Van Cortlandt Park Golf Course

Normal playing time for 4 golfers will be 4-4.5 hours.

Key concern is there is the team who did delay the game due to their lack of gentle play spirit

It doesn't matter whether they are experts or beginners. But they should keep i mind not to delay following team and expedite their play.

Also the ranger need to expedite delayed team which has been delaying play even if there is no team in front of them. They are the troubled team and shall be expedited or skip the hole as required and informed by golf club management.

For everyone who plays this course.... OMG they finally have refurbished golf carts!! Amazing. I have been complaining about the cart path pot holes and the golf carts for years!!! They have finally replaced their golf carts and repaired most of the potholes. I am optimistic that one day they will address those dreaded tee boxes.

I love the course and hopefully they will get it right. The staff should be more courteous, but that starts at the top. The golf pro is awesome and so are the starters, rangers, and club house cooks. As far as management.... It can definitely do better...

I really like this course due to its unique layout and not too difficult hazards/yardage. However, the course is in poor condition, both fairways, greens and some tee boxes. And it is VERY difficult to walk with enormous distances between sets of holes.

The course is solid and fun, the history of it is also cool. Typically for NYC tho , the pace can be horrible. 5-6 hour round.

Enjoyed my round at Van Cortlandt. Overall, everything was really great. There were some slow players on the course, and the trees around the tee boxes seem to be stopping the sun getting in - resulting in the grass not growing very well. Otherwise it was fantastic!

I was very much surprised and disappointed with no control of pace of paly. Event hough if was Saturday it took 6 hours to play. This is the worst case play in my life. Normally it would take 4÷4.5 hours ot worst case is 5 hours I realized that there was warning in golt cart to play quickly but there was no control. Delayed team played as they wanted without considering following team. . Delayed team problems are 1. Very poor in golf and even slow in play 2. Looked for the balls endlessly 3. Endless swing practice at the course 4. Brought children and delay. The course guide must check and give warning

and remove Delayed team if they delay endlessly.

Because of one Delayed team whole people at the course heavily suffer and loose valuable times.

This situation must be corrected

Thanks

Tee Boxes need some care. Other than that, a good course!

Course greens were getting aerated. I do understand the need, but not the failure to notify until arrival with a sign on the cash register. The “temporary greens” cut as much as 60 yards off holes and the greens were actually holes in the ground with a flag on the fairway. No actual green.

Fortunately, there was a no charge for the cart as a result. That was appreciated.

Tee boxes on many holes were none existent- just dirt. For the near future, this course would be a pass. Unfortunate, since it has been about 20 years since I played Van Cortland and was looking forward to it.

The pace of play at van Cortlandt is always a pain, but 5:30h for a round of golf is a disgrace. Tee boxes are just dirt on several holes and players don't fix pitch marks, adding to the slow greens.

The course itself is very accessible and a nice layout, staff is friendly and price is fair. Due to the proximity to the city and public transportation access there are a lot of players who don't play regularly.

As some may know, this is the oldest municipal course in the country. It accessible by subway or express bus. The course doesn't offer much in terms of services other than the usual hotdog, beer, of other beverage. The path is riddled with potholes, the greens are not up to parr with the other city courses and have plenty of un repaired ball marks . Most of the tee boxes are in horrible shape and I do hope they get better. I'm not even going to mention the sand traps and the constantly soggy fairways (holes 10-14).

There are some challenging greens on holes 7, 13, 17, and 18 along with 2 challenging par 5 (holes 2 and 12).

with that said, at some point they are going to have to bite the bullet and put some money into repairing and upgrading the course.

The Pace of play on the weekend is horrific. It's best if you play during the week.