New York's public golf goes big: Ferry Point plays a Nicklaus-design links under the Whitestone Bridge with Manhattan on the horizon, and Bethpage Black remains the people's major, warning sign and all.
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A Nicklaus links under the Whitestone Bridge, skyline views from nearly every hole.
Pip’s Tip A Nicklaus links under the Whitestone Bridge, skyline from nearly every hole. Public, in the Bronx.
The people's major, the state-park monster that hosts US Opens and humbles everyone.
Pip’s Tip The people's major. A US Open host you can actually play, but it is a state park monster.
America's oldest public golf course (1895), rolling Bronx parkland under the 1 train and a true city golf pilgrimage.
Pip’s Tip America's oldest public course, opened 1895. Walk-ons accepted as well as online booking.
Wide, welcoming Devereux Emmet fairways inside Pelham Bay Park, minutes from City Island seafood after your round.
Pelham's tighter tree-lined sister course, widely called the toughest and prettiest test among New York City's municipal tracks.
Historic Brooklyn muni with Verrazzano Bridge views, a buzzing clubhouse, and some of the city's liveliest weekend foursomes.
Links-style layout in Jamaica Bay breezes, Brooklyn's longest course, with a modern range and waterfront sunset finishes.
Friendly, walkable Queens classic carved through forever-wild woods, perfect for a quick, sociable round close to everything.
Flat, forgiving fairways beside Little Neck Bay, Queens' high-volume favorite and a great place to grow your game.
Hilly Queens muni with Manhattan skyline peeks from elevated tees, short enough to score and hilly enough to earn it.
Short, hilly par-64 with genuine Manhattan skyline views, the perfect fast round and a beginner-friendly Queens gem.
Staten Island's premier muni in the Greenbelt, championship-length fairways anchored by a landmark 1836 mansion clubhouse.
Compact, scenic course above the Silver Lake reservoir, five minutes from the ferry, city golf made refreshingly easy.
Devereux Emmet's 1914 championship Red Course, a former PGA venue where the public tees it up on tournament grounds.
The warning sign is real and so is the glory, the public course that hosts majors.
A family scramble and a cigar on the back nine. Members hear first.
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