Nine Hole Par 3 at Smithtown Landing Golf Club

Played in April and found the course conditions lacking. Kudos to the grounds crew for greatly improving the condition of the course. Always like the layout. Unfortunately, the pace was slow. Our round took over 5 hours.

While it is always fun to experience a new course for the first time this will also most likely be my last round at Smithtown Landing. To start I would like to say everyone from my fellow round mates to the clubhouse staff were beyond friendly and overall had a fun day on the course.

The round itself started slightly late and was slow for the first 9 until things opened up on the back. Round time was about 5 hours. The tee boxes were all over the place often pointed diagonally at the hole with significant pitch. Good shots and bad shots alike would end up on the “first cut” which was more like deep sloped rough. The greens played impossibly fast and everything slid right off. Green fringe was a mix of weeds and dirt.

The overall condition of the course left much to be desired and while the seemingly short par 4s seemed like great scoring opportunities the conditions dictated otherwise.

Overall very nice people but for a $80 round I was expecting a better track.

Not sure if it was hacker holiday, but there was
A group in front of us that did not belong on this course.
After 5 hours we decided not to finish the rounds. 2 holes left, if we stayed it probably would have been a 6 hour round.
The ranger was around but didn't seem to help.
The course itself was in great shape and fun to play. Maybe one more try, definitely "not" on the weekend!!!!

Observations:

GOOD
-Greens were Fantastic!! - firm and fast
-Rough was not too long, but thick and playable
-Fairways in nice shape
-Course "shot sight-lines" were cut nicely
-Challenging 2nd shot/approach shot little course - rolling, undulating fairways and small greens
-New tee box on #2, and view on back of #11 is great
-Town looks like it has put a lot of money and time into upgrading facilities since last here (bar was not open yet, hence, low mark until :):)
-Allowed to have a personal cooler if it fits in the cart basket

LESS GOOD
-Some spotty areas on a few of the tee boxes and green perimeters
-Pace of play in the afternoon - saw a "six"some" playing on a busy course
-People playing in tee shirts (Disclosure: somewhat a golf traditionalist, biased)
-Driving range - old mats on concrete, can't hit woods
-Golf cart traffic jam near pro-shop, and can't get a key until you are about to tee off, can't take a cart to the driving range or practice green, can't take a cart to drop off / pick up your clubs (maybe have a staff member(s) circle the parking lot with a cart to help elderly like Spring Lake?)

NOT GOOD
$2 - for a tiny tiny tiny potato chip bag
$7 - for a can of non-craft beer
$5 - for a "dirty" soaking hot dog, not grilled
* Couldn't find the "snack cart" person on course

Overall, love the course...will be back! It has been 2 years. Keep up the good work, enjoyed the day with friends. Thanks!

Smithtown Landing is a very nice course with some challenging holes and greens. Some of the pin placements on holes provide even more of a challenge. The course was in good condition and the greens can be tricky, but run at a good speed. My only complaint is that I feel the greens are very firm and it's very easy for well struck irons to land on the green and run off. I also felt that some of the rough was overgrown and too many grass patches on the fringe of the greens. Smithtown Landing offers a lot of value for your money and it's one of the nicest muni courses on Long Island. I recommend it to anyone!

Lots of doglegs, and blind shots. Excellent condition , greens were super fast and hole placement tough

Challenging and beautiful all at once. Putting greens are a little fast but otherwise the best public course I've played on Long Island.

I have played here a ton but I dont think I will be back. Apparently there is a new rule that they wont give you a key to your cart until your tee time. As for the course it wasnt in good condition all greens were air-rated and the cup on a few holes was damaged. Additionally there were a few tee boxes of just dirt literally not a spec of grass. The round also took 4hr52min. For a hotdeal $55 a person aint bad but how can you even justify north of $65 when you can go play bethpage for less

Played here greens were aerated and sanded still very reactive
Tee boxes were pretty beat up but it’s still the spring expect the course to be beautiful in the summer

Still one of my favorite courses on the island

Smithtown Landing is a very nice course offering some challenging holes. The greens were aerated when I played, but it was still fun playing. The greens will be on good condition when they are done, as they usually are. I like the course and recommend it to everyone. The staff is always friendly and accomodating.

I think the course is very nice, moderately difficult, and just poorly kept greens. The first cut of the green was bumpy and had different patches of crab grass around it. If they clean that up the course would be much better. Overall I like it just the greens are in poor shape