Pelham Bay at Pelham/Split Rock Golf Course

Holes 7-9 we basically got eaten by mosquitoes. I don’t even think that bug spray would have helped. Our golf carts were just loaded with mosquitoes!!

Mosquitoes are unbearable so bring plenty of bug spray. Course is terribly maintained. Got rained out after 9 holes which per the NYC Parks Golf Policy should be subject to a raincheck for 9-holes which was refused by management when inquired about. Play LITERALLY ANYWHERE but here.

So we've played at Pelham Bay ad Split Rock for years. @ quality tracks in the Bronx and part of the City of New York owned golf circuit.

First the positives: overall a well-designed course. Many interesting holes and a nice blend of scorable and tough challenges. The layout is not the issue here. Covid protocol was simple and easy. no drama checking ion and getting out. in fact, that was easier than ever and better than pre COVID.

The challenges: they've given up on the bunkers for some reason. grass growing in all . fairways were OK. Greens here are typically a little soft and slower than most in the area.

If pelham and Splitrock were budgeted for quality greenskeeping and maintenance this would be an amazing facility. Its a shame to let great layouts wither.

You are wasting your time and money going to this golf course. It is absolutely over ran with mosquitos through all 18 holes. We thought maybe it would get better as the day went on, or maybe it was just an area of the course that had a big problem but we we’re attacked all day long by 100s at a time.

On top of that- the course is poorly maintained.

DONT WASTE YOUR TIME OR MONEY HERE

Cannot advise against playing this course enough. The absolute worst golf experience I’ve had in recent memory. The course is infested with mosquitoes, and there was not a moment that I did not have less than 20 mosquitoes on me. Other reviews noted the same thing, trust us when we say to avoid this course. It is unplayable with the amount of mosquitoes.

On top of that, the course is poor at best. Conditions were poor, with slow greens, and patchy fairways. The design is horrendous. Holes are unreasonably narrow, with trees and deep brush on both sides that make it impossible to find any golf ball that is not struck perfectly. Take the 7th hole for example - roughly a 450 yard par 4, but the landing area is only about 30 yards wide, with bushes on the left that you can’t even go into, and trees with long, overgrown brush on the right where you have no chance to find a golf ball. This is not a one-off event, it is hole after hole of this. I have never played a course so poorly designed that it is basically unplayable.

If it wasn’t clear, this was a terrible experience. Avoid at all costs.

Fact that the season has not yet fully open, I refrain from giving an overall impression.

Staffs were very kind, but too many mosquitoes attacked us.

I'm scarred for life after we were brutally tortured through 9 holes with me personally getting 130 mosquito bites. The four of us account for over 400 mosquito bites combined....

We debated quitting earlier but thought it would get better and that we could tough it out....but it was just that bad. Every tee box, any tree, in the rough, all over the carts, there was no escaping.

Everyone around said Pelham has much less mosquito issues.

Be careful, be safe. Might want to wait until the fall to visit this course.

Looks like the course has not been taken care of since last year. I understand it just opened cause of Covid but maybe they should not have opened till cleaning it up. No one could escape the bugs no matter how much bug spray you put on. I used to like this place but won't be back for a while.

Splitrock has mosquitoes everywhere, even at noon. Moved over to Pelham which was in great condition and no mosquitoes.

Played the Pelham Course a few times and always great. First time on the Split Rock side. So the course isn’t back to where it normally is because of the shutdown. A lot high rough and overgrown areas. Still a great job in the short amount of time they were open. Everything is spread out and contact free. I’m sure in a couple weeks everything will be trimmed and back to normal and a great local course for the money

we had a 2 pm tee time and arrived at 1:30 pm. we had to wait 40 minutes to get a cart because there was a shortage. After getting a a cart we had to wait to tee off until 2:45. The course was completely backed up. There where 23 players on the third hole par three. I t took close to three hours to play the front nine..We stopped playing after 12 holes at 6;30. There was no one in the pro shop to speak about the delay. Totally unacceptable.

Great conditions for Feb2. No one in front of us so we flew.

Didn’t honor tee time. Waited 20 minutes to check in. Only one person working

The course is definitely fun to play. Some of the greens are a little beat up and need work. Don’t think it rained too much the night before, but there were definitely spots that flooded and did not drain well. Otherwise really nice day and course.