NEW YORK

Guru’s Rating: 7.2 MARINE PARK 4-1-1 Course Website 2880 Flatbush Ave New York, NY ViewMap » Phone: (718) 252-4625 Non-Resident Weekend Rate (w/cart): $80.50 Driving Range? Yes There are good things happening in Brooklyn these days (insert Nets joke here), particularly on the south side of the borough at a place called Marine Park Golf Course. You can feel the [...]

  Guru’s Rating: 7.7 BETHPAGE YELLOW 4-1-1 Course Website 99 Quaker Meetinghouse Rd. Farmingdale, NY ViewMap » Phone: (516) 249-4040 Non-Resident Weekend Rate (w/cart): $60 Driving Range? Yes Yellow usually means caution. And most people will be sure to give you a fair set of warnings when you tell them you’re headed out for a round at Bethpage: “Good luck [...]

Guru’s Rating: 9.5 BETHPAGE RED 4-1-1 Course Website 99 Quaker Meetinghouse Rd. Farmingdale, NY ViewMap » Phone: (516) 249-4040 Non-Resident Weekend Rate (w/cart): $113 Driving Range? Yes It’s almost impossible not to compare Bethpage’s Black and Red courses, given their proximity and excellence, and I give the Black a slight nod rating-wise because of its history and fascinating design.  It’s [...]

Guru’s Rating: 9.7 BETHPAGE BLACK 4-1-1 Course Website 99 Quaker Meetinghouse Rd. Farmingdale, NY ViewMap » Phone: (516) 249-4040 Non-Resident Weekend Rate (no carts): $150 Driving Range? Yes Playing Bethpage Black is a full body experience. Your legs are pushed to exhaustion. Your back is strained. Your mind becomes disoriented. Your eyes continuously deceive you. Just about the only part [...]

Guru’s Rating: 6.8 THE GARRISON 4-1-1 Course Website 2015 US 9 Garrison, NY ViewMap » Phone: (845)424-3604 Non-Resident Weekend Rate (with cart): $90 Driving Range? Yes If you’re into breathtaking views, you won’t find a better spot than The Garrison. Overlooking the Hudson River and West Point, the vistas are spectacular (and those loud booms in the distance aren’t thunder [...]

Had an opportunity to walk Bethpage Black yesterday during the Pro-Am that preceded this weekend’s Barclays tournament. Here’s a collection of photos from my afternoon.     The iconic sign:   Gorgeous look at tee box on 1 (Seung-yul Noh teeing off):   Charlie Wi connects on the 389-yard par-4 2nd:   The fifth, where I overheard Kevin Na tell [...]

Guru’s Rating: N/A EAST HAMPTON 4-1-1 Course Website 281 Abrahams Path East Hampton, NY ViewMap » Phone: (631) 324-7007 Non-Resident Weekend Rate (with cart): N/A Driving Range? Yes It’s amazing how free food and drinks can put a smile on your face. We had just teed off at the fifth hole at East Hampton Golf Club, as rag-tag a four-some [...]

Guru’s Rating: 7.9 LONG ISLAND NATIONAL 4-1-1 Course Website 1793 Northville Tpke., Riverhead, NY ViewMap » Phone: (631) 727-4653 Non-Resident Weekend Rate (with cart): $99 Driving Range? Yes Quirkiness is the theme at this Robert Trent Jones Jr. gem in the heart of Long Island wine country. The oddities start with potatoes – a farm of them, actually. In 1999, [...]

Guru’s Rating: 6.9 SAG HARBOR 4-1-1 Course Website Barcelona Point, Sag Harbor, NY ViewMap » Phone: (631) 725-2503 Non-Resident Weekend Rate (with cart): $37 Driving Range? No Sag Harbor has become our go-to spot in the Hamptons for a golf fix. Those invites to Shinnecock, The Bridge, Atlantic or East Hampton CC don’t exactly grow on trees, and sometimes we [...]

Guru’s Rating: 7.5 HUDSON HILLS 4-1-1 Course Website 400 Croton Dam Rd. Ossining, NY ViewMap » Phone: (914)864-3000 Non-Resident Weekend Rate (with cart): $115 Driving Range? No Ossining may best be known as the home of Don and Betty Draper, when their facade of a marriage was in full effect. If Don was a golfer, he likely would have entertained [...]