Comments on: Have you played Pelham Bay Golf Course http://www.golfinnyc.com/blog/2007/02/17/pelham-bay-golf-course/ Golf In New York City Wed, 23 Jul 2008 19:33:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1 By: Christopher Deignan http://www.golfinnyc.com/blog/2007/02/17/pelham-bay-golf-course/#comment-564 Christopher Deignan Mon, 23 Jul 2007 18:48:26 +0000 http://www.golfinnyc.com/blog/2007/02/17/pelham-bay-golf-course/#comment-564 A friend of mine and I had the great misfortune to have to play behind a "beginners outing" last Saturday at Pelham Bay. Play was unmercifully slow and many of those in the outing aheads of us clearly had never been on a golf course before. Besides all being very golfers playing a scramble format, they had no clue when it came to golf etiquette e.g. on the 2nd hole one of waiting until the green was clear before hitting his second shot from at least 300 yards out (this guy was lucky if he hit is 30 yards). They sauntered around the course, left their golf carts fifty or sixty yards short of many a green while they went to putt, marked scorecards on the green, spent up to ten minutes looking for lost golf balls etc. After 7 or 8 holes of play, the outing was a clearly two and a half holes behind the preceeding group. I spoke with the rangers repeatedly but to no great effect. It took over 6 hours to complete 18 holes. That is ridiculous and is surely a guaranteed way for Pelham Bay to lose good potential customers. I would certainly think twice about playing at Pelham again. P.S. The course itself is excellent with some very good challenging golf holes. A friend of mine and I had the great misfortune to have to play behind a “beginners outing” last Saturday at Pelham Bay. Play was unmercifully slow and many of those in the outing aheads of us clearly had never been on a golf course before. Besides all being very golfers playing a scramble format, they had no clue when it came to golf etiquette e.g. on the 2nd hole one of waiting until the green was clear before hitting his second shot from at least 300 yards out (this guy was lucky if he hit is 30 yards). They sauntered around the course, left their golf carts fifty or sixty yards short of many a green while they went to putt, marked scorecards on the green, spent up to ten minutes looking for lost golf balls etc. After 7 or 8 holes of play, the outing was a clearly two and a half holes behind the preceeding group. I spoke with the rangers repeatedly but to no great effect. It took over 6 hours to complete 18 holes. That is ridiculous and is surely a guaranteed way for Pelham Bay to lose good potential customers. I would certainly think twice about playing at Pelham again.

P.S. The course itself is excellent with some very good challenging golf holes.

]]> By: Newbie http://www.golfinnyc.com/blog/2007/02/17/pelham-bay-golf-course/#comment-659 Newbie Sun, 05 Aug 2007 20:54:18 +0000 http://www.golfinnyc.com/blog/2007/02/17/pelham-bay-golf-course/#comment-659 Pelham Bay is quite special given it was the first 18 hole course I set foot on, and it happened earlier today. Played as a single with 4 clearly better golfers, one of whom had been a teaching professional, and they were quite courteous and helpful teaching me golf etiquette etc. We took 5 hours to finish it starting 9:15am on Sunday. Some of the holes were quite challenging, esp. the 542 yard 14th and the deceptively difficult 326 yard 17th. All of us found the putting greens extremely slow, and either came short on many a first putt or overcompensated beyond the hole. But all in all a great experience and a very nice course considering its a public one. Pelham Bay is quite special given it was the first 18 hole course I set foot on, and it happened earlier today. Played as a single with 4 clearly better golfers, one of whom had been a teaching professional, and they were quite courteous and helpful teaching me golf etiquette etc. We took 5 hours to finish it starting 9:15am on Sunday. Some of the holes were quite challenging, esp. the 542 yard 14th and the deceptively difficult 326 yard 17th. All of us found the putting greens extremely slow, and either came short on many a first putt or overcompensated beyond the hole. But all in all a great experience and a very nice course considering its a public one.

]]> By: Joseph Wachtel http://www.golfinnyc.com/blog/2007/02/17/pelham-bay-golf-course/#comment-965 Joseph Wachtel Sun, 26 Aug 2007 20:47:30 +0000 http://www.golfinnyc.com/blog/2007/02/17/pelham-bay-golf-course/#comment-965 American Golf co. managers and starters have almost no common sense. I guess it is all about collecting the money and not about customer satisfaction. I would gladly pay an additional $10 to $20, if I could complete a round in approximately 4 1/2 hours. I had a 10:05 tee time reservation and wasn't called to the desk until 10:35; I had 5 groups ahead of my group, and finaly tee'd off at 11:10. On the first 4 holes there were at least two groups at each teebox. The front 9 took 3 painful hours to play. There must be a lot of golfers that can shoot a decent score while enduring 5-10 minutes between shots. I am not one of them. 5 hours and 40 minutes is not fun golf. The course is in great condition; despite reports that the greens were slow, I would say the reviewer played on a day they were not cut. I would not play this course on a weekend ever again, however it probably would be ok to take a half day off from work and play during the week. American Golf co. managers and starters have almost no common sense. I guess it is all about collecting the money and not about customer satisfaction. I would gladly pay an additional $10 to $20, if I could complete a round in approximately 4 1/2 hours. I had a 10:05 tee time reservation and wasn’t called to the desk until 10:35; I had 5 groups ahead of my group, and finaly tee’d off at 11:10. On the first 4 holes there were at least two groups at each teebox. The front 9 took 3 painful hours to play. There must be a lot of golfers that can shoot a decent score while enduring 5-10 minutes between shots. I am not one of them. 5 hours and 40 minutes is not fun golf.

The course is in great condition; despite reports that the greens were slow, I would say the reviewer played on a day they were not cut. I would not play this course on a weekend ever again, however it probably would be ok to take a half day off from work and play during the week.

]]> By: Ny Putter http://www.golfinnyc.com/blog/2007/02/17/pelham-bay-golf-course/#comment-2725 Ny Putter Mon, 21 Apr 2008 13:57:25 +0000 http://www.golfinnyc.com/blog/2007/02/17/pelham-bay-golf-course/#comment-2725 I play golf almost every Sunday at the city public courses and we tee off at 5 or 5:30. Its the best time to play and the fastest. I play golf almost every Sunday at the city public courses and we tee off at 5 or 5:30.
Its the best time to play and the fastest.

]]> By: Judy Colombo http://www.golfinnyc.com/blog/2007/02/17/pelham-bay-golf-course/#comment-4063 Judy Colombo Sun, 15 Jun 2008 05:10:15 +0000 http://www.golfinnyc.com/blog/2007/02/17/pelham-bay-golf-course/#comment-4063 I played as a child with my dad Dominick Colombo and Uncle Mike Colombo as my teachers. My dad ran one of the conession stands and helped my Uncle Martin Colombo with the Pro Shop. When I was very young, my Uncle Mike was the Golf Pro and later my Uncle John Colombo. I enjoyed seeing this site and reading everyone's comments. I'm now living in AZ and miss those good old days of yesterday. Judy Colombo I played as a child with my dad Dominick Colombo and Uncle Mike Colombo as my teachers. My dad ran one of the conession stands and helped my Uncle Martin Colombo with the Pro Shop. When I was very young, my Uncle Mike was the Golf Pro and later my Uncle John Colombo. I enjoyed seeing this site and reading everyone’s comments. I’m now living in AZ and miss those good old days of yesterday.

Judy Colombo

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