Hanah Country Club

The Catskill Mountains have long been a retreat from city life, and Hanah Country Club occupies that tradition with the quiet confidence of a place that doesn't need to advertise itself. Margaretville sits in the western Catskills, deep in Delaware County — the kind of mountain valley town where the elevation changes are real, the air is noticeably cleaner, and the terrain dictates everything a golf architect touches.

As a private members-only club, Hanah carries the rhythms of a course known primarily to those who belong to it. That insularity tends to produce a loyal, unhurried membership culture — rounds played among people who know every slope and every seasonal shift the mountains bring to the conditions.

The Catskills deliver genuine variety throughout the year: firm, fast turf in the dry stretches of summer, unpredictable mountain breezes, and a fall foliage backdrop that makes even a mediocre round feel worthwhile. A par 72 in this landscape almost certainly means elevation change, tree-lined corridors, and shots that demand more than the yardage alone suggests.