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Inexcusable items that if you notified golfers they wouldn’t be an issue.
1. Full price for a course covered in sand and aeration. They were even aerating the fairways during play. ( I understand that this needs to be done. However other courses warn you when you book. ).
2. Not one ball washer on the entire course. It’s mid April - and they are charging summer rates.
3. Pace of play - under 2 hours for front nine. Slowed to snails pace on the back. 3 groups magically appeared on the back. Does the early bird back 9 end at some point? Waited every shot on the back.

It’s a great lay out - probably my favorite on Staten Island but they know they have you so they take full advantage.

First off let me start out by saying - for the first 9 holes this course was great. We were moving at a good pace. You absolutely need to be in the fairway or good luck finding your ball. There are also a lot of blind shots. Fairways and greens were a little spotty but they it was ok.

They were running a promotion on the 9th hole - $10 if you are within a certain distance to the pin then you get a prize. With that came a buy one get one free promotion for beer at the bar. My group stopped to have a beer and dog at the turn as there was a hole open behind us and no one in front of us. The service was slow so we were stopped for about 20-25 minutes. That put us at about 2h 20min for 9 holes. The first ranger asked us to pick the pace at the 10th tee and we hurried along. After our tee shots, less than 5 minutes later another ranger comes speeding down the fairway screaming about our pace of play and threatening to force us to skip a hole. As if the first warning wasn't enough. Not to mention, it was mid back swing of one of the players. We finished our round in under 4 hours and 30 minutes, even with the 25 minute stop. T

Note to Mcculloghs, if you put a promotion on the 9th hole for a buy one, get one beer expect the groups to stop at the clubhouse at the turn.

Course drained well after a huge downpour the day before.