Van Cortlandt Park Golf Course

I should have expected less being in the Bronx, however the experience was poor from start to finish.

First off you get surprised by some guy in a golf cart collecting $3.00 just to park. Then after we parked about 10 minutes later he rolls up to the clubhouse And screams to his friends let's get home. Certainly is a scam for sure.

Extremely rude staff during the entire process of checking in.

The first tee box literally was mud. No grass to be found. It was disgusting. The starter seemed friendly but certainly could not help matters.

The conditions of the fairway were poor with extremely thin grass obviously not well-maintained. The greens were somewhat decent but that did not make up for the overall conditions which were poor.

The pace of play was way too long at almost 6 hours.

There are too many better courses located elsewhere with far better amenities and better conditions. Skip this place.

Very pleasant surprise! Beautiful, well designed course. Makes you forget it’s surrounded by busy Bronx neighborhoods. Steady pace. Finished round in 4 hours. Excellent condition of putting greens. Frankly, just as nice as any Westchester county public course, except for the tee boxes and bunkers. Dispelled my prior reservations about driving to play here.

Course is well kept and friendly staff. This course makes you use all of your clubs and thats something i love most about a good golf course. You wont be disappointed.

I'll start by saying I've been playing Vannie for better than 25 years and so I've seen it in all conditions. But I've never seen it WORSE than it is now. The tee boxes are more like sand traps with tiny patches of grass but otherwise fully chewed up. Clearly no maintenance has been happening here for some time - and they'll say it's because of C19 - but other nearby courses aren't struggling anywhere near what Vannie is.

The rangers literally do NOTHING, what is the point!? Tee boxes are gross. Other than that, course in decent shape.

This course has been neglected badly. It was nice at the start of summer, but now unrecognizable as if it were abandoned.

The greens were like the surface of the moon with all the aerated holes.

Avoid this course you will be disappointed particularly if you play well.

And what’s up with the first tee box being non-existence ? I was told by starter that it was cursed by Babe Ruth in the 1940s.

Was intrigued by course being oldest public in the country. Layout was excellent , conditions surprisingly good for a municipal course (although tees need some attention). Played early 18 in 3 hours. Extremely enjoyable round of golf, albeit a bit pricey, but I factor in it is basically right in the city. I will play again.

Conditions were really bad. Fairway most holes was hard terrain and anything in the rough was filled with sticks and hard ground. Unless it was a bad day would never go back.

Play early. I started at 7 done by 11. Muddy in some spots..but greens were true.

Took us over 4.5 hours to play 13 holes. Group in front of us took very long at each hole and every time a player couldn’t find a ball the entire foursome would all stop what they were doing to search for it. There was also a group of six!!!! two groups ahead of us. No Rangers or staff onsite to speed up play.

The conditions of the course are awful. Tee boxes have no grass and minimal dirt. Good luck placing a tee in crabgrass.