2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
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 THE COURSE PEOPLE LOVE TO ABUSE, Feb 21, 2008
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reviewer: EDWARD DURHAM
from GERRITSEN BEACH BROOKLYN
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| MARINE PARK GOLF COURSE SHOULD BE A 5 STAR GOLF COURSE.IT HAS DISTANCE,CHALLANGE.EXCELLENT GREENS (WHEN PROPERLY CARED FOR)AND THE SAME WITH THE FAIRWAYS.GRANTED THERE ARE NO CART PATHS , BUT A TRUE GOLFER WOULD NOT DRIVE A CART IN A WET FAIRWAY. NOR WOULD THEY DRIVE UP TO A GREEN HANDICAPPED OR NOT.NOR DRIVE A CART INTO A WOODED AREA TO LOOK FOR A BALL AND PUNCTURE A HOLE IN THE ROOF OF THE CART.SOME OF THE THINGS I SAW THERE ARE SO DUMB I CAN'T BELIEVE I WITNESSED THEM.IF I HAD MY WAY I WOULD MAKE THAT COURSE A WALKING COURSE UNTIL THEY GET CART PATHS INSTALLED AND SOME SORT OF STANDARD FOR THE HADICAPPED CARTS
I FEEL CONFIDENT THE NEW MANAGEMENT (AMERICAN GOLF) WILL PUT THE COURSE ON THE RIGHT TRACK. THEY SEEM TO BE A NO NONSENSE GROUP.
I WAS JUST DISCHARGED FROM THE SERVICE (NAVY)AND I WENT OVER THERE WATCHING IT BEING BUILT.I CAN REMEMBER THINKING WOW THIS IS AWESOME.THAT WAS 1963 NOW 2008 THIS CAN BE AWESOME.I HOPE THIS IS THE YEAR WE GET IT RIGHT
GOOD LUCK TO JEFF AND MIKE (THEY ARE THE NEW MANAGERS).AND THE PLAYERS WHO DRIVE THE MOTOR CARTS STAY OUT OF THE FAIRWAYS WHEN THEY ARE WET.TRUST ME YOU'LL HAVE A BETTER ROUND OF GOLF
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I KNOW THE INSIDENTS I SPOKE OF ARE TRUE BECAUSE I WORKED THERE.
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful:
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 Great course - needs better management, Jun 23, 2007
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reviewer: Anonymous
from Brooklyn, NY
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| This course is a great course to walk-there aren't that many hills but be assured that some of the greens are very challenging.
There is a marked difference in the management of the course this year and it's not for the better. I have found the staff in the Pro Shop (often very young girls)can be very rude and uninterested. A "manager" there didn't know that you can have a GHIN handicap without having purchased one through Marine Park Golf Course. Additionally, the staff out on the course itself is for want. On one weekday, there were eight people playing together on the back nine. And on another weekday, we ran into a backlog on the turn very late in the morning (10:30AM). It appears that the staff is allowing people to play the back nine as late as 10:30AM!!!
All in all a great course, but with potential for some very unpleasant experiences if the management doesn't get their game together.
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23 of 26 people found the following review helpful:
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I would rather play there than anywhere else, Jun 08, 2004
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reviewer: Lester Futernick
from Brooklyn, New York
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| I have been playing at Marine Park for over twenty years. Though I am not a long hitter which the course requires I have learned how to play different angles as well as how to compensate for not being a long player. Because Marine Park does not require the call in system to make reservations regulars play there which ads to the comrodory. The 12th hole is as beautiful hope as you will see and the Par 4 15th plays like a par 5 making it very difficult. Nevertheless John and the guys try their best to make every round a pleasant one -
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