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Joseph Seidman
Pearl River
2009-03-23
$36 (cart not included), played on Saturday, March 2009 at 8am
I was Very pleasantly surprised by Blue Hill Golf Course, a municipal course. I was able to walk on as a twosome at 8:30 am on a Saturday when all other local courses were booked. Paid $37 to walk which is their winter rate but in season rate not too bad either (around $55 for out of county).
We played 2 of the 3, 9 hole tracks and they were laid out nicely, with a good variety of interesting holes. Many of the fairways are tree lined so accuracy off the tee is rewarded. Many of the par 4s are dog legs which provides some nice risk/reward options off the tee. You get to use every club in your bag on this course which is a feature I enjoy. Greens were in excellent condition (they did roll a bit slow but they rolled very true). Greens probably will be more challenging in season when they can be cut/rolled before a.m. tee times go out.
Staff was overwhelmingly friendly, polite & knowledgeable. A refreshing change from the other area munis. You can tell the staff takes pride in the course which is important to me.
My only critisism would be the proliferation of goose droppings which seems to fly in the face of everything I observed about the place. Perhaps they are more aggressive with these geese in season as that could be a major problem. Besides the geese droppings, however, I was very pleased with this course and will be back to play it often.
Would travel: 20-30 Miles, Vacation Worthy
Bottom line: I would play again, Better than average course for the area, Ranks with the best in this price level, Bargain priced based on quality and competitive area pricing
Condition of Course, Layout, Price, Ambiance, Pace of Play, Staff
$36 (cart not included), played on Saturday, March 2009 at 8am
I was Very pleasantly surprised by Blue Hill Golf Course, a municipal course. I was able to walk on as a twosome at 8:30 am on a Saturday when all other local courses were booked. Paid $37 to walk which is their winter rate but in season rate not too bad either (around $55 for out of county).
We played 2 of the 3, 9 hole tracks and they were laid out nicely, with a good variety of interesting holes. Many of the fairways are tree lined so accuracy off the tee is rewarded. Many of the par 4s are dog legs which provides some nice risk/reward options off the tee. You get to use every club in your bag on this course which is a feature I enjoy. Greens were in excellent condition (they did roll a bit slow but they rolled very true). Greens probably will be more challenging in season when they can be cut/rolled before a.m. tee times go out.
Staff was overwhelmingly friendly, polite & knowledgeable. A refreshing change from the other area munis. You can tell the staff takes pride in the course which is important to me.
My only critisism would be the proliferation of goose droppings which seems to fly in the face of everything I observed about the place. Perhaps they are more aggressive with these geese in season as that could be a major problem. Besides the geese droppings, however, I was very pleased with this course and will be back to play it often.