Forest Park Golf Course

The staff is great... course could be manicured a bit especially on the greens. Overall love playing there because it's challenging

Fairways were in great shape, you must be able to aim pretty well because some holes are narrow. I like the challenge. Note the greens were not in the best shape but was still able to putt.

Tee boxes need work little chopped up.

All in all I like the lay out of the course.

I played well for early in the season. Some fairways narrow so good tee shots are helpful. Some tees are very near previous greens so need to be alert to avoid errant shots of group behind you!

Not a long course but very narrow on on many holes. This place will put your control of the ball to the test.

On a Tuesday, you would think you could squeeze in a round when you get out of work early on a gorgeous day. On the other hand, this is NYC. The front 9 took just over three hours and for the most part it was due to waiting on holes three, four, and five.

This part of the course never dissapoints in holding play up mostly due to the tee shot on the short par 5 hole number 4.

From the back tees, you have about a 220 yds force carry to reach the fairway. Not only is the distance a factor, the fairway is really narrow for a par 5 tee shot. Since about 80% of golfers actually legitimately break 100, you could imagine what I'm getting at when you watch parties of people hitting tee shots especially from where they shouldn't be plating from.

Slow play here has always been notorious so I wouldn't expect that to change. Avoid playing here on weekends unless you're prepared for a 6 hour round.

This course has good bones. A bit short on the front, but tight fairways with lots of trees, elevated greens, dog legs, swales, some big contours and tiers in the greens. Some of the greens are chewed up probably because of the trees blocking sunlight. This is basic NYC muni golf with some interesting holes in a short but decent layout.

cart so bad condition. fairway green bad

Nice course, the fairways can be a bit tight at times and with the tree lines it can be challenging if your off the fairway. They are doing a lot of upgrades to the course. Replacing cart paths, rebuilding and installing sand traps. Had a bad experience a year ago with ridiculously slow play where I didn't even finish my round. Not the case this year. Only complaint is having to pay for parking.

This was the course i grew up playing and man has it gone down the tubes.. every tee box was basically dirt, greens were absolutely horrible, and the course took 5hrs and 38 min to finish..

Theres no denying the course gets alot of play..... but where on earth does the money go... surley not back into the course...

Ruined my entire saturday but i did shoot a solid 83 considering you wait 15 min on every hole and the greens not being maintaned (as you know scoring is done around the greens) up to standard..

If you dont have a car its minutes from the train ..... other than that theres no real positives accept for the staff A++ there super cool and recognize a real golfer when they see one..328 crush drive first hole..Birdie.. started hot. #arccosgolf

Played on a Monday morning so pace was better than what this place is known for. A couple years ago on a weekend I finished 3 holes after 1 hour and 20 minutes then walked off. Not a very long track but very easy to get penalised after bad tee shots. Mid to high handicapperschool who use a driver on all four 4's will have a tough time losing their ball. The hand full of times i played here, i always run into players with no course etiquette. There is only so much course maintenance can do but when a insurmountable amount of divots and ball marks are not replaced or fixed, it makes a course less enjoyable. I was a single and a threesome who was no better than +20 handicaps wouldn't let me pass was disturbing. All this pretty much happens on NYC municiple courses. Overall a fun layout, just try to play during the weekday if possible.

While visiting my son ,he took me to this place,the guy in the pro shop was nice until this fine young man cut in front of me while I was checking in! Loud n yelling hay man what time is it,the pro shop guyknew him!!!!!!he looks at me n says I'm putting you with this guy,I knew right then my day was over! about to begin!!!this,was the most inconsiderate, obnoxious, rude,almost got us killed ,when he started yelling at the five huge drunk's in front of us!they owe me for that round!pro shop knew this guy!never again!!!

Good course for the money. Hot deal on golf now. 20$. Uber from Manhattan. Nice fairways. Greens good shape except no one fixes ball marks. If back in NY, might play again. Good staff on hand.

The Clubhouse definitely needs to be standardized - The TV speaks for itself :) !! The pro-shop has to meet a basic standard to meet the definition of "Pro"(ness). The course has upgraded considerably in its maintenance. The pace however is still at its best, "slow" . its not an easy course, that is for sure. I love the course, nevertheless.

the course was in good condition and is challenging. would go again. they took down some of the ropes so you could ride your cart where at one time you had to go out and come back.the staff was excellent as always.

Good course layout. Some wait times at the tee were awful but opened up as day went along. Price can't be beat.

I've been a regular at the course for about 10 years now. What a turn-around since then. Everything from the staff, grounds crew, course condition has improved greatly. This past fall (2015) major ground work was done on a new putting green, tee boxes and general landscaping. If you haven't played this course in a long while it's time to come back and enjoy:The "New and Improved" Forest Park Golf Course.

It is okay for practice. You will use all clubs in your bag.

Played here many times. This course is always improving. The only complaint would be the price they charge on a regular basis this time of year. The Golf Now rate was fine 50 something with cart. Without Golf Now they try to hit you up for over $70.
Overpriced at that number any time of year.

While we respected waiting on the side for an hour for tee time as was instructed by the attendant, we discovered a group ahead of us with tee time after ours. The Sheriff didn't intervened even after we told him. The group, however, let us go ahead. It wasn't nice feeling that we had to respect the rule for our time whilst in the main time others after us started.

Beautiful day in late November - mid 60s and very little wind - the course is in good shape and tee are back so playing a little longer than normal. Greens are running true and most likely the best round before the snows come...have to cherish days like this and get out early to beat the crowd!