Great Rock Golf Club
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About
Opened in 2001, Great Rock Golf Club is one of the newer golf clubs in Long Island but it feels much older thanks to its scenic landscape of rolling green hills covered with mature forests. The mountainous landscape provides plenty of elevation changes that make it difficult to find a flat lie. At 6,254 yards, the course is short but it is still a challenging round with narrow, tree-lined fairways that demand accuracy. There is hardly any water on the golf course but with strategically placed bunkers, sidehill lies, and towering trees to contend with, golfers will hardly notice the absence of water hazards. Great Rock's signature hole is the challenging 10th. This par-4 beast is a double uphill climb with a seemingly flat green, but if you read it that way, you're in for some trouble.
| Tee | Par | Length | Rating | Slope |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue | 71 | 6254 yards | 70.5 | 129 |
| White | 71 | 5898 yards | 69.0 | 126 |
| Red (W) | 71 | 5106 yards | 69.8 | 122 |
| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue M: 70.8/130 | 489 | 430 | 319 | 383 | 182 | 300 | 498 | 376 | 180 | 3157 | 444 | 351 | 123 | 394 | 328 | 395 | 175 | 381 | 506 | 3097 | 6254 |
| White M: 69.0/127 W: 74.2/126 | 460 | 404 | 302 | 367 | 170 | 290 | 484 | 342 | 173 | 2992 | 418 | 316 | 110 | 375 | 315 | 365 | 161 | 363 | 483 | 2906 | 5898 |
| Green M: 67.4/123 | 440 | 386 | 287 | 339 | 150 | 260 | 459 | 303 | 153 | 2777 | 402 | 286 | 105 | 326 | 284 | 357 | 140 | 341 | 476 | 2717 | 5494 |
| Red W: 68.6/119 | 416 | 368 | 252 | 314 | 133 | 236 | 443 | 265 | 133 | 2560 | 375 | 251 | 100 | 286 | 262 | 350 | 132 | 320 | 470 | 2546 | 5106 |
| Handicap | 2 | 4 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 12 | 8 | 18 | 1 | 11 | 17 | 9 | 13 | 3 | 15 | 5 | 7 | |||
| Par | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 36 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 35 | 71 |
| Handicap (W) | 2 | 6 | 18 | 8 | 12 | 16 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 1 | 13 | 17 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 15 | 3 | 5 |
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Just OK
Course has a lot of potential, however conditions were below average. Many better public courses nearby in much better shape for the same cost.
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Overgrown
It’s been a couple of years since I last played GR. The grounds used to be maintained so much better. Disappointed with the conditions but the greens were as challenging as I remembered. Price was fair for the course given the status of the lack of landscaping.
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Don't believe some of the negative reviews.
John in the pro-shop was the most professional and friendliest pro-shop person I've met in a long time. The fairways were good, greens were hard but rolled true. Some of the tee boxes had uncut sprouts of grass. Most of the bunkers had good sand and appeared to have been racked recently. It should be noted that a severe rain had recently rolled thru. Grounds crews were out working all over the course.
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Ridiculous
Haven’t played here in 2 years. Gave them enough time to fix the course. It hasn’t rained since Wednesday You would figure a course Rated better than Bethpage Black would have the course playable on a Sunday in the summer. . . Tee boxes hadn’t been mowed for at least a week. They had 4 days to mow the tee boxes. Laziness, because there’s real potential to get this course back in great shape.
Hi, Keith. Thank you for reviewing the course. Let us first start by apologizing for the poor experience you had during your visit. Your feedback about the course is important to us. We are working to get everything up to par. We have projects ongoing to recovery the fairways, greens and tee boxes. The current condition is by no means the standard we strive to achieve. We are going to escalate your feedback to our team so we can make improvements before your next game. We are glad to see you rated the rest of your visit to be great during your game. We will continue to work towards an excellent experience by using your comment for guidance. Thank you for playing Great Rock. We hope to see you again soon.
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Great layout
Before we went here I got nervous from reading all the comments about the rough and greens conditions but after playing this course there’s nothing to worry about. Course was in good shape and maybe if people started fixing their ball marks on the greens they wouldn’t have issues. Greens were fast but not bumpy. Would play again and the layout makes the course play longer.
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Good shape, no food or drink on course
I've played this course many times throughout the years. It's an interesting course with lots of cool holes. The course was in pretty good shape, however, there were limited refreshments available. Just chips and Powerade, water, etc. in the pro shop - then they sent someone out on the course. OK, I guess the issue was that they had no beer available.
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Not good
Had a 824 tee time today. Play was fast but course is in horrible shape. Rough and fairways were a total mess more like a cow pasture rather than a golf course. No food or drinks available. Zero drinking water on the course. Traps were not raked or even weeded. Greens were ok. So much potential but needs work
We appreciate you taking the time to review the course and rate us. We are going to pass on your feedback to the teams in charge so they can work to make changes. Thanks for visiting Great Rock Golf Club. We hope to see you again in the future.
We appreciate you taking the time to review the course and rate us. Thank you for the 4 stars! We aim for a 5-star experience, so we always welcome feedback for improvement.
Last Year At Great Rock
The course is okay shape. Fairways were great. Greens were not good. Rough is high. Its definitely last year at Great Rock.
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Terrible Condition!
I love this course, BUT it is in HORRIBLE condition. Don't know what is happening with the management, but what I do know is that the place is simply a mess. Bunkers are filled with crab grass, tee boxes are overrun with tall grass. If you care at all about the condition of the golf course you play, then this is NOT the place to go. In addition, they are still charging full rates to play it. It's a shame, cause this course used to be so fabulous and it's just been let go. I really hope that someone steps up and buys it and brings it back to it's former beauty. It would be a shame to lose another quality public golf course on Long Island!!
Hi. Thank you for reviewing the course. Let us first start by apologizing for the poor experience you had during your visit. Your feedback about the course is important to us. We are working to get everything up to par. We have projects ongoing to recovery the fairways and greens. The current condition is by no means the standard we strive to achieve. We are going to escalate your feedback to our team so we can make improvements. We are glad to see you rated the rest of your visit to be great during your game. We will continue to work towards an excellent experience by using your comment for guidance. Thank you for playing Great Rock. We hope to see you again soon.
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Horrible conditions. As someone who worked in the golf business for 27 years this was deplorable, Greens were bad and not mowed. Also getting on to some the greens was difficult because the were NOT MOWED. Overall it was a bad experience. In fact a group let me play through them I asked them how they liked the course. Negative to that!
Later as I was playing the 18th hole and I saw them all skip the last 3 holes and drove in.
As a low handicap player I found this course totally unfair. I pity the high handicapper trying to play Great Rock.
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Thank you for the 4-Star review!
Getting worse
Course is getting bad. 1 inch off fairway and your ball is lost. I found 3 ticks on me the next day. Not going back
We are sorry to see that your overall experience was anything short of 5 stars. We are currently working on many of this things you have presented in the review. Thank you for coming out and we hope you'll give us another try in the near future.
Great Day Out
Very nice course through the quiet north fork countryside.Nice to see the course makings a comeback!
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We appreciate your 4-star rating and review. We hope you join us for another round soon.
Course Conditions and Maintenance
We had one of the earlier tee times at 630am and we got to the first hole and we said "they didn't even cut the grass. Maybe it is just the first hole." Nope, the whole course was not cut, the rough looked like it hasn't been cut in a month. The sprinklers were on within the first 3-4 holes we played, I had to hit the ball through them. The cart paths weren't paved. They didn't have a path from the cart path to the tee box, I was walking through weeds that were up to my knees. Not kidding. If I paid $40 for this course, I wouldn't be mad, but I paid $80 to walk through high grass to get to tee boxes, putt on bad greens. My buddy found 2 ticks on him walking to a tee box. I should have gotten my money back. I will not be going back to this place even if they offered me a free round and dinner
We are sorry to see that your overall experience was anything short of 5 stars. We are currently working on many of this things you have presented in the review. Thank you for coming out and we hope you'll give us another try in the near future
Not worth the price
Terrible condition... tee boxes were as high as 2nd cut rough and have to walk through high fescue to get on/off tee box..
We appreciate you taking the time to review the course and rate us. We see you rated the course 1-star and are interested in learning what we can do to improve for your next visit. We take single star feedback very serious at our course. You are welcome to comment further or reach out to our team in the golf shop. We always appreciate the feedback.
Solid course
This is not a course to begin on. Lots of hills, elevated greens and tee boxes. Players need to be able to play "ready golf" so as to not hold up play behind. Having said that, the course is challenging but not impossible to enjoy.
Thank you for the 4-Star review, we appreciate the great feedback regarding our course conditions, especially after the maintenance we have received. Thanks for coming out and we hope to see you again soon.
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Hi. We appreciate you taking the time to review the course and rate us. We are going to pass on your feedback to the teams in charge so they can work to make changes. Thanks for visiting Great Rock. We hope you'll give us another try in the future.