South Shore Golf Course

The starter made a snide comment on the USMC cover I was wearing. I guess my fellow Marines and first responders would love to hear this. First and last time.

2x the price of Marine Park and in worse shape. Greens roll nicely. Fairways indistinguishable from the rough. Most tee boxes nothing but dirt. Sand traps are hard. .

Going in, I was expecting the course to be a disaster. I had heard so many bad things since the start of quarantine. I was very pleasantly surprised. Course was in good shape, just a lot of leaves, but they were being cleaned while I was there. Played with a very friendly group of older gentlemen. Overall it was a very good day.

Traveled for this one but was not disappointed. Better shape than most in the area but nothing spectacular. Solid public option in the price range.

I don't say this lightly, but this is the worst course I have ever played in my life. I have legitimately played at pitch n putts that had more care than South Shore. To summarize:

- No grass in tee boxes

- Fairways completely non-existent

- Sand traps were rock hard with grass growing in them

- Crab grass, dead grass everywhere

It's actually a shame, because it COULD be a nice course, but seems like they stopped caring about it a long time ago (I guess there's a reason they actually had tee times).

To add final insult to injury, they have the nerve to charge $75 to play 18. If it was a $30 course MAYBE I would say you get what you pay for, but $75 is completely insulting.

The course was extremely dry with a lot of grass missing. The grill was closed with no beer cart person going around, so there was no way to get any food or drinks.

The greens on this course were challenging, but very well kept. Unfortunately that was the only part that was maintained, lots of downed trees to shoot around. Where you had a clear shot, the fairways were rock hard. The tee boxes were all sand, and uneven. And the bunkers, though well placed were also terribly hard. It is possible that the course wasn't kept well, because of COVID, but they shouldn't be charging as much as they had for the quality of course.

Course is kind of beat up, especially the tees and fairways. Was difficult to find grass to hit off of. In all fairness, the course probably gets a lot of play.

The fairways were rock hard and awful to play on. There was almost no decent grass to use and it was a disgrace. Then after finishing at 17 the manager came over and told us we had to finish and bring the carts back. He complained to us that if we didn’t “he would have to leave at 7:30” and it was only 6:30 at the time. It was still sunny outside and there was plenty of time for us to finish. His name was Michael and he was extremely rude and raised his voice several times to us and the other pair we played with. It was absolutely disgraceful and disrespectful and I will never come back here again. They would not refund us for the hole and we finally asked if we could just walk the 18th hole so that we could at least finish playing. Totally ridiculous to give us so much attitude and be so rude when it was sunny out and we would be done in a few minutes anyway. Plus we started 20 minutes after our tee time and the other pair had to wait for a cart because they didn’t have enough carts. Will never come back!! Avoid at all costs!

Good challenge. Off fairway areas need clean up. Too much debris, mostly beer cans, lying about. Fairways could be trimmed as well as tee boxes. Greens need to be rolled.

Lack of maintenance and on course amenities hurt overall rating.

tee boxes need cutting; fairways are good; greens need to be rolled,; lost ball potential high.

Absolutely abysmal. I’m not sure if American golf still runs this course, but it is horrible as is Dyker and Latourette. COVID is not excuse, because many other courses in the area have managed to keep their courses in decent playability.