Black Bear Golf Club

Not the best course ever, but overall good value and quality

The course was in fantastic shape for November. Actually you would think it was mid summer.

As Winter approaches the days are short so when the weather is good, this course remains a solidly mature course to play. Greens are in great shape as well as the fairways.

The course is nice. It's got a cool layout and is fun.

My cart was a train-wreck: cracked winshield, bad motor, golfball holder was cracked and ate my balls, the cupholder kept falling off.

The traps were amongst the worst I've ever seen (tiretracks, etc).

The sand boxes on the tee boxes were empty.

1st and loved it. Had 1st tee of the day and was paired with 2 fine gents. However, due to their differing standards they encouraged me to play on in front of them, and completed 18 holes in 3hrs. Loved the different challenges, esp elevated tee on 13. After 2+" of rain in preceding 36hrs, course was in great nick. Fall views spectacular. Greens kept well. Would have preferred to see tee box grass length shorter.

Third time playing this course......I feel that the course continues to improve with each time I play it. Great scenery with a nice mixture of tight and open holes. My biggest issue with the course is that the greens are quite firm and not very receptive ... even playing on a day where there was a significant amount of rain the night before ..... several approach shots did not hold when they should have. Other than that the greens are nice, challenging and DO roll true. Starter and Ranger were polite and helpful.... course also has a very nice practice facility and restaurant.

Great course and value!
Must remove stones from bunkers though!

Our group was pushed almost 20 minutes from the scheduled start time. Our scheduled tee time was 12:24. We made the turn at 3:00!!! I complained to a ranger at the 10th hole and was told sometimes tee times are double booked . If true that is unacceptable and I told him that. Had the nerve to tell me we were right on schedule. Pace of play was horrible, cost of food at halfway house was ridiculous, $9.50 for a burger ?? Overall a bad experience.

This is a very nice course but the first cut is a bit too deep and makes things more difficult than necessary. Cleaning that and all the leaves up could have saved time & golf balls

We had first tee time, and after quick and useful review from the starter we were off. Asked to keep time to 15 mins per hole and lots of Marshalls throughout the course. Some fun holes, and pretty penal for anything too wayward on front nine. Good conditions. Greens ran true all over the course. A good number of bunkers had v little sand in, so was tough if you went in there. Lots of elevation change and distance between holes, so carts are a must. A fun day out and we were around in 4.25 hours. A good test of golf with a nice variety of hole types.

This course is only 1 hour from Manhattan and well worth the trip. Beautiful layout, pace of play was good, friendly staff, great food. Can't wait to go back.

Grabbed this round on a hot time for $24. So the value was ridiculously good. The greens have been greatly improved from past years. Pace of play was great since it was a weekday afternoon. The ranger came by and sorted out the slow group ahead of us. The course is in great shape this year.

course was great and in good shape, pace of play was good

Great Bear is nice course with several tough holes, but nothing that kills the spirit of the average golfer. I'm about a 13-14 handicapper, and enjoyed the course. Course condition was good, with greens a little slow, but very smooth rolling. Pace of play was good, with exact start time as stated, and 4:15 total time. Nice pitcher of beer plus order of wings special for $12.99, very reasonable, but wings although large serving, were not the best...I'll be back.

Great golfing experience at an hour driving from Manhattan.
Hope they will maintain the very good standard of the course as well as of the overall facilities.
The golf carts conditions are pretty poor. (it was missing the front window and the rear cover bags ).

Had a great time, fantastic course layout and conditions. Play was slow due to holiday but everything else was great.

Great comeback from a tough 2013. Course in very good shape.

The course was in good condition, not excellent because some of the greens were not as i expected from a resort course. If your ball lands about a foot from the fairway, it is hard to find that ball. Overall, we enjoyed our game.

Course was in excellent shape. No ranger and the two groups ahead played very slow. This was a shame as otherwise this was a good value.

Took my father, who has been playing golf for a long time. Made comment on second hole that it has been a long time since he played on fairways that nice. Course is challenging to the level where it's fun. Overheard the starter saying that had aerated the greens a few days prior. Could only tell on a 3 or 4 of the greens. Rest were in excellent shape. Even the ones that had the remains of it being aerated were in good shape, just were a tad slower. Only negative was that I did not bring anything to eat with me on the course and I ended up paying $9.50 for a Ham and Cheese wrap. Don't even pay anywhere close to that at any of the upscale deli's by where I work.