Douglaston Golf Club

...yesterday took the cake. A very bad storm was coming. As soon as my party walked up to the entrance, we were greeted by the nicest gentleman, my apologies for forgetting his name, who let us know that rain was immanent and let us know our options for cancelling or playing on but once we tee off, 9-10 holes would probably be all we would get through. So I checked inside the clubhouse with Jason and the customer service he provided was fantastic. He said rain wouldn’t be coming til a little later and showed me the progression of the storm on his phone but knew that I wanted to change the tee time since playing 18 wasn’t realistic. I couldn’t get a refund thru Golf Now so Jason, juggling multiple other things, changed my tee time to a later date with no complaints or attitude. A very pleasant experience indeed. My party thanks both gentlemen for their assistance. See you in 2 weeks!

They prepared motor cart with extra fee per person.

I used to book at Golf Now with reasonable fee included golf motor cart. Now they were charged separate fare. I’d better go to other courses if I paid more than $50 with a cart at twilight time.

Greens were maintained very well, but some fairways were drying grass and naked dirt ground almost all over the fairway.

I know this special season they try to collect more coins by poor golfers. If you have a enough time, find other compatible golf courses on Golf Now. You will find out much more better courses with similar amount of fee.

Douglaston is a great layout for someone who wants to work on their game or someone who isn’t a monster off the tee. Some very nice holes, but rarely (if ever) testing you with length.

Notorious for slow rounds on the weekends; so accept this if you are playing Fri-Sun and be aware going in. Weekdays play is faster. Having no walk ups because of Covid did speed it up a touch vs. past weekend rounds, but still waited a lot.

Overall course is actually in great shape, but 2-4 tee boxes that get limited sun are in abysmal shape, which makes it impossible to say the conditions are above average. Majority of course is in above average to excellent shape, with the few bad tee boxes crushing the overall rating.

I would recommend tho, it’s a fun layout and round in a convenient location for most NYC residents

Pace: normal for NYC

Course condition: a little beat up, greens are in okay shape, some tee boxes are crap. But overall very playable

Course layout: lots of blind shots, had the group behind me hit up on me several times. Not there fault but a little annoying. The course overall is to hilly for my liking.

Overall: would go back now that I know what I am getting into with the blind shots.

The staff was great. And real good Covid 19 procedures. I loved the course layout. Lots of hidden flags makes you have to hit to a specific location. If you like wide open links golf...you won’t find it here. The greens are slow..but you’ll get use to them. The rough is not bad....and that’s a good thing if you’re not accurate. Expect a 4 hour round. And, when I played there was no cart girl and no water on the course (Covid 19)....so bring your favorite beverage.

it rained so hard, there was thunder and lightening for over 30 minutes.

No warning sounded from the club house.

Only complete 4 holes - Course Policy- No Rain Checks!!

Play with someone who knows corse . Blind shots if you don’t know where to aim.