The New Course at Albany, now the Capital Hills at Albany golf course and formerly Albany Municipal Golf Course is an 18-hole golf course located in Albany, New York.

History

In 1929 the

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of Albany declared it was an "imperative" for the city to have a municipal golf course, and so a nine-hole was temporarily established while a permanent 18-hole constructed between May 1931 and May 1932. At the time the golf course was located on land in the hamlet of

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in the town of

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, outside the city limits. It was not until 1967 that the course would be annexed into the city that owned it.

References

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