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I play this course frequently, almost every weekend. I've even been approached to join the "Mens Club" at the course. I was considering doing so until my round today and interaction with the starter "Joseph".

15 minutes prior to the start of my round I was on the range hitting balls. I never heard my name called. After the end of my practice session I was called to the 1st tee, where I was told by a starter that I had missed my group (2 women who were on the green) and would need to "Catch Up". I tee'ed up my ball, took a look at the course, and quickly hit my ball. The starter said nothing as he watched me.

Before I could make it to my cart a 2nd starter, Joseph, angrily and loudly confronted me that they had called me "3 Times" and that I needed to get in my cart and skip this hole. I tried to explain that I was just told to "hurry up and catch up" not skip the hole, and was frustrated as I had just hit my shot. I was then threatened with being "kicked off the course" . I tried to defuse the situation, and then drove up to my group.

My group confirmed that my name had NOT been called. Also they were stuck in a traffic jam of golfers, as the two groups ahead were playing slow.

It's a nice course, but staff is very rude. When I confronted Joseph on his behavior at the end of the round he doubled down, so I will be filing a complaint with the county as this is a municipal course.

No need to ban me! I won't be playing this course again.

Beyond the fistfights I see on this public course frequently, the 10th hole is unsafe. It crosses the Driving Range. There is a loud horn that lets you know to stop hitting, as a group is about to enter the range. There are also multiple signs that state that as a golfer, you should not enter the range to look for a ball you topped or play from the range itself.

This rule however is NOT ENFORCED. Group after group will enter the range, sift through balls, pick up balls, drop balls, and play their 2nd shot from the middle of the driving range.

On my day of play I watched 3 different groups play this way. Rangers took no action. When the 4th group passed through the range I picked up my club, and as I was "cold" at that point, blocked a shot in their direction. That group, prior to my swing, had turned around and RE-ENTERED THE RANGE! So I almost hit them. They charged at me from across the course, screaming obscenities. Of course there was little I could do but offer a screamed apology. They then slowly exited the range, I changed clubs, and when I returned to the hitting zone they had RE-ENTERED THE RANGE A 3RD TIME!.

Now I let them have it, screaming they needed to get clear, they weren't following the rules, and so on.

At that point a ranger angrily and loudly confronted me about "intentionally hitting into a group". It was heated to the point that a punch was almost thrown. Between our yelling at one another I pointed out that I was the only one out there "following the rules". He backpedaled and let me tee off, but when I confronted him at the end of the round he refused to admit any wrongdoing on his staffs part, and claimed that if someone gets hit on the range the county will close it down.

So please, someone from the county, CLOSE DOWN THE RANGE and retrain your rude staff.

Despite a packed course, pace of play was brisk. Course is in excellent condition and very challenging at times. Driving range set up is a little weird but it still works

Played the front nine and had a good time. Unfortunately driving range is irons only in the golf balls are designed to not fly very far with your iron shots, So not the best pre-round warm up facility.

Course conditions were good but green still showed signs of recent aeration

Was an ideal day for golf. Course was in perfect condition, nary a bald spot on the fairway or rough. Hard to believe this is a "city" course as it feels very lush.

Like most NYC courses, there is no driving range to warm up.

1) Has a driving range to warm up on, which is more than you can say for most Public courses near NYC.

2) Layout feels like you are always driving the ball downhill, which is fun. Lots of long and straight Par 4's.

3) Fairways and rough could use a little TLC. This course could actually be a top tier course if they put some money into the landscaping, clean up the tee boxes, plant more trees along the sides of the fairway or behind some of the holes (a miss hit shot is going straight into the road / someone's windshield)

4) Bunkers had a ton of dirt & gravel in them. Cant get under the ball if all you have are rocks an inch under the sand.

5) Cart paths look like they haven't been repaved in a decade, was a bumpy ride.

6) Greens were aerated on my date of play, which they really should tell you about ahead of time, or knock a few dollars off the greens fees.

Overall had a great time. There was rain in the forecast, but it didn't rain... which meant the course was empty. Pace of play was no problem, and really had a lot of fun. Course could be something special if they put a bit of money into it.

There is NO driving range. The information listed above is incorrect.

Otherwise the course is perfectly average. Very slow pace of play. Conditions are just OK. Be prepared to duck and dodge stray balls from the hole adjacent to you.