Saxon Woods Golf Course

Pace of play was painfully slow. Although our foursome had started with at least one open hole ahead of us, we had caught the group ahead by the third tee and had a considerable wait on each succeeding tee. We were the third group on the eighth tee when we arrived there. Just as we were finally clear to hit the Ranger who was nowhere to be seen for the prior two hours arrived and started harassing us to speed up. The rudeness and indeed incompetence of this “official” left a bad taste in my mouth. We quit after nine holes. Not going back.

Get to the course already to play at 7am. Walk up to pro shop, old guy shouts “we’re closed!” I say you don’t call anyone the night before to say you’re closed and your tee time is cancelled? He just give me an oh well gesture. Safe to say...won’t schedule a tee time here again.

Course was in great shape. Staff was friendly and accommodating. Had a great time will definitely play there again.

The course is laid out pretty well. Not too many blind tee shots and the fairway hits are fairly flat. You can walk this course fairly easily as well. I will probably play again once it gets cooler. The course plays way to slow to be out there when it’s 90 plus degrees.

The starter allowed a man who had obviously never played or even spent time at the range. He severely held up play and the rangers should have removed him and refunded his fee.

Went to buy snacks after the 8th hole but the person behind the counter didn't have a mask on. I asked her to put one on and she gave an emphatic NO, she was too hot. I asked again and she said for me to just stand back if I was worried. Actually, it wasn't even that hot out, and the shack is in the shade. Come on, this is NY! It's a REQUIREMENT! I hope someone from course mgmt reads this. .

My wife and I love Saxon Woods. We try and play here once a week when it’s open. We played last Sunday, we were 2 golfers and we had a 3:46 tee time, we hit a few balls on the range and approached the first tee a few minutes before scheduled time. We were informed that there was threesome in front of us and we said that was ok. The group in front of us had already teed off. We enjoyed the first hole and the group in front of us seemed to be moving along. When we got to the fourth tee the threesome in front of us was now 5 golfers. It went downhill from there. On the 9th tee, another group of 5 (no idea where they came from, they seemed to appear out of no where) and the 5 in front of us were we’re all waiting and the backup continued. It took 40 minutes to play the 9th hole. We didn’t see a ranger anywhere while we played. We played the 10th hole and packed it in.....3 groups waiting on the 11th tee, a foursome and two groups of 5, 14 people waiting on the 11th tee.....not fun!

Course can be challenging at times but overall very nice.

Used to be a scratch golfer but now am closer to a 8.

2nd time playing and I loved it more than the first time out.

Outstanding layout for a shorter course. Definitely not a driver heavy round although you can open it up and also play for some risk/reward

Tests your shot making. Smaller greens. More target golf.

Normally hate courses that don’t allow for Driver on most par 4 or longer. Played the whites at 6200 yards and it plays so much longer.

Great course. Greens were a little long. Very receptive.

A very very nice course and layout. Well designed. Lose yourself out on the course.

First time this year playing Saxon, my informal “home course.” The course is in terrific shape for late June. Only two gripes: playing midday means having to dodge sprinklers on the tees fairways and greens that go on and off seemingly at random. I wish they would just water early morning and late afternoon. Also, the course needs to get it’s individual hole info on the USGA GHIN site so that USGA members who use it can take full advantage..

Stumbled on this course from golf now app. I’m from Nassau and I needed something in a pinch. Saw the reviews and gave this a whirl. The course was phenomenal. What a great layout. Fun and fair. The starter was a miserable curmudgeon, but there was another former starter there that was as nice as pie. Overall excellent experience.