South Shore Golf Course

Course was sluggish due to the recent rain which was ok. That was expected. The starter was very pleasant. The greens on the back 9 were bad. Many were mostly sand. The problem was after the 7th hole there was a threesome in 2 carts. They would stop and all walk to each other's ball and watch each other hit the ball 50 feet. I don't mind bad play I'm no professional either but waiting 15 minutes or more for each shot was ridiculous. I hit I go to the next shot. They took forever on the greens and cleaned their clubs at the base of each green. . I was alone. They did not ask me to join or see if I wanted to play through. I had to skip a hole and go past them. Then there were 2 foursomes backed up because of them I saw later. Definitely need a Ranger for cases like that. Just being selfish to everyone behind them. Need to have the slow play monitored on a Saturday for sure.

I played here last month and the course was in much better shape than today. They have a legit hornet and wasp problem on the back nine. There were a handful of greens that were nothing but sand with spotty patches of grass. That said, the staff was friendly and the pace of play wasn't too bad after the 7th hole.

SS is in mainly very nice shape besides 2 sanded greens. They have done a great job bringing the course back to nice conditions . Only negative was a 5:30;round in 95° heat. Thank God they have a cart girl!!!

Been playing here for 25 years. Earlier this year the tee boxes were flawless. Plenty of them now are chewed up and missing grass. Nice to see new carts. Earlier this year there were no cicada killing wasps on holes12 thru 14. Yesterday the 12th hole fairway and green were covered with cicada killing wasps. Could barely putt on the 12th green. Even the greens on 13 & 14 are swarmed with these wasps. Always loved the layout here best of the 3 public course on Staten Island. They’re booking tee times every 9 minutes which is ridiculous when you have a twosome in front of us who could barely hit the ball. Taking 3-4 shots to get it to 100 yards from the tee box. At a minimum should be12 minutes between tee times.

A lot of the greens are covered in large bees. Made it difficult to focus on putting. Some greens are still damaged in certain areas.

The whole back nine we waited a few on every tee box. Four groups on every hole on the back nine.