Marine Park Golf Course

the wind was there all day and the greens were fast

I love this course. Greens are in good shape and roll fast. Moderately long from the tips and a fun layout. Nice bar also.

That said, the staff are by far the worst part about this course. The starter in particular needs an attitude adjustment. There’s no reason a grown man should act the way I’ve seen him act on several occasions. Do us all a favor pal and quit if you don’t want to be there.

Pace of play is sloooooooow. Again, if the staff did their jobs pace would be better but I guess they’ve got other things to do. I saw a ranger but he wasn’t doing squat.

The superintendent is going a great job with the course. The recent upgrades look great.

The clubhouse staff could take some cues from the course maintenance staff for sure.

I love this course. Greens are in good shape and roll fast. Moderately long from the tips and a fun layout. Nice bar also.

That said, the staff are by far the worst part about this course. The starter in particular needs an attitude adjustment. There’s no reason a grown man should act the way I’ve seen him act on several occasions.

Pace of play is sloooooooow. Again, if the staff did their jobs pace would be better but I guess they’ve got other things to do.

The superintendent is going a great job with the course. The recent upgrades look great.

The clubhouse staff could take some cues from the course maintenance staff for sure.

I was pleasantly surprised with the improvements, and upgrades, disappointed that it was recently aerated, but that was nothing major. The new sand bunkers, the berms, fairways, all add to the beauty of the course. Hard to believe we were in an urban environment.

Granted it was 4th of July, but not having rangers was really bad. 5.5 hrs of round is exactly the reason why many average golfers like me don't want to golf. With that being said, the course improved from last time in terms of conditions. Greens were better, and I noticed improvements on bunkers and fairways. But still needs work, and hopefully this comments would get them to start focusing more on golfer experience. Only NYC muni over 7k yards, so for first timers, might be worth the experience.

Played the course recently in great conditions. Greens rolled perfectly and fair. Were receptive after the previous nights rain. The waste bunker between 3 and 4 is a great addition adds a nice touch to the front nine. Fairways and tee boxes were also in great shape. The fescue has taken awile to grow and is slowly adding a challenge to the open layout. Some of the mounds need more fescue to be planted as they is still toi much dirt and stone which makes the fesue too easy out of which to olay. Some of the fesue does not punish fairway misses. Otherwise this course is becoming a local public favorite paricularky for the price and amenities. What other public course do you know specifically has a chipping and bunker practice area? Great job on the upgrades to this city course.

They did their best to send us out quick and keep us moving along. It was a 6 hour round (10 minutes was a rain stoppage). The course itself is in need of a drainage system in several spots. The greens were fast, but mostly fair, considering the Sunday pin placements.

I have a bone to pick with public courses costing 70, 80 dollars to ride. That said, Marine Park is a true "clubhouse", nice dining facilities, both inside with a real short order cook doing work, and outside with a grill. The best thing about MP is the practice facility: driving range (no woods), large chipping and putting greens. And then there is the music!. The starter, generally an ornery cuss, plays some of the best American Classical music one has a right to expect at a public golf course.

Staff was very rude. They wanted to kick us off after the first hole, claiming we were taking too long, however we were still waiting for the group in front of us. Man named Ted “head ranger” was following us through out the whole course, after every hole he would say keep it going, was very unsettled . Felt rushed and could not play well. Would not play there again! From reading the other reviews they seem to do this a lot.

Marine Park Golf, is under repair. My review are a bit hard, but the season is starting. Course was wet, and a lot of birds excrements on the fairways. Did do not have log ball for souvenir, and the Grill Bar was closed. Carts and pulling Cart are old. Golf Cart path are damage on a 85% of the course. They need to do a better job to put it above average golf course. I will return the golf course is close. Hope is better.

I enjoyed every holes with nice partners.

Though there was construction going on 3rd and 4th holes, gentle men in the shop and the field friendly guided us and had no problem with that.

However, the starter was the worst person I have ever met in golf courses.

I read another review and found that I was not the only one who thought so.

I hope NYC could find better person. It would be easy. Anyone would be better.

Course was nice, but not ready for play. Greens were aerated but they charged full price. When I asked the guy in the pro shop about the full price for the greens fee, he just replied they were aerated 2 weeks ago. They had not grown back yet which is fine, but don’t charge full price and then say they were aerated 2 weeks ago...no excuse. The starter was a character too blasting music through a speaker and barking orders about where carts can and cannot go. Not friendly at all.

The course is conveniently located to lower Manhattan. Don’t go here expecting a fast round or great conditions. Greens were aerated during my round so it made putting impossible

I've played this course for about three years after moving to NYC. Every year the course does seem to improve, but my only grip (still) is are these high mogul (like) piles of dirt and grass that line the greens and fairways. There isn't enough grass on them and if you get into one its nearly impossible to hit from. I know you shouldn't be in there, but with very windy conditions everyone typically finds their into one or two each round. Like I said the the conditions were very windy and cold and it's been very cold even as we near Spring so I won't comment to much on the course conditions. Overall the course is in great shape and holding up well over the Winter.

Pace of play is what gets to people. Seems like the Starter doesn't allow too enough time in between groups and they eventually get bunched up by the 4th Par 3 hole, but that is a common problem with most public courses. We also noticed people and groups paying a little extra in order to tee off in front of already payed costumers (as in tee times are invented on the spot). This obviously slows down play as there are too many groups on the course. Also a lot of betting and money changing hands on the greens which adds to the round duration. I gripped more than usual about my round, but when its 45 degrees and gusting 20-30 patience gets thinned real quick.

I do enjoy the course layout and proximity to my apartment in Queens so I will be playing here from time to time.

This course is just an average NYC muni course that gets a huge amount of play. It serves the purpose of providing recreation well, but it's certainly not something to travel far and wide to play.