Pelham Bay Golf Course
Address: Pelham Bay Golf Course, 870 Shore Road, Bronx, NY 10464 Map and Directions
Phone: 718-885-1258
Reservations: 718-225-4653 or www.nycteetimes.com
Yardage: 6,579/6,216/5,474
Par: 71/73
Rating/ Slope: 70.7/119; 68.6/117; 70.9/117
Architect: Lawrence Von Etten (1901) Redesign: John Van Kleek (1936)
Management: American Golf Corp.
Manager: David Laverent
Teaching Professional: Vacant
Superintendent: Anthony Hooks
Description: Pelham Bay Golf Course
located just off the Hutchinson River Parkway near City Island, Pelham Bay Gold Course is a great Scottish links style golf course with tricky putting greens. It originally opened in 1901 as the 9-hole Pell Golf Links the course was expanded to 18-holes in 1914.
It was the first golf course to use dynamite as a means to change the topography work which is readily apparent by looking at the rock outcroppings on the 18th hole.
Pell Golf Links was so popular that it used America’s first reservation system. The name was changed to Pelham in 1936 the same year Split Rock Golf Course and the clubhouse was built.
Pelham Bay remains a very popular golfing venue. You’ll find plenty of open fairways, undulating and tiered putting greens, beautiful vistas, and wonderful trees. It is underrated because it is adjacent to the championship layout of the Split Rock Golf Course.
Directions: New England Thruway (95) to City Island / Orchard Beach (Exit 8B) to traffic circle. Drive around circle to Shore Road North. Entrance to the course is on your left.
Mass Transit: No. 6 train to Pelham Park and transfer to Westchester Bee-line (#45) bus.
Course Review and Favorite Hole
Have you played Pelham Bay Golf Course? If so why not drop us a line telling us about your favorite hole or the course and we will write your comments on this page.
Bill's Favorite Hole: Number 9, a long (433-yards) Par 4: A wide driving area allows you to swing away but it’s extremely difficult to reach the elevated green in two shots. The undulating and usually fast green is guarded by fierce bunkers on the right and left. Even if you get there your troubles are not over.
Comments on: Have you played Pelham Bay Golf Course
By: Christopher DeignanA 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: NewbiePelham 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 WachtelAmerican 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 PutterI 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 ColomboI 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 |