Silver Lake Golf Course

For the new members to the NYC golf community. I read these comments about pricing at NYC public course and realize many are misinformed. The NYC Parks Dept sets the rates at all NYC municipal courses. They also charge hefty concession/lease fees to the operator of these courses, while also getting a cut out of ever round/cart/reservation that is made. NYC and State also collect its taxes from all sales at the course. Yes it is business but NYC has no involvement with these courses (city property) other than reaching into the public players pockets and taking their money. (I have no affiliation with any course management and have been playing NYC public golf courses since the NYC Parks was running them.) Rates at all NYC golf courses have gone up every year for the last 5+ years, all done by NYC Council.

The course moves at a snail’s pace with the starter and marshal doing little to nothing to get people moving. Not at all worth the steep price of $75 including cart. No range, no cart person serving snacks/drinks. Tee times too close together. Rounds are a 5 hour minimum no matter when you play.

Course was in decent shape, plays pretty easy but enjoyable. Waited on every tee box but not for huge amounts of time. Staff had no interest in being there and were largely unhelpful. There is also a huge cart fee ~45 which is absurd. Fine for the money if walking but expensive for the quality once you add in a cart. Maybe play there once a year but that would be stretching it.

Excellent course and staff, only wish is they go back to including the cart with military tee times, instead of hitting you with another 21 bucks for the carts

Well maintained throughout the year. Challenging enough course on the island with plenty of slopes and turns that keep you focused on shot selection and precision.

We showed up for our tee time in a light drizzle. After we teed off on the first hole, the sky opened up and it started pouring rain in completely unplayable conditions. We went back to our car to wait it out. It lightened for a few minutes about 45 minutes later so went back out but started to downpour again before we even teed off and was unplayable (including lakes on many of the greens you could see from the clubhouse). Asked for a rain check because it was unplayable and staff refused saying we knew rain was in the forecast. Ridiculous - I can understand not money back, but a rain check given the conditions made complete sense. Couldn’t believe how unhelpful the staff was.

Wish they would do away with the extra 20 dollars for the cart, as a veteran it used to be included on military tee times

Pace of play was pretty bad which is very odd here as it usually is fine. We waited 25 minutes on the tee on the tenth. Staff was apologetic and tried to rectify the situation.

Course is pretty nice, some fairways are tight, but for the price isn’t bad. Just have to add another $43 for the cart once you’re there. Guy who gives out the cart is constantly miserable each time I’ve gone there, but other than him everyone else is pretty friendly people. I would recommend

This is my favorite course to play on Staten Island but unfortunately the pace of play was HORRID! I called the pro shop twice to report slow pace and never saw the ranger for the whole round...

Excruciatingly slow. Had a 6:30 tee time and it was a 5.5 hr round. Course was packed, disorganised and super tight. Never heard so many FOURS yelled in my life. Conditions were fine but will avoid in the future given the safety and pace of play on a packed course.

I drove from northern New Jersey to play this course. I found it to be enjoyable with a few challenging holes. Overall, the terrain is pretty hilly so walkers will be tired after an 18 hole round. Most holes are quite short; I don’t think I brought my driver out until the fifth hole. Most par fours were better positioned with a low iron or hybrid.

As with most courses right now, it was quite dry and hard. Not a lot of forgiving bounces, other than run outs in the fairways. The greens were in good condition and pretty fast. A few of them were wide and shallow, which made it challenging for approach shots.

I didn’t eat or drink in the clubhouse, but it seemed pretty nice for a public course. Overall, I enjoyed the experience, but I probably won’t make the drive again from Northern New Jersey. If I were a local, I would probably play there pretty regularly, but we have enough really good courses in New Jersey, it doesn’t quite seem worth the drive/toll costs.