $25 to $30, (amazing value: gotta be a great value for money) depending upon the time of day and day of week; rate for the cart is $16 per person. Tee times may be made in advance - call the number listed below.

Contact:

Radison Greens Golf Club, 8055 Potter Road, Baldwinsville, NY 13027; (315)-638-0092

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Radison Greens Golf Club is accessible by air to Syracuse Hancock (SYR) Airport, and is within a short drive of most Mid-Atlantic, New England, Quebec and Ontario Province metropolitan areas.

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New York City: 290 miles, about 6 hours
Montreal: 200 Miles, about 4 1/2 hours
Syracuse, NY: 70 miles, about 1 hours

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