As the country lurches toward 250, the most authentic place to raise a glass isn't a museum—it's a barstool that has outlasted three wars, Prohibition and a pandemic.
From Metro-North-accessible municipal courses to a Tillinghast original on the Delaware, here's where to play this spring without the country-club gatekeeping.
Forget the rental and the Saturday 7 a.m. Avis line. Public transport covers every hike worth doing this spring—and the Hudson Valley is having a year.