Lake Placid Club Golf
Lake Placid, Essex County, New York · The Adirondacks golf market
- Access
- semi private
- Holes
- 45
- Architect(s)
- Seymour Dunn, Alexander Findlay, Alister MacKenzie
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Lake Placid Club Golf operates 45 holes on the historic Lake Placid Club property in the village of Lake Placid, Essex County: the Links Course (Seymour Dunn, 1909), the Mountain Course (Alexander Findlay, 1910, redesigned in 1931 by Alister MacKenzie -- the architect of Cypress Point and Augusta National), and a 9-hole short course. The original Lake Placid Club was a large private social/recreation club founded by Melvil Dewey in the 1890s that at its peak included seven golf courses; it declined through the mid-20th century, closed after serving the 1980 Winter Olympics, and its last historic buildings were removed by 2002.
The Lussi family purchased the historic property in 1996 and has since rebuilt a bundled operation around it: the golf courses (branded and marketed as 'Lake Placid Club Golf'), a real-estate arm selling condominiums (including five restored units at 'Sentinel View') and numbered building lots across the 900+ acre property, and the nearby Grandview Lake Placid hotel (rebranded in 2026 from a nearly six-decade run as the Crowne Plaza Lake Placid, located a half-mile from the golf courses, which it 'owns and operates'). This research pass resolved the entity-identity question the discovery pass flagged: golf and real estate are not separately-run businesses that merely share a historic name -- they are genuinely commonly owned by the Lussi family, cross-marketed across several branded domains (lakeplacidclubgolf.com, lakeplacidclub.com, thelakeplacidclub.com, grandviewlakeplacid.com) with the same named real-estate contacts (Art Lussi, Katrina Lussi Kroes) appearing on the golf operator's own real-estate page and the separately-branded Lake Placid Club real-estate site alike.
Golf itself remains public and daily-fee -- published rates run from $60 to $109 depending on time of day, with no membership requirement to play -- alongside a separate golf-membership application process. No source found in this pass confirmed that real-estate ownership on the property automatically includes club/golf membership; this should be treated as a genuine open question rather than assumed bundling.
Golf & Course
Three courses totaling 45 holes: the Links Course, designed in 1909 by Scottish architect Seymour Dunn; the Mountain Course, laid out in 1910 by Alexander Findlay and redesigned in 1931 by Alister MacKenzie (designer of Cypress Point and Augusta National); and a 9-hole short course ('Pristine'). This is among the most architecturally significant design pedigree found anywhere in this Capital Region/Adirondacks research pass.
Membership & Access
Does buying a home here include club membership?
Golf is public and daily-fee -- published green-fee rates ($60-$109 depending on time of day, cart included) require no membership -- alongside a separate, application-based golf-membership option. Real estate (condominiums, building lots) is sold by a commonly Lussi-family-owned real-estate operation on the same historic property, but no source confirmed that purchasing real estate here automatically includes golf-club membership; this is a genuine open question, not an assumed bundle.
Living in Lake Placid Club Golf
The historic 900+ acre Lake Placid Club property, about a half-mile from downtown Lake Placid village and Mirror Lake, now combines golf operations, a nearby hotel (Grandview Lake Placid), and real estate for sale (restored condominiums such as the five-unit 'Sentinel View,' plus numbered building lots near Mirror Lake) under common Lussi-family ownership -- a genuinely bundled operation even though it is marketed across several separately-branded websites.
Location & Surrounding Area
The property sits about a half-mile from the center of the village of Lake Placid, Essex County, near Mirror Lake, in the heart of the Adirondack Park's High Peaks region.
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What Buyers Should Verify
- Whether real-estate purchase on the property includes or discounts golf-club membership -- not confirmed either way.
- Current golf-membership application fee/dues (not published; contact-only).
- Current condominium/building-lot pricing (contact-only, not published).
Notable
- 45 holes total, including a Mountain Course redesigned in 1931 by Alister MacKenzie, the architect of Cypress Point and Augusta National.
- Founded by Melvil Dewey (creator of the Dewey Decimal System) in the 1890s; at its historic peak the club operated seven golf courses.
- Purchased by the Lussi family in 1996, who also own the nearby Grandview Lake Placid hotel (rebranded 2026 from the Crowne Plaza) and the real-estate arm selling condominiums and building lots on the same historic property.
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