Taconic Gets a Face-Lift
The College’s historic Taconic Golf Course is getting a face-lift, in part to return it to the form it was given by architects Wayne Stiles and John Van Kleek in their original 1927 plans. Most of the work being done will be completed by late spring and includes felling trees, restoring bunkers, redefining the edges of greens and adjusting the width of fairways. The tees on a handful of holes are being rebuilt. And several fairway bunkers have been repositioned and a few new ones constructed in order to return the element of strategy to the longer tee-shot patterns in today’s game.
Taconic, which is operated on land leased from the College with special playing privileges for students, faculty, staff and alumni, has been widely covered in the nation’s golf publications and is 89th in Golfweek’s list of “The Classics.” For information on playing at Taconic, visit the club’s website at www.taconicgolf.com or call 413.458.3997 during the golfing season.