Ratings

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: N/A RACE BROOK 4-1-1 Course Website 246 Derby Ave. Orange, CT ViewMap » Phone: 203-397-9806 Non-Resident Weekend Rate (with cart): N/A Driving Range? Yes As you play Race Brook Country Club’s outstanding Championship golf course in Orange, Connecticut, the place’s history swirls around you like the winds of Scotland. 100 years of stories, celebrities, tournaments, and memorable moments. [...]

Guru’s Rating: 8.8 WILD TURKEY 4-1-1 Course Website 1 Wild Turkey Way Hamburg, NJ ViewMap » Phone: 973-827-5996 Non-Resident Weekend Rate (with cart): $125 Driving Range? Yes How far does one have to drive from Manhattan to find quality golf? Well, on my way to play Wild Turkey Golf Course at Crystal Springs Resort in Hamburg, New Jersey, I had [...]

Guru’s Rating: N/A FORSGATE 4-1-1 Course Website 375 Forsgate Dr. Monroe Twnshp, NJ ViewMap » Phone: 732-521-0070 Non-Resident Weekend Rate (with cart): N/A Driving Range? Yes I may be “The Golf Course Guru,” but before I rolled up to Forsgate Country Club in Monroe, New Jersey, I had never heard of a “Biarritz” or a “Redan.” I thought a “chocolate [...]

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 [...]

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, [...]