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4.4
1025 Reviews (1025)
5 Stars
529
4 Stars
380
3 Stars
77
2 Stars
22
1 Stars
17
Conditions
4.3
Value
4.1
Layout
4.4
Friendliness
4.6
Pace
4.2
Amenities
3.9
90.6%
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4.4
42 Reviews (42)
5 Stars
23
4 Stars
14
3 Stars
4
2 Stars
1
1 Stars
0
Conditions
4.1
Value
4.1
Layout
4.6
Pace
4.1
Amenities
4.2
StaffFriendliness
4.7
97.6%
Recommend this course
41 out of 42 reviews
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4.4
121 Reviews (121)
5 Stars
69
4 Stars
35
3 Stars
12
2 Stars
4
1 Stars
1
Conditions
4.3
Value
4.1
Layout
4.5
Pace
4.2
Amenities
4.0
StaffFriendliness
4.6
89.3%
Recommend this course
108 out of 121 reviews
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About

Holes 18
Type Resort/Semi-Private
Par 72
Length 6686 yards
Slope 136
Rating 72.4

Although it is located in Hauppauge on Long Island's North Shore, Wind Watch Golf Club possesses the look and feel of a destination course. Sprawling across a lush, rolling landscape covered with sparkling ponds, the course is as challenging as it is scenic. Water hazards come into play on 12 holes and there are more than 75 bunkers, some of which are massive in size, strategically placed throughout. Almost every hole presents golfers with a unique risk-reward opportunity. The golf course begins and ends at its highest point, which is one of the island's highest elevations. Wind Watch's closing hole provides a memorable finish as the only dogleg on the course. This par 4 takes a sharp left before climbing uphill to the triple-tiered green that is protected by three enormous traps.

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Course Details

Year Built 1971
Fairways Bent Grass
Greens Bent Grass
Golf Season Year round
Architect Joe Lee (1990) Stephen Kay (1997)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes - included in green fees
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Bunker Yes
Golf School Academy Yes
Golf Simulator Yes
Teaching Pro Yes
Pitching/Chipping Area Yes
Indoor Practice Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted VISA, MasterCard, Amex, Discover Welcomed
Metal Spikes Allowed No
Fivesomes Allowed No
Single Allowed Yes
Dress code Denim is not allowed and collared shirts are required.

Food & Beverage

Bar, Grill, Restaurant

Available Facilities

Clubhouse, Banquet Facilities

Available Activities

Swimming, Billiards

Available Sports

Tennis

Accolades

  • Golf Advisor: Top Courses in New York (2021 #24)

Reviews

4.4
1025 Reviews (1025)

What Golfers Are Saying

The 19th Hole is Great For:
Drinks 10
Course Challenges Include:
Water Hazards 30
Bunkers 29
Narrow Fairways 20
This course/club is great for:
Advanced Golfers 20
A Weekend Splurge 19
Locals 19
This Course's Location is:
Worth the Drive 23
In the 'Burbs 18
Convenient to the City 6

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Reviews 10
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
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Previously Played

Great golf course

To everyone,
I’m highly recommend this wonderful spot!
Nice & friendly staff and great wonderful conditions..

Why don’t you come enjoy your valuable experiences…

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 06/09/2023

Thank you for visiting us at Wind Watch Golf & Country Club. We appreciate your rating and review. We hope you join us for another round soon.

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Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
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First Time Playing

Hard but fun

Greens are very fast and sloping. When the wind blows hold on! Lovely track with resort prices

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
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Commented on 06/02/2023

Thanks for the amazing review and for choosing Wind Watch Golf & Country Club. We hope to see you again soon!

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Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great Day go golf

Course was in excellent condition. Greens were super fast but true. Every hole challenging to play in a good way. Except foe #18. Weak golf
Hole. Bad way to finish a great track.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
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Commented on 06/02/2023

Thanks for the amazing review and for choosing Wind Watch Golf & Country Club. We hope to see you again soon!

Played On
Reviews 26
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 06/09/2023

We would love to hear more about your positive experience on our course. Thanks for golfing at Wind Watch Golf & Country Club!

Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 25+
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Windwatch - Florida feel on LI

Such a great course! Very well-maintained. The staff is very pleasant. We play here 2-3x a year. We love it! The 10th tee is one of my favorite tee boxes on all of Long Island. Gorgeous. And the houses on the course give it that Florida feel.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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Commented on 06/09/2023

Thank you for visiting us at Wind Watch Golf & Country Club. We appreciate your rating and review. We hope you join us for another round soon.

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Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
4.0
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First Time Playing

Wind Watch 2023

I enjoyed playing the course and it was fairly narrow at times so accuracy is probably important on this course. The only negative I could give and it’s sort of a negative but, It was the greens. It was like putting on cement and several of the holes were like, putting at a carnival where they would put the pin in the middle of an incline/decline.where even if you were below the hole and you putted and you missed, it would roll back to your feet. Lots of sand traps. Overall, I enjoyed the course and probably would be nice to check it out again now having a better idea of the layout but the putting is definitely unrealistic on a handful of holes.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
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Commented on 06/02/2023

Thanks for the amazing review and for choosing Wind Watch Golf & Country Club. We hope to see you again soon!

Played On
Reviews 10
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Greens were way more difficult then then they needed to be.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
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Commented on 06/02/2023

Thanks for the amazing review and for choosing Wind Watch Golf & Country Club. We hope to see you again soon!

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Reviews 39
Skill Beginner
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Fast greens

Overall, good pace and green is in prime condition. It explains the green fee. Can do better on range ball quantity for what you pay. Would be nice to offer walking rates. But green is great.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Average
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Commented on 05/26/2023

We are so pleased that you enjoyed your time at Wind Watch Golf & Country Club. We look forward to seeing you on the course soon for another great experience!

Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap Don't know
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Windy weather
Used cart

love this course

this place is always at the top of my list! The ranger moved me with another group when i asked him. Thanks again.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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Commented on 05/26/2023

We are so pleased that you enjoyed your time at Wind Watch Golf & Country Club. We look forward to seeing you on the course soon for another great experience!

Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
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Commented on 05/18/2023

We would love to hear more about your experience on our course. Thanks for golfing at Wind Watch Golf & Country Club!

Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 05/18/2023

Thanks so much for your rating. We're so glad you enjoyed your round at Wind Watch Golf & Country Club. That's what we like to hear! We hope to see you again soon!

Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
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Commented on 05/18/2023

Thanks so much for your rating. We're so glad you enjoyed your round at Wind Watch Golf & Country Club. That's what we like to hear! We hope to see you again soon!

Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Wind Watch - 1st tee time

The rising sun was a challenge on the 1st hole - blinding!. The greens were in excellent condition! I wasn't ready for that having played other courses whose greens were considerably slower. The fairways are always tight so off the tee - a straight drive better be part of your game.

The only 2 drawbacks to the course were the divots from last year that have not been repaired. And the golfers that play there do NOT fix their ball marks on the green. I was the 6am tee time - I must have fixed a minimum of 4 per green.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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Commented on 05/18/2023

Thank you so much for your feedback. We are glad you had enjoyed your time at Wind Watch Golf & Country Club, and pride ourselves on delivering the best experience possible.

We hope to see you again soon!

Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Special Place

Played Wind Watch recently the course was immaculate. The greens crazy fast but rolled true. It a difficult test of golf but so worth it. The staff was amazing. All is good over at Wind Watch.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 05/18/2023

Thanks so much for your review. We're so glad you enjoyed your round at Wind Watch Golf & Country Club. We hope to see you again soon!

Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

A true gem on Long Island.

The course was in amazing condition. The greens had been cut and rolled. They were very fast and rolled true. Fairways and rough were cut. The carts were new and in great shape. The entire staff was very friendly and helpful. Super golf course.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 05/18/2023

Thanks so much for your review. We're so glad you enjoyed your round at Wind Watch Golf & Country Club. We hope to see you again soon!

Played On
Reviews 11
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Fair
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Commented on 05/18/2023

We would love to hear more about your experience on our course. Thanks for golfing with us!

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Commented on 05/18/2023

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Played On
Reviews 7
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Best greens

Had a very nice round. Course is nice... greens are firm and kinda fast., fairways nicely manicured. Trees not grown out yet so course is wide open. On course restroom facilities, snackbar and drink cart available. Staff very nice. I would definitely make commute from Brooklyn again.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 05/01/2023

Thank you so much for your feedback. We are glad you had enjoyed your time at Wind Watch Golf & Country Club, and pride ourselves on delivering the best experience possible.

We hope to see you again soon!

Played On
Reviews 11
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Fair
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Commented on 05/18/2023

Thank you for taking the time to review the course. We hope to see you back again soon!

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Commented on 05/18/2023

https://www.facebook.com/allisonnbcgolf/

Played On
Reviews 1
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
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Commented on 05/01/2023

We appreciate you taking the time to review the course. We're glad you enjoyed your visit. Thank you for playing Wind Watch Golf & Country Club.

Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Wind watch

Greens were air rated recently tly. Otherwise as always great course, great greens

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
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Commented on 05/01/2023

We appreciate you taking the time to review the course. We're glad you enjoyed your visit. Thank you for playing Wind Watch Golf & Country Club.

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