Somers National Golf Club

Great course. Lots of elevation changes. Relatively short with many blind shots. Lots of irons off the tee but good opportunities to try and cut doglegs with driver. I will definitely go back.

Pace of play was ok but on the slow side 4.5hr round with the back taking the majority of the time.

One note. I’d never played the course before so I got there a bit early (11:10 for an 11:45 tee time). Parking is plentiful but it is a hike to the clubhouse. Got to the clubhouse no later than 11:20. The checkin process was smooth but took a few extra minutes due to a slow patron and a software issue. I was out by 11:30. I found my way to the first tee and waited for the starter who was up on the fairway. When he came back to the tee box he said the 11:45 group had already teed off and was on the green. It was 11:40. Another golfer was in the same boat and equally dumbfounded. We were told to skip #1 and jump to #2. It was all really weird and I am hoping situational.

Like area Muni course, add Somers to the list of drought addled Westchester golf courses.. Despite all the work that they put into the course last year, the drought has undone all that effort. The front 9 is in really tough shape and the hard tac fairway takes a mid fairway shot and throws it into the OB area. The back 9 is in better shape due to the shading but has its tough spots. Too bad. The 19th hole amenities continues to be amateur hour with unhappy employees and lackadaisical service,.

We used to love golf at this place. I was there 2 months ago and the course was in fantastic condition; lush fairways, great greens.

This time at least 40% or more of the fairways were in a burnt grass / dried out condition.

I hope they are able to remedy this; it was sad to see this otherwise great local course in this condition.

Greens were in good shape. Tee boxes and fairways were barren.

Fairways are non existent, it’s just dirt/mud.

Horrible layout.

Greens were good.

Nice golf carts

I have been an avid golfer my entire life. Its not often that I complain about a golf course… actually this is the first one ever. The course was completely dried out dead grass. The tee boxes were mounds of dirt. And the traps were piles of rocks. Because I have played here many times before, I anticipated all of this. One thing I didn't anticipate was how rude starter was to me and my friends. We played on a day that was about 98 degrees, sun beaming down (poor decision on our part). The starter proceed to tell us we cant bring our own waters onto the course. I explained to him that it is excruciatingly hot out. He said yes thats fine but you have to buy them here, and began to legitimately scream at me about it and rant about how cheap I was (meanwhile I was the one spending $80 to play at the worst course in Westchester). During our round, which we couldnt have our waters. We saw the cart girl once on the 4th hole and that was it for the rest of the 14 holes. Not a single drop of liquid on a single hole out there. I thought I was going to faint. I used to play at Somers all the time years ago. Its probably close to 8 years since I played there, and yesterday completely refreshed my memory as to why I’ll never go back again. This also wasn't the first bad encounter I’ve had with employees here. I’m not an aggressive person, but I’m glad to say I’m genuinely happy this place is going out of business.

Just disappointed with the overall experience at this course. I knew the course was very tough (played few times before the pandemic ) and really had a good memory of the course. But it seems covid thing really messed up how it operates the business. The only positive thing I can think of was a pace of the game since no one was around (and I am just wandering why....).