I'm A Travelling Man: GOLF: NEW YORK

AMHERST
Grover Cleveland Golf Course, 3781 Main St, Amherst, NY 14226

BRONX
Bally’s Golf Links at Ferry Point, 500 Hutchinson Riv Pkwy, Bronx, NY 10465

Designed by Jack Nicklaus (with architect John Sanford collaborating), the city-owned Bally’s Golf Links at Ferry Point occupies a remarkable tract—a former landfill adjacent to the Whitestone Bridge with backdrops that include the East River, Long Island Sound, the Throgs Neck Bridge, and the Manhattan skyline. Natural-looking dunes topped with wavy fescue grasses frame nearly every hole, yielding a links-like look. At 7,407 yards, it will test the best, but there are few forced carries to torment the duffer. Highlights include the 425-yard par-four 9th and the 576-yard par-five 18th that play practically onto the entrance ramp to the Whitestone Bridge as well as the 441-yard par-four 13th that wows with the cityscape. Best is the 487-yard par-four 16th that dishes out a fairway ribboning through shaggy-fringed bunkers and wetlands with an East River background.
2023 Non-Resident weekend rate: $264
Caddies available
Not easy to get to by subway

CORUM

Pine Ridge Golf Club, 2 Golf Course Dr, Coram, NY 11727

FARMINGDALE
Bethpage Red Golf Course, 99 Quaker Meetinghouse Road, Farmingdale, NY 11735

Bethpage Black gets all the headlines—and it has one of golf’s most famous signs—but Bethpage Red can hold its own. The Red is also an A.W. Tillinghast design but is friendlier than its more brutish sibling. Despite that, it is a layout with tons of sharp doglegs and sudden elevation change. It’s a little more affordable than the Black (which is a tremendous value itself) and you won’t get your teeth kicked in quite as hard.
ChatGPT recommends Yellow for me
Book 5 days in advance

GREAT RIVER

Timber Point Golf Course, 398 Great River Rd, Great River, NY 11739

GREENPORT

Island's End Golf & Country Club, 5025 NY-25, Greenport, NY 11944

KING'S PARK

Sunken Meadow State Park Golf Course, New York State Reference Rte 908K, Kings Park, NY 11754

LIDO BEACH

Lido Golf Course, 255 Lido Blvd, Lido Beach, NY 11561

On the south shore of Long Island
42 minutes from LaGuardia
70 minutes from Riverhead
Course Designer: Robert Trent Jones
Builu: 1953
2025 Green Fee: $60
You get water hazards and strong coastal winds — and the feel of seaside golf — on many holes.
Under renovation

MIDDLE ISLAND

Spring Lake Golf Club, 30 E Bartlett Rd, Middle Island, NY 11953

OCEANSIDE

The Golf Club at Middle Bay, 3600 Skillman Ave, Oceanside, NY 11572

PORT WASHINGTON

Harbor Links Golf Course, 1 W Fairway Dr, Port Washington, NY 11050

QUEENS

Douglaston Golf Course, 6320 Marathon Pkwy, Queens, NY 11363

One of five New York City municipal courses operated by Golf NYC, Douglaston Golf Course is in a park at the highest point in the Borough of Queens, providing picturesque views of the Manhattan skyline. The tree-lined course, which was redone by architect Stephen Kay 20 years ago and is one of the busiest golf facilities in the Big Apple, is a par-67 layout that tips out at about 5,500 yards.

SMITHTOWN

Smithtown Landing Golf Course, 495 Landing Ave #1, Smithtown, NY 11787

SOUTHAMPTON

Shinnecock Hills Golf Club, 200 Tuckahoe Rd, Southampton, NY 11968

Fried Egg Golf Course Review by Andy Johnson, September 30, 2025

WEST MONROE

Greenview Country Club, 20 Whig Hill Road, West Monroe, NY 13167

I'm A Travelling Man