Van Cortlandt Park Golf Course

I had fun playing this course. I look forward to playing here again.

A hot buggy day, need bug spray esp. hole 8-11. The 1st tee box much better finally

Van Cortlandt Park is probably the most accessible course around New York City which is great, but also its curse. Many beginners play their first rounds here and pace of play is slow as a result with the ranger (if he's present) simply giving up on the issue.
It's a Muni course, so expectations are naturally limited and it's a decent course for that, but $85 for a round including the cart are steep for what it is. Will likely still return for a practice round some time.

Avoid weekend play, I hear weekdays are faster rounds but very slow, bad golfers and no rangers effectively doing anything to help. Plus poor conditions.

As some may know, this is the oldest municipal course in the country. It accessible by subway or express bus. The course doesn't offer much in terms of services other than the usual hotdog, beer, of other beverage. The path is riddled with potholes, the greens are not up to parr with the other city courses and have plenty of un repaired ball marks . Most of the tee boxes are in horrible shape and I do hope they get better. I'm not even going to mention the sand traps and the constantly soggy fairways (holes 10-14).

There are some challenging greens on holes 7, 13, 17, and 18 along with 2 challenging par 5 (holes 2 and 12).

with that said, at some point they are going to have to bite the bullet and put some money into repairing and upgrading the course.

The Pace of play on the weekend is horrific. It's best if you play during the week.

Really enjoy this course. It’s fun To play. On the shorter side, but still challenging. Decent workout when you walk out. Greens and fairways are almost always in great shape. Nice putting green near the first tee. 19th hole has lots of good food options both cold and hot, even breakfast.

Highly recommend this course.