You may not experience a sweeter round of golf in the Northeast than when walking the fairways of the Shenendoah Golf Course at Turning Stone Resort and Casino (315-361-7711; TurningStone.com) on a late summer afternoon. Sunlight dances off the tall fescue lining one of New York State’s most magnificent tracks, and the tightly mown grass of the fairways and putting surfaces shine an emerald green.
    Shenendoah is only one of three superb 18-hole courses at Turning Stone, located in Verona. The mystical Rick Smith design is joined by Robert Trent Jones Jr.’s Kaluhyat and Tom Fazio’s Atunyote. There’s also Sandstone Hollow, a nine-hole, par-three course crafted by Smith, and Pleasant Knolls, a regulation-length nine-hole course, as well as comprehensive indoor and outdoor practice facilities.   
    The Oneida Indian Nation’s reservation is home to a bustling casino, hotel, events center, a sparkling new Lodge and Ska’na spa, and enough golf to keep visitors busy for a week. The resort plays host to the PGA Tour’s Turning Stone Resort Championship.
    Atunyote—site of the PGA Tour event—will offer a unique experience this year that will make visitors feel as if they are on Tour. Players will be greeted by one of the club’s professionals at the bag drop, given a locker that one of the Tour professionals use during the tournament, escorted to the practice range (lesson optional), be given two forecaddies for each foursome and sent on their way for a most special round.