Storm King Golf Club, an innovative golf experience in New York’s Hudson Valley, is having invitation-only preview play this fall, ahead of its official opening in late spring 2026.
Located 56 miles from New York City in Cornwall, Storm King is not a traditional golf course — it’s a configurable, inclusive and sustainably maintained golf environment designed for exploration, creativity, and connection.
Golf at Storm King dates to 1894, when Willy Norton and George Low crafted a nine-hole course on a hilly, ridgeline-creased, 63-acre property. The site enjoys handsome views of Storm King Mountain and the Catskills. After troubled financial times earlier in the 21st century, the club was purchased by software executive David Gang, who teamed with the Hudson Valley Golf Foundation to reimagine the course. Leading the design effort was Chris Gray, formerly director of design for the PGA Tour.
Storm King’s unique course setup includes more than 40 distinctive golf holes, five nine-hole routing options for traditional or alternative loops and a 19-hole, par-3 experience for strategic shorter play — or just iron practice and putting — with even more par-3 holes across the property. In total, there are 225,000 square feet of surface across 12 green complexes and more than 35 multi-directional teeing grounds. Thus, every round can offer something new — where a golfer can choose any routing or combination of holes they wish.
“Storm King was built to be a golf experience,” Gang said. “It was designed to be a place where you can have fun, challenge your game and reconnect with what made you fall in love with golf in the first place. This is golf re-imagined.”
Storm King will endeavor to be a national model for sustainable golf. The club will maintain fairways and surrounds with 18 Husqvarna automowers that move silently, with zero emissions. Greens will be maintained with electric triplex and walk-behind mowers to keep greens tournament-ready without fuel or noise. GPS-guided sprayers and drone applications will deliver precise turf care with minimal impact to wildlife and soil. Smarter design means less land, lower water use and fewer resources — all without sacrificing beauty or playability.
Storm King, in partnership with the Hudson Valley Golf Foundation, is dedicated to sharing the game in its most joyful and meaningful forms — rooted in community, inclusion and care. It will support regular programming for adaptive golfers, wounded veterans, first responders and junior golfers through clinics, exhibitions and Foundation-hosted events.
THE SOCIAL ASPECT
Drawing from Stanley Thompson’s late 1920’s bunker character as inspiration, the team’s efforts at St. Charles is starting to come to life. Grassing and grow-in continues in full swing @stcharleswpg pic.twitter.com/qUsHbZgpLm
— Riley Johns (@RileyJohnsGolf) September 14, 2025
CLUB DE GOLF VAL DE ROIS TO GET NEW 18
Club de Golf Val de Rois, located in the port city of A Coruna in northwest Spain, has retained Clayton, DeVries & Pont (CDP) to create a new 18-hole course.
The club was acquired earlier in 2025 by the Cortizo Group, and the new owners intend to transform Val de Rois into a multi-sport, family-centric club. It will include racquet sports facilities, swimming pools, fitness centers and children’s areas. The club is currently home to a nine-hole layout, designed in 1995 by Jose A. Salgado.
Val de Rois represents the first original 18-hole design for CDP in Spain. The new course project will be led by firm member Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano, a former professional golfer who joined CDP in 2022. Architects Hendrik Hilgert and Frank Pont will assist with the design work.
"What excites me most about Val de Rois is the ambition of the Cortizo Group to create a true golfing landmark for Spain," Hilgert told GolfCourseArchitecture.net. "Santa de Compostela [45 inland miles south of A Coruna] and Galicia offer a unique backdrop for the sport. With its old oak forests, the rivers Sar and Rois shaping the terrain, and a landscape that naturally lends itself to a top-tier golf course, the property is simply beautiful. Our goal is to make Val de Rois a key reference point in Spanish golf."
Said Pont: "Spain has become an increasingly important market for us. Since I first began working here over a decade ago, we’ve seen remarkable momentum and currently have exciting projects underway, including those at Real Club Puerta de Hierro, Real Club Pineda de Sevilla and Club de Golf Oliva Nova. Val de Rois will elevate our presence in Spain to the next level and highlight our commitment to creating world-class golf on the Iberian Peninsula."
THE BUCKINGHAMSHIRE PROGRESSES WITH RENO
The Buckinghamshire in Denham, England, is progressing with a $4 million renovation under the auspices of European Golf Design, the firm that has created or reworked five past and future Ryder Cup venues.
Located 10 miles from Heathrow Airport west of London, the club is home to a 6,880-yard, par-72 course designed originally in 1992 by John Jacobs.
Among the components to the project are the renovation of 68 bunkers, establishing a new back tee at the par-3 18th hole — the nines have been reversed in recent years — and the installation of 328,000 linear feet of drainage. Upgrades to the practice range are also in the works.
"Our course upgrade at The Buckinghamshire has been undertaken with the support of European Golf Design, 18 Golf Construction for course improvement works and Atlantic Golf Construction for drainage, with our team of greenskeepers headed up by Callum Herbst also playing a significant role in the project,” said Gerry Ivers, The Buckinghamshire managing director, to GolfCourseArchitecture.net. “Our members’ playing experience is paramount, which is why this is an important investment. The frequency of wetter winters is increasing due to climate change, so we are taking steps to ensure playing conditions remain at a very high standard all year round.”
New China clay sand was added to the bunkers and native rye caps now ring bunker edges, replacing the longer fescue grasses that were there previously.
"The renovation of the bunkers and the return to shorter, native rye caps around their edges, replacing longer fescues, is something we are especially pleased with," Ivers said. "Our greenkeeping team played an important role in this work and it has significantly improved definition and playability."
