Saranac Inn Golf & Country Club - Lake Placid, NY

Saranac Inn Golf & Country Club is a 104-year-old golf course in the Lake Placid area that's thoroughly modern when it comes to course maintenance. The fairways are very green and clover-free. You'll get good lies here.

But you won't get cookie-cutter holes. From a tough opening sequence - a long par 4 into the wind following by a long, partly uphill par 5 - to a dramatic closing stretch, Saranac Inn parts with the usual. There's even a par 3 with a grassy hill blocking the green. And this one-time playground for the rich is much more accessible these days, with green fees maxing out at $65 with cart.