Marine Park Golf Course

Despite the rumors, this golf course was in fantastic shape. I played 18 here on Saturday and had a great time. Plus, I was pretty content with my 84. Considering that Sandy was less than a year past, this course showed little to no signs of damage. Fairways were plush and the greens were running smooth. This was my first time playing here, but it was obvious the owner (whom I met briefly) is doing an amazing job at making improvements.

A course that is flat and open has it's benefits for many golfers, but can be too easy and appear boring to others. One smart solution that I noticed was they created large mounds of soil covered in fescue along the edges of the holes. These mounds not only acted as a clever way to create hole separation and a more appealing terrain, but also increased the difficulty if you're shot went astray. I can also assume that these dirt mounds (some towering 15-20 feet high) would act as protection against another super storm.

My advice for any golfer in Manhattan or Brooklyn is to try this course out. They are running a nice operation over there. I may be playing some late fall golf here, and Marine Park will definitely be in rotation for next season too.

Enjoy & play well.

P.S. - Thank you to the owner of this course who treated my friends and I to some Class A hospitality.

These greens a just fantastic. Kudos to the staff @ Marine Park. I could play it every day.The staff was exceptional and very accommodating.The support staff even retrieved my glove which I forgot in my car.Thanks guys.

Remove colored tees. Put the handicaps on the tee boxes where a golfer could reasonably be expected to play in about 4 hours. Regardless, the best course and staff in the city.

This park is trying to clean up. After 7 years the building that houses a center for geriatrics with 2 bathrooms and many millions of $ is complete. This new facility to me is a waste since I see no real activities going on here.
They offer seniors play time on the broken concrete tennis courts that are not clean, lazy players leave balls and cans all over it. There is no night lights or anyone to watch clean up or time play.
There are basketball courts which do have players as late as 1am.

Cricket players, baseball teams use this park NO ONE CLEANS up their food, cups, leave behind broken chairs, etc.
Where is someone to watch over this?

Concerts are offered in the summer. Other events come--Let's see if those new bathrooms stay open for this.

We were honored to house the piano from CityOfHope in June 2013.
It has many rules which are never followed but mostly they annoy us with cops at night to stop the dogs from running.
There are "supposed" areas that dogs are allowed in but no one clearly states this.
Bikes come by constantly with runners on broken paths of concrete.
Plenty of parking lots which are not lit well.

Great place to go to hit a few golf balls around. Great prices. The facilities are really good. Complimentary parking. The service is excellent. Specials from time to time. Open from May till September.