Van Cortlandt Park Golf Course

I played 18 on Saturday afternoon with 2 friends and my wife rode along. First of all, parking is not free for golfers so that was a weird inconvenience. Secondly, we had to pay an entire greens fee for my wife to ride in my cart and watch. I understand this is not unheard of, but considering we were a group of 3 golfers and we had 2 carts, there was room for her and I got the feeling they were just searching for more fees to throw on. The course has NO range and NO putting green to warm up on. There are no push cart options so it’s either cart or walk. With large distances between many of the holes and the last 4 holes being nicknamed “the hills” I would recommend getting a cart. The portable toilets on the course had poop in the urinal and the service log on the inside indicated it had not been serviced for 6 months so no telling when it was last cleaned. The beers and hotdogs at the concession booth at hole 8 were relatively cheap so that was a nice surprise. Now to the important stuff: the tee boxes were either decent at best or total mud pits. We actually opted to hit from the Jr tees on several holes due to the quality of some boxes. The greens were pretty clear of issues and had fun challenging slopes and breaks, however we found that they broke much less than we all anticipated Time and time again. Lastly, the PACE was horrendous. We had a 2pm tee time and did not even drive hole 15 due to the sunset. The front 9 took about 3 hrs. I believe this is due to overbooking. The group 2 in front of us had a group of 5 teeing off and even they were backed up in front of them. Overall I’d give the conditions a 5/10 and the mgmt of the course a 2/10.

A pretty nice course but their course have to walk a lot.

I usually like to walk for golfing.

I felt they were so long to go to next hole.

I actually have done great excise.

Their staff were not friendly at all .

Conditions were top notch! Very impressed by this local course and will be back. Great mix of holes that demand different types of shots .. short and long par 4s .. long par 3s .. very long par 5s. I'm a walker and the only downside is how the course is broken up into pieces that require significant walks between each section.

Steve in the pro shop was very nice and attentive.

Everything was great except the condition of the grass

Vanny is a classic, the first golf course to take tee times. It’s a relatively short course but the layout is great snd challenging. A must for New Yorkers to play at least once, I’ve probably plaued this course 200 times and still love it. It’s not a great course to walk, but I walk it anyway.

Probably my favorite course in the city. It plays short but you have to hit it straight. The staff is hands down the best around, friendly and hospitable. A few of the tee-boxes need work but overall it was in great shape for the amount of traffic they see.