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It is the second time we played here. Both times, we started 45mins late. Needless to say this was also our last time. They start each round every 8 minutes that is too short of a time as you wait 45mins before you start playing and there is just a practice putting green to kill time, no bar, no driving range. Then once you start just one shot behind the foursome in front of you, you will literally wait at least 5mins at each hole. Our teamtime was 3:04pm, we started just before 3:50 and at 7:45 as we were only starting hole 16. The Marshall came to kick us out and asked all players with golfcarts to drive back to the clubhouse. Mind you the sunset is only at 8:30 and we started with a 45mins delays but they don't care as they want to shut the club and go home early. We complained and the marshall threatened us to call the sheriff... No comment! We're not coming back. 15 holes in 4 hours and rudeness. So frustrating.

I forgot to mention that the course is badly designed and we kept having balls thrown at us fromn every directions and 8 players at a time jumping into our holes out of nowhere because they mishit and wouldn't even have the decency and etiquette to let us play our hole before intruding.

Nice golf course 30 mins drive from Manhattan. That means crowded. The course design is pretty bad and dangerous. I am surprised we came out alive seriously. Balls shooting left and right, front and back. I wish i was riding the Pope Mobile car, wore a helmet and bullet proof vest. Left my window shield up at all time as a bullet proof protection but that wasn't enough. Even when you wait at the start, there's not a safe place to wait.
3 first holes took an hour. Again due to bad design. A par 4 followed by 2 par 3. That's not very smart. Long lines waiting and little action. It gets better after though.
We order burgers at club house and they were still raw so we didn't eat them and went back to get cooked ones during the waiting game.
It was a beautiful sunny day so we made the best of it.

Nothing disappoints in the golf course. Well kept, stunning view. It’s a pity that the pace of play was so bad that we couldn’t finish the 18holes before it got dark. We had to wait nearly 10mins between shots. Not acceptable.

Great practice, venue, golf, cart, staff. The views are mind-blowing. We really enjoyed playing golf here and will be back. Great change from the crappy golf courses a in NYC. Best pace of play by far from any NYC golf course. Not cheap but worth it with the special deals. Great crowd too.

We had great time and enjoyed the great pace of play for NY standard. Still finished in 4:40 though. As the foursome in front of us (twosome) was a little slower and then had someone slow in front of them. Would have been nice if they let us pass though so we could have finished under 4h.

Wonderful course lay out and great organization, they do care about pace of play to ensure everyone has a great time. Signs are guiding to estimate how much time has passed at different stage of play.

The driving range and practice area are really great and worth spending some time at.

The clubhouse with Irish food is worth it too.

We loved it and will come back. I wish all club in NY would be as well organized and maintained as this club. Kudos to the Irishmen! :-)

We had a great time and love the golf course. Pace of play was good eventhough we got stuck behind 2 slow players and ended up grouping for the 9 front holes, 9 back were just us and was fun and fast. Well maintained golf course. Staff could be friendlier with non members though. Also driving range is 2 net and just a practice green. Great value for money and well maintained and fun golf course. We will come back.

Pace of play was horrendous. We started our tee time one hour late as there was so much backlog. Then it was waiting shot by shot. We were 4 and 2 x 6 in front of us. It took us more than 6h to finish + 1h delay to start = 7h of my weekend gone. Painful! I think it is on days like this that people decide to give up golf...

Golf course is nice. Holes are very near each other especially at the start so watch out for balls flying from everywhere. It gets better later.

Staff was fine but barmaid was extremely rude and not happy to serve ladies. She would ignored us when we tried to order at the bar then slam our order on the counter. We didn't feel welcomed at all.

Sad history fact point, part of the golf course was actually a tomb for thousands of Irishmen during the famine. That maybe explains the bad vibes we got when we got there.

The only great point was the Free shuttle from ferry to golf. Great for the carless NYorkers. My friend forgot her phone in the shuttle and the very nice driver was wonderful at helping us return the phone in Manhattan via a patron. Thank you!

We loved everything about Puakea Golf course! We didn't expect much as it wasn't as pricey as other courses in Hawaii but we got amazing value and were very impressed by the immaculate golf course. Fun to play, beautiful views of the mountains, friendly staff. What is there not to like about this course? Even if you book the special, arrive early as they are flexible and will let you play earlier if there are earlier tee times. A must go! My second best golf score in Golf. Thank you!

Easy to get to by train from Manhattan and the walk to the course is scenic.

It’s an old school course so it’s pretty much the same setup all along. Very long holes but not much variety.

It is worth doing it once.

The only drawback is the extremely slow pace of play.

There’s a nice putting green at the start to practice while you wait for your turn. It takes a while and all carts are queuing for their turn and all day following each other. It took us 5:30 to finish 18 holes on a Saturday starting at noon.

The staff and store are great. The burger and coffee delicious. I love the short game practice. I don’t like the driving range with plastic floor. Impossible to adjust tee height and very windy.

Pace of play was very slow.

Took 5:30 to finish 18holes on a Saturday. Most of the time waiting.

Great golf course. Beautiful views. Great carts. Well maintained. Beautiful weather this weekend. The staff is very friendly and manage the starts and group nicely.
There is no practice to prepare the game except the green practice so be prepared.
Holes are near each other so you often find balls from other holes landing on your fairway. Everyone is very friendly and courteous so that is fine.
We had a foursome in front of us and twosome behind us. Pace of play was fine and and we finished under 3hours. We would probably finish in 2h30 if no one was in front of us.

It is 5mins from Flushing, so mind blowing Chinese food for before and after game. Great double excuse to get out of New York.