Spruce/Dogwood at Middle Island Country Club
About
Located almost in the center of Long Island, the aptly named Middle Island Country Club is one of the area's most popular public golf courses. The 27-hole layout is divided into three nines that are played in 18-hole combinations. The Spruce/Dogwood begins with a front nine that underwent a major renovation in 2008. An island green was added to the par-4 seventh and another major addition was new tee boxes to accommodate women, seniors, and championship play. Middle Island Country Club's Spruce nine boasts generous fairways and large greens where there is plenty of room to grip it and rip it. Take advantage of the scoring opportunities on this nine because the Dogwood nine gets much more challenging. The back nine is a formidable test with narrows fairways and greens with surprising breaks that will have you wondering how you "just missed" it.
| Tee | Par | Length | Rating | Slope |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Championship | 71 | 7113 yards | ||
| Men's | 71 | 6554 yards | ||
| Seniors | 71 | 6078 yards | ||
| Ladies | 71 | 5279 yards |
| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Championship M: 73.7/128 | 463 | 369 | 550 | 206 | 409 | 505 | 425 | 195 | 430 | 3552 | 430 | 585 | 170 | 393 | 175 | 340 | 438 | 597 | 433 | 3561 | 7113 |
| Champion II M: 72.6/126 | 463 | 369 | 550 | 206 | 409 | 400 | 425 | 165 | 430 | 3417 | 430 | 585 | 170 | 393 | 175 | 340 | 438 | 597 | 433 | 3561 | 6978 |
| Mens M: 71.2/123 | 449 | 345 | 529 | 189 | 389 | 390 | 405 | 140 | 405 | 3241 | 397 | 561 | 160 | 365 | 144 | 316 | 405 | 562 | 403 | 3313 | 6554 |
| Senior M: 69.4/119 | 410 | 305 | 485 | 175 | 375 | 320 | 385 | 125 | 390 | 2970 | 382 | 546 | 119 | 344 | 129 | 301 | 390 | 540 | 357 | 3108 | 6078 |
| Ladies W: 69.8/118 | 375 | 270 | 410 | 159 | 368 | 300 | 305 | 110 | 325 | 2622 | 327 | 429 | 110 | 313 | 129 | 264 | 323 | 453 | 309 | 2657 | 5279 |
| Handicap | 6 | 14 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 18 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 15 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 9 | |||
| Par | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 35 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 36 | 71 |
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Photo submitted by sdl31 on 01/02/2025
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Photo submitted by sdl31 on 01/02/2025
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Photo submitted by pdrgolf218 on 06/26/2024
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9th hole on Spruce. Photo submitted by NZIENTARSKI on 09/24/2022
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Final hole on Spruce Photo submitted by golfever1969 on 08/26/2020
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Par 5 Photo submitted by golfever1969 on 07/12/2020
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Stone bridge after par 3 Photo submitted by golfever1969 on 07/12/2020
Course alittle beat up can’t help fighting Mother Nature . The greens are in good shape BUT FOR EVERY GOlFER if you land on the green FIX YOUR BALL MARK AND RAKE THE SAND TRAPS think of the next golfer
Nicely kept
Course has a nice layout. Challenging as fairways are not wide. Greens are not in great shape due to golfers not fixing divits
Honest review
Starters are rude and unprofessional. Course is overall in good shape. Not worth the money.
Quick round
Nice local course in good condition. The greens did have a lot of ball marks but other than that everything else was nice. Can’t complain about finishing 18 in 3 hours.
Good experience
Convient course. Decent condition but too much crabgrass and bunkers weren’t in best condition. Staff very nice
Meh
Every green had a billion ball marks on them. Two guys were were paired up with didn't fix one ball mark. Couldn't take a hint when I repaired their ball marks right in front of their faces. Bunkers aren't maintained. Rained last night, you would think they would have crew out early to rake bunkers before play began but that didn't happen. Other golfers didn't rake bunkers either. Just about every bunker that I passed had at least a few foot prints in them. Most bunkers also full of a variety of little pebbles up to full rocks about half the size of golf balls. You also need a sledge hammer to get the ball to roll all they way to the hole on the greens.
Temps were in the 90's and the course did not have any water available on Spruce or Dogwood courses. Place was packed, had a time for 8:16am and didn't tee off until about 8:30am. Through the first six holes there were at least 3 groups on each hole.
Wow! Sticky humidity day I was playing
All holes of 18 were perfect shape. All levels of golfers should be like them, but greens were not pefect. Some of greens were so slow and others were little more faster than slow green. If this golf course wants to be favorable course for golfers, they have to fix this problem. They must hire green keepers to do their job. Except green, everything was perfect for playing golf in humid day.
fix those ball marks
The course was in great shape I just wish players would fix their ball marks
A challenge
Played spruce and dogwood. The course is more challenging then it looks. The course was in very good condition.
Middle Island Round 3
I have played here each of the last 3 decades multiple times but never regularly and it has gone through multiple owners and varied conditions. Driving in it is unspectacular and the parking lot and clubhouse are outdated and not well maintained. However the course is in above average condition and the greens roll well. It is not crowded and pace of play is good as long as those in front of you keep the pace. Not a lot of interaction with rangers and golfers tend to be less experienced so you can run into a slow group. Good course
perfect day at middle island cc
greens a little slow but the ball rolled perfectly.
Fairways ,tee boxes all maintained.
Very Nice Afternoon
It was a hot day so the course was pretty quiet. We played as a foursome with one golfer who was a beginner. By the time we reached the back nine there were very few foursomes on the course. Finished in 4 hours. Fairways and greens were in very good condition. No cart girl and few amenities at the clubhouse.
The starter called Sal Cooper is terrible
We finished 9 holes in Dogwood in 2 hours because our twosome started the tee time at 6:48am. The starter called Sal Cooper made us waited for 1 hour 45 minutes before we could start another 9 holes. We paid $68 prime time rate to play only 15 holes in 5.5 hours mostly due to the long wait between the two 9 holes. We could not continue as we needed to go somewhere. The starter Sal Cooper's poor management of distributing players to the three 9-hole courses ruined our mood on a perfect golf day. Instead of following the order of play based on tee time and the turn around time from 1 course to another course, he chooses who he likes to cut the waiting line.
Green not cleared of morning do
The new management must be cutting cost. Had early tee time. Office wasn’t even open when we arrived.
The first 9 greens still had water on them from the morning do. Will not return. And will tell all golfer stay away from Middle Island CC. Spring Lake & Mill Pond closer & great experience. Stay away from Middle Island CC.
Greens were horrible
I love to play this course. The general area of the course was great; except the greens were not in good shape. There were so many ball marks from people not repairing them. I do not know how to remedy people being so insensitive to the rules of golf. Otherwise it was a great day
This course is in my rotation
Course is in great shape. A slow inexperienced foursome was in front of us and the course Ranger diplomatically arranged us to play thru. Will be playing there again soon.
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