Forest Park Golf Course

A few shortcomings:

1. The clubs offered for rental are very rusted and out-dated model. Too many fairway woods / hybrid but no short game clubs. And the charge is not cheap, ie $22 per round.

2. The cart fee is not cheap either, ie $35 per cart.

3. So I’d say the green fee is quite reasonable, $54 for Monday morning tee. But the costs of club rental and cart, in total of $57, are relatively expensive.

4. The staff at the reception did not respond with welcoming attitude towards me as a random visitor. Just like carrying out their routines. Since I arrived earlier than my booked tee time, the staff just pushed me to a team of 3, not even intending to “ask” for my consent.

5. The worst part is there are a few holes where the green is just right next to the tee box of another hole, ie Hole 9, 10, 11, 12. Players have to be very cautious when tee off from a tee box or putting on a green. And there are no clear signages to warn the players. When my team mate stood up on the tee box of Hole 9, he was almost hit by a ball (slice) from the tee box of Hole 10 which was only 100 yards. Something have to do to avoid serious accidents.

6. The pace of play was not good, even it’s a Monday morning. Our team of 4 spent almost 5 hours to finish 18 holes.

Overall, if you are a beginner golf, I think this course can offer not bad conditions, as the fairways and greens are quite well maintained. But if you’re a seasoned golfer looking for a reasonable level of professional golf course, I believe this course would let you down.

But I believe if the management of the golf course would pay more attention to some details, I’d love to give a much higher rating and recommendation.

Greens in great shape - pace of play can be a challenge but in light of the amount of play no complaints

Greens were soft but fast, pin placement was challenging. I’m. Happy to see the improvements on course, the tee boxes are good shape as well.

This course is spectacular, it feels casual but challenging, the nature is beautiful in first park really a sight to see. The greens could use some work, but you can tell the staff puts in effort to keep it maintain. I come to first park very often, I've played other NYC courses and this one definitely has a spot in my heart.

Somewhat slow pace of play but course is in great shape