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No. 1 on this list is the Turning Stone Resort, set in Verona in central New York’s Oneida Indian Nation. With its trio of top-shelf golf courses everything at Turning Stone is set for a bucket-list golf vacation that is added to with its apres golf fun and amenities.
The three courses are varied in design in their features and their challenges while maintained to the nth degree. It’s that overall variety – and the varying degree of difficulty in the courses – that make Turning Stone a step above the competition.
Atunyote, designed by Tom Fazio, Kaluhyat (a Robert Trent Jones, Jr. routing), and Shenendoah, fashioned by Rick Smith, have been awarded through the years for their quality and playability.
The Fazio-designed Atunyote has wide fairways, white-sand bunkers, and absolutely flawless conditioning, as would be expected on a course that’s hosted PGA Tour events. It’s set about five miles off the main Turning Stone property on a relatively open and a mostly flat piece of ground, and Fazio has placed plenty of water features and stands of trees and hazards to more than demand the golfer’s attention.
Kaluhyat is the player’s course here, and is the most demanding track at Turning Stone. Jones routed his course around and over a half-dozen lakes, through marshland and up and down as much as 50 feet of elevation change, all of which add both difficulty and aesthetics. With Its forced carries, its length (7,105 yards, the longest of the three courses at the resort) and its rating and slope (75.5, 150), it’s up to the golfer to focus and stay fully committed over every shot at Kaluhyat.
Shenendoah, Smith’s creation, is the least-hyped course on the property, but it might be the most fun. The track runs through a series of wetlands, which — combined with holes routed through stands of trees and some that are almost links-like in their wide vistas — allows this course to be a little bit of all things, and all of it good. Shenendoah was the first of three 18 hole courses laid out at Turning Stone Resort and a 2016 renovation made it even better. I dare you not to have a good time, and great round, on this course.
Turning Stone Resort is complete with world-class accommodations in any of the seven lodges, hotels and inns, an expansive casino with table games, slots, bingo and poker room, to a seemingly unlimited dining options.
