Picturesque and prolific Pinehaven Country Club will be busier than usual this summer, hosting two major tournaments as well as keeping its membership happy with its usual pristine playing conditions. Pinehaven CC, carved through the pine barrens of the Pine Bush in Guilderland and host to NYS Amateur Championships in 1998, 2002 and 2008, will entertain both the Symetra Tour’s local stop, the Twin Bridges Championship and the NYS Women’s Senior Amateur Championships. The Symetra Tour’s local event had been held at Capital Hills at Albany for the last 17 years. Longtime general manager Scott Warren, head pro Brian Pierotti and veteran course superintendent Rob Bigley will have their hands full this season. Read the rest of the story
Picturesque and prolific Pinehaven Country Club will be busier than usual this summer, hosting two major tournaments as well as keeping its membership happy with its usual pristine playing conditions.
Pinehaven CC, carved through the pine barrens of the Pine Bush in Guilderland and host to NYS Amateur Championships in 1998, 2002 and 2008, will entertain both the Symetra Tour’s local stop, the Twin Bridges Championship and the NYS Women’s Senior Amateur Championships. The Symetra Tour’s local event had been held at Capital Hills at Albany for the last 17 years.
Longtime general manager Scott Warren, head pro Brian Pierotti and veteran course superintendent Rob Bigley will have their hands full this season. Read the rest of the story
Joyce Bassett July 12, 2022Updated: July 12, 2022 9:38 p.m. 1of3 Lucy Li, left, talks with her caddie, Matthew McPhillips during the final round of the Twin Bridges Championship at Pinehaven Country Club on Sunday, July 10, 2022, in Guilderland, N.Y. (Paul Buckowski/Times Union)Paul Buckowski/Albany Times Union
When 18-year-old Lucy Li played at the Twin Bridges Championship at Pinehaven in 2021, she didn’t make the cut. She was down on her game after what was her third straight missed cut, and wound up not earning her LPGA card that year. But some important things happened. She watched her friend Lilia Vu overcome her own struggles to win the 2021 event. Her mentor as one of many Asian-Americans on tour is now crushing it on the LPGA tour with $449,359 in earnings so far. That provided some much-needed inspiration.
When 18-year-old Lucy Li played at the Twin Bridges Championship at Pinehaven in 2021, she didn’t make the cut. She was down on her game after what was her third straight missed cut, and wound up not earning her LPGA card that year.
But some important things happened. She watched her friend Lilia Vu overcome her own struggles to win the 2021 event. Her mentor as one of many Asian-Americans on tour is now crushing it on the LPGA tour with $449,359 in earnings so far. That provided some much-needed inspiration.
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Besides the beautiful facilities, the members are the reason we've never looked to go to any other club. There is no snootiness to be found at Pinehaven. It is easy to make friends there. - Adam
...ALL of the ladies I played with were friendly, accepting of a new player who wasn’t very good, and fun to play with. - Noreen
Fantastic walkable golf course. ... Price is right. A bit less than some clubs, a lot less than others. Had to leave public golf. Don’t regret it for a minute. - John