Van Cortlandt Park Golf Course

Course is pretty much always in good shape. Good layout. Challenging and fun. Great snack shack you pass about 3 times a round. Many positives!

Having played this course many times and especially a few times recently, my one major critique is pace of play. They seem to stack the tee times pretty tight, even though the starters App seem to know there are a couple areas that bottleneck.

One reason for the bottlenecks could be difficult layout for walking players. I generally prefer to walk when I play, but I usually ride here. There are about 3 places on this course where the distance between holes can be over 10 minutes if you’re walking. Unless you’re playing with someone with a cart, who is willing to tow you or let you hop in for a quick ride…walking is gonna slow things noticeably in these few spots. AND the course only has a limited number of riding carts available for rent, so there are always plenty of walkers on the course. I believe this could be a big reason for some of the 5+ hour rounds. Add a cart shuttle service for walkers in these spots???

All things considered, great course. Definitely recommend.

Really enjoy this course. It’s fun To play. On the shorter side, but still challenging. Decent workout when you walk out. Greens and fairways are almost always in great shape. Nice putting green near the first tee. 19th hole has lots of good food options both cold and hot, even breakfast.

Highly recommend this course.

I’ve been playing golf for almost 20 years and a New Yorker but never played here. The place is pretty cool to check out if you have time to check it out. Upstairs is an original locker room and downstairs has some famous members lockers.

The routing is pretty interesting. It’s a very tight, tree lined course so make sure you can hit it straight. There’s nothing wrong with going less than driver. 15-18 feels squeezed in but that makes sense because Robert Moses didn’t care and put a parkway thru it. There is one really dumb blind shot par 3 but otherwise some really fun holes. Greens were slowwwww but again that course gets a lot of play so that makes sense. I’ll be back now that I know it

Course is in good shape. Greens in great shape compared to prior years. Tee boxes have made strides forward but still a few (#10 in particular) that may never be grass covered. Very enjoyable round. Great place of play Thursday 1240pm tee time.

6:03 tee time, beautiful in the morning, had 3 giant snapping turtles walking across the course!

First time playing this course in about 4 years. It has deteriorated significantly. It is a cow pasture, tee boxes are mostly hard pan, fairways are clover and dandelion, greens are barely hanging on. Played on a Monday late morning. Halfway house was closed! Only 2 water jugs on the course and one was empty. This used to be the best public track in the Bronx, NO MORE! Play Pelham or Split Rock. Don't waste your money on this one.