Spook Rock Golf Course

I have been playing Spook Rock for over 30 years and it is still a of my favorite courses to play

Got a great deal from Golfnow . There were many beginner foursomes in front who were very slow , over 5 hour round! The course is in good shape although the greens were bit slow. No ranger on course to speed up play. The staff were not too friendly. Good value for the money though. Course was mostly straight forward with some challenging par4's and short but tricky par5's

Very good design. Top 3 for public courses in Metro area. Challenging, yet fair. Nice subtlety in bunker placement and green contours. For the most part course let's you see where you need to hit it, but there are options off the tee. #11 tee shot is a bit goofy; blind landing area with out of bounds left, sloping fairway to the right which takes even good drives thru the fairway, over the cart path and into jail or deep rough. Otherwise lots of good shot values overall.

Course maintenance could improve; yesterday some of the bunkers were not dragged so you played out of old footprints, also too many rocks in the bunkers. With a little more invested, this place would be rated even higher.

I walk and carry and this course is well suited for it.

If you're not a local you get a bit soaked at $67 to walk. I think it's $85 for riders. With quite a few other options available, I would play this course a lot more if they charged $55.

Go enjoy it.

Walked the course on Tuesday May 3rd as a single. Weather was drizzling all dayno major downpour. Greens are poa annua, fairways and tee boxes neatly manicured and when i was out there i thought i was at a private club. Will definitely come back to Spook Rock. Fairways for the most part are wide and greens are not massive. Grounds crew pays close attention to detail. Neatly manicured and very enjoyable from the back tees. I will be back!

Course layout, conditions always good. Staff is so friendly from cashiers, starters, clubhouse. Always a good experience, best bang for your buck in rockland...believe me I'm non-resident and played lots in area. This is a must play for those looking to play in area!!!

Rained hard throughout the night and morning. Booked a $30 tee time at noonish and practically had the course to myself. Carts out and not 90 degrees but scatter. We love this course and play it often. The overall conditions were excellent and this year should be great.

I've played this course many times over the past 3 years. The staff is super and the course is well maintained. Pace of play in the late fall months is great. The course is somewhat challenging for a newer golfer like me. But I can see that it offer even the better players a challenge as I've played this course with 10 handicappers who said there are really no give away holes.

It is nice to get one round in at the late Fall in New York area. The overall course condition is good. Most of leaves had been cleaned. It is a nice course to play with excellent price from Golfnow.

Great track. Leaves could have been taken care of a little more

Worst course conditions ever would never return to play leaves all over including the fairways and greens Give the rating as 1 star for condition at best rating the pro shop had exactly 2 dozen balls left for sale at $25 a dozen no bargain . What can you expect from a county course. Play Bergen Ocean and Atlantic County course all the time and believe me it's like comparing tin cup to Pebble Beach. In one word Spook Rock STINKS

Very good price on Golfnow.com. We knew we wouldn't get 18 holes in because we had a 2:42 PM tee time. However, we only got 9 holes in because play was so slow. It just so happened that we had 2 groups directly in front of us that were not very good golfers (not that we're great golfers). I'm a firm believer that you don't have to be good to keep play moving, you just have to have good golf etiquette.

Challenging par 3s a very nice course demanding tree lined fairways

friendly staffs and good conditions. it's easy to find near highways. Fast greens and soft fairways.

Course was in great shape. The people at check in desk were very friendly and my cheeseburger and fries for lunch was great. The only thing is that they need to update the bathroom in the mens locker room. Other than that couldn't have been a better day.

Excellent Fairways and Greens. Love to play this course when possible but in all instances, very slow pace of play. expect 4 1/2 to 5 hour round. Its been that way forever. Still a very nice course to place.

Despite the recent heat wave, the course is in very good condition. The fairways and greens are green. My lawn should be like this course. The pace was slow in the front 9 but picked up on the back. It took almost five hours to complete the round. With the sunny, dry weather, the friendly golfers I was paired with and the course conditions, it made for a pleasant outing. That I played pretty well made it even more so.

This is a wonderful golf course, that could use some work on management.

The course was in wonderful shape, and the design is interesting - hilly, some blind shots. The par 5s are short and gettable, but they feature strategically placed hazards.

The big problem was that they jammed everyone out in twilight time, so it got very backed up towards the end. THe back nine took 3 hours to play - too long.

I hadn't played SR in a long time so I thought I'd give a try on Saturday. While the facilities/buildings are a bit run down the course was in nice shape for a busy public track, & I particularly liked the more sporty back nine., overall it's a nice layout.
Now for the bad: it took 5.25 hours to play 18 holes. This is absolutely unheard of even at the busiest of courses. They send off foursomes every 9 mins. without any regard for speed of play or keeping groups in position. Starting as soon as the 2nd hole we waited on every single hole to tee off and on virtually every fairway shot as well, sometimes two groups waiting on a tee at once. We called the clubhouse twice to send out rangers. The ranger came out and said "there's nothing I can do because it's a public course." This of course is exactly the opposite reasoning that they should be working under BECAUSE it is a public facility. The first 3 players I was paired with left after 9 holes because they couldn't take it anymore, & I joined another 3 for the back. They had called for a ranger as well and he said they same thing the first one did, so obviously doing nothing to speed play along is course policy. While I still managed a respectable 82 even though it was impossible to attain any kind of rhythm, and it is a pretty course, I will certainly not be returning. If your a decent golfer who can keep pace, this is definitely not the course for you.

Great group of guys paired with the day a lot of fun once on the tenth hole.things went well settled down relaxed no cares just played within my game great result can't wait to go again

Heard about Spook Rock for years and it was everything great re. the course. Disappointed in the pro shop and bathroom facilities but i look forward to returning