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4.2
1278 Reviews (1278)
5 Stars
610
4 Stars
503
3 Stars
96
2 Stars
34
1 Stars
35
Conditions
4.2
Value
4.0
Layout
4.4
Friendliness
4.3
Pace
4.1
Amenities
3.7
87.4%
Recommend this course
1167 out of 1278 reviews
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3.5
14 Reviews (14)
5 Stars
2
4 Stars
6
3 Stars
4
2 Stars
1
1 Stars
1
Conditions
3.4
Value
3.5
Layout
3.9
Pace
4.0
Amenities
3.5
StaffFriendliness
4.1
71.4%
Recommend this course
10 out of 14 reviews
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4.1
94 Reviews (94)
5 Stars
44
4 Stars
32
3 Stars
9
2 Stars
4
1 Stars
5
Conditions
4.1
Value
3.9
Layout
4.3
Pace
4.1
Amenities
3.8
StaffFriendliness
4.3
84.0%
Recommend this course
79 out of 94 reviews
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Course Highlights
This South Shore waterfront layout consistently earns praise for its lush, well-maintained fairways and strategic hole angles near the water. Personable staff and a smooth pace of play make this an outstanding value for Long Island golfers.

About

Holes 18
Type Semi-Private
Par 72
Length 6819 yards
Slope 135
Rating 73.7

The Golf Club at Middle Bay is located on Long Island's south shore overlooking the barrier islands of Jones Beach, Point Lookout, and Lido Beach. Nearly every hole looks out across water. Though the golf course is just an hour outside of New York City, you'll feel as though you've been whisked off to an out-of-town resort. The layout has a challenging design that will test your accuracy with tree-lined fairways and strategically placed bunkers. Wind will also be a factor on this golf course. The Golf Club at Middle Bay is a tough but fair layout that players of all skill levels will enjoy. In addition to the golf course, there is also a driving range available.

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Course Details

Year Built 1955
Fairways Bent Grass
Greens Bent Grass
Architect Alfred H. Tull (1955) Kipp Schulties (2007)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Golf School/Academy Yes
Teaching Pro Yes
Pitching/Chipping Area Yes
Putting Green Yes
Practice Hole Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted Yes
Metal Spikes Allowed No
Dress code No jeans, t-shirts, gym shorts, cargo shorts or sweatpants

Food & Beverage

Catering, Restaurant

Available Facilities

Banquet Facilities

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Reviews

4.2
1278 Reviews (1278)

What Golfers Are Saying

Course Challenges Include:
Water Hazards 53
Bunkers 43
Undulating Greens 23
This course/club is great for:
Locals 40
Wildlife/ Scenic Views 35
Advanced Golfers 30
This Course's Location is:
In the 'Burbs 32
Worth the Drive 26
Convenient to the City 23

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Played On
Reviews 2
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Poor
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Commented on 07/23/2021

Hi, alfernandeznyc. We appreciate you taking the time to review the course and rate us. Thank you for the 4 stars! We aim for a 5-star experience, so we always welcome feedback for improvement. Thank you for playing The Golf Club at Middle Bay.

Played On
Reviews 90
Handicap 25+
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 1000 Contributor
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Average
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Commented on 07/06/2021

Hi, Joseph1193155. We appreciate you taking the time to review the course and rate us. Thank you for the 4 stars! We aim for a 5-star experience, so we always welcome feedback for improvement. Thank you for playing The Golf Club at Middle Bay.

Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart

Best course for every new yorker.

From fast greens and the well maintained course it is a pleasure to play middle bay. With difficulty of wind from all sorts of directions it is a true test of golf. Have recommended this course to everyone I know who plays golf. Thanks for a great day middle bay.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
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Commented on 07/07/2021

Oisin1, thank you for your kind words! We hope to see you again at the course very soon for another 5-star experience. Thanks for choosing The Golf Club at Middle Bay.

Played On
Reviews 3
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
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Commented on 07/06/2021

Hi, mjsepar. We appreciate you taking the time to review the course and rate us. Thank you for the 4 stars! We aim for a 5-star experience, so we always welcome feedback for improvement. Thank you for playing The Golf Club at Middle Bay.

Played On
Reviews 12
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 07/12/2021

Hello and thank you for your 5-star rating, u4983090! We're delighted you enjoyed your round. Please book another round with us soon, and thanks for choosing The Golf Club at Middle Bay!

Played On
Reviews 28
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Good
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Commented on 06/29/2021

Hi, Iraklis2617141. We appreciate you taking the time to review the course and rate us. Thank you for the 4 stars! We aim for a 5-star experience, so we always welcome feedback for improvement. Thank you for playing The Golf Club at Middle Bay.

Played On
Reviews 8
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Why do they hire jerks?

I don’t get why courses hire these jerks. This old guy with white mustache berates me for parking the cart on the grass near the range. Even after I apologize, tell him it’s my first time there, and promise to move it he still seems to have a problem with me. Tells me I have no common sense - as if nobody parks carts on grass, and getting it out of the way from the pavement is not a common sense thing to do. What other business hires these kinds of people to insult and berate their customers? Real nice welcome. Otherwise the course was great.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Poor
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
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Commented on 07/01/2021

Thank you for taking the time to provide us with your feedback. I am sorry to hear that your experience at our course was anything less than pleasant. Please know I expect our staff to always treat our players with courtesy and respect and have addressed this isolated incident with our staff. I would welcome the opportunity to discuss this with your further. Please feel free to call me directly at our pro shop, 516-766-1880 and ask for Aileen.

Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great pace - fun course

Had a great time playing this course. Finished in 4h20 which was pretty great. The one thing that baffled me where the number of broken golf balls and golf ball casings all around the course.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
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Commented on 06/29/2021

Hi, u7408750. We appreciate you taking the time to review the course and rate us. Thank you for the 4 stars! We aim for a 5-star experience, so we always welcome feedback for improvement. Thank you for playing The Golf Club at Middle Bay.

Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 06/29/2021

Hello and thank you for your 5-star rating, David4571520! We're delighted you enjoyed your round. Please book another round with us soon, and thanks for choosing The Golf Club at Middle Bay!

Played On
Reviews 5
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Perfect Day

Course was in great shape. Only blemish was the excess geese poop on hole 11 tee box (a mine field) but watching boats do fly byes on the inlet made it bearable. Overall great weather and day, staff was top shelf.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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Commented on 06/29/2021

Hi, bkat51. We appreciate you taking the time to review the course and rate us. Thank you for the 4 stars! We aim for a 5-star experience, so we always welcome feedback for improvement. Thank you for playing The Golf Club at Middle Bay.

Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Average
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Commented on 06/29/2021

Hi, u834915315. We appreciate you taking the time to review the course and rate us. Thank you for the 4 stars! We aim for a 5-star experience, so we always welcome feedback for improvement. Thank you for playing The Golf Club at Middle Bay.

Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 06/25/2021

Hello and thank you for your 5-star rating, heartlandchampion! We're delighted you enjoyed your round. Please book another round with us soon, and thanks for choosing The Golf Club at Middle Bay!

Played On
Reviews 7
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Wet weather
Used cart
Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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Commented on 06/25/2021

Hi, u9051465. We appreciate you taking the time to review the course and rate us. Thank you for the 4 stars! We aim for a 5-star experience, so we always welcome feedback for improvement. Thank you for playing The Golf Club at Middle Bay.

Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played

Fun challenging links like course

Fun challenging links like course in beautiful condition! Stay out of the tall grass and sand traps for a good day!

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
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Commented on 06/25/2021

Hi, u314160726528. Thank you so much for the great review. We are glad you had an incredible time, and we hope to see you again soon! Thanks for choosing The Golf Club at Middle Bay.

Played On
Reviews 55
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Previously Played

Fun course…

Would like to see times when they a few more affordable tee times.

Conditions Excellent
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
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Commented on 07/29/2021

Hi, u314160340905! Thank you so much for leaving us with your feedback. We value our customer experience, so your review is important to us. We will make note and we hope to see you back at The Golf Club at Middle Bay!

Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played

What a great course!

Ronnie keeps this course in great shape ! I think it’s one of the south shores best courses ! I’ve been playing here for several years and the last 5 years this course has been immaculate! . Hopefully at some point there will be a clubhouse, but the course conditions make up for the lost club house from Sandy ! Thank you Middle Bay ! Mark Walsh

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 06/25/2021

Hi, walshy000001. Thank you so much for the great review. We are glad you had an incredible time, and we hope to see you again soon! Thanks for choosing The Golf Club at Middle Bay.

Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played

Good not great

Overall a good course, greens always in great condition

Course doesn’t drain well obviously because it’s on the water.

The carts shutdown when you go off course which is a huge annoyance and slows play down considerably.

But always worth playing.

Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Average
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Commented on 06/25/2021

Hi, Paul2245119. We appreciate you taking the time to review the course and rate us. Thank you for the 4 stars! We aim for a 5-star experience, so we always welcome feedback for improvement. Thank you for playing The Golf Club at Middle Bay.

Played On
Reviews 13
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played

Sunday Golf ⛳️

Place was in great shape however it’s a five hour round which makes for not a great experience ai in spite of it you’re still in hurry up mode and slow down sane time

to so great views greens were immaculate starter was a little surly but otherwise great would love to play it again when it’s not so slow

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Fair
Amenities Poor
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Commented on 06/25/2021

Hi, jeffhochman. We appreciate you taking the time to review the course and rate us. Thank you for the 4 stars! We aim for a 5-star experience, so we always welcome feedback for improvement. Thank you for playing The Golf Club at Middle Bay.

Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played
Windy weather
Walked

Quality and Value

the last 2+ years, Middle Bay greens are as good as any private course on LI. And that is with increased COVID play. Alot to be said for shutting down for a few months in winter. There is always a risk of casual water at Middle bay because it has low spots and tidal pools. By and large they do an excellent job in conditioning. Routing for the course is excellent. Only long walk is from 9th green to 10th tee. Simple pro shop and cafe( does not sell beer) but the cart girl does sell beer. Adequate driving range and excellent putting green. Staff is very attentive and polite. the wind and quick greens are Middle Bays defense.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
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Commented on 08/23/2021

Hi, buckyd23. Thank you so much for the great review. We are glad you had an incredible time, and we hope to see you again soon! Thanks for choosing The Golf Club at Middle Bay.

Played On
Reviews 30
Handicap 5-9
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
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Commented on 06/25/2021

Hello and thank you for your 5-star rating, 1cwatts! We're delighted you enjoyed your round. Please book another round with us soon, and thanks for choosing The Golf Club at Middle Bay!

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