Walter Travis

Walter Travis was one of the leading course architects of the early 20th century. Himself a winner of the British open in 1904, he went on to design – or redesign – a number of highly regarded courses including Garden City, Ekwanok in Manchester, VT, and Yahnundasis in Utica (home course of the NYS Amateur Golf Association). His courses have earned a following which has been institutionalized in the Walter J. Travis Society, which preserves his heritage and course histories.

Today the course bears Travis’ signature design principles:

Bunkers requiring particular attention from the teeing ground.
Undulating greens [in his Travis’s words “seldom if ever flat…”]

One round – even a look – illustrates the varied topography on which Travis applied his principles. The course ranges over 325 acres and is arguably the hilliest course in the Capital District. The 10th green and 11th tee are 460 feet above sea level, and on a clear day, the view extends over 50 miles southwest to the Catskill Mountains.

Country Club of Troy engaged the world renowned Renaissance Golf Design to oversee the restoration of the course, bringing key features like bunkers, greens and fairways to the original character Mr. Travis envisioned.

The course is the crown jewel of the Club. In addition to on course restoration, the Club has invested in a computerized irrigation system fed by our own pond water supply. We can maintain the course in top flight condition in a variety of climate conditions.

Walter J. Travis

Course Original Drawing