Pine Ridge Golf Club

This course is awful, conditions are the worst I’ve seen. They don’t maintain the course at all. Some of the greens even have sandpits in the middle of them. Clearly going downhill and actually used to be a decent course a few years back, very sad. Don’t waste your money go somewhere else.

Worst course conditions I have ever experienced. Greens were full of bare spots measuring approx.1 foot by 2 foot and some were about 1/4 to 1/2 inch deep. Cart paths are dirt with roots and pot holes ( like the LIE). Fairways had far too many bare spots.

I play this course a lot but I only play in the afternoons when I know there are open tee times from checking so I hardly ever wait (except weekends). If I do wait I just play slower with a couple balls or skip around. I finish 18 in less than 3 hours average walking leisurely. I usually play from the whites and I am long enough to play from the blues but if it’s windy the blue will feel like the tips in a lot of the holes. Most groups that are slow are usually playing from the blues and really have no business playing from there because they either are in the woods or barely past the golds on their drive.
The tee boxes are good with lots of grass and expected divots. Not bald or patchy.
The fairways are good also like the tee boxes and not bald or patchy. The first cut is not thick so your ball will usually run out to the sides which are usually sandy on both sides and roots closer to the trees. Trees left and right on every hole.
The trees are bare at the moment but there are lots of dried up leaves so if your ball stays up or in a trampled area you’ll easily find it otherwise if it sinks then you won’t.
The greens are nice and clean with not many ball marks and rolls nicely and semi-fast. Many undulations in the greens and some are not too obvious but will break a lot. There are a couple holes that had huge fungus issues but they filled them with sand and grass is starting to grow back in. May or may not be an issue depending on where they put the holes.
The layout is mostly different throughout and definitely favors a righty fader more than a draw-er but both is preferred. There are slight elevation changes but nothing major. I like the course because woods trouble on almost every drive, driver is not necessary on every drive and lots of risk/reward chances. If you don’t put the ball in the right spots, you’ll have to shape the ball most times. I definitely go through my whole bag 3-p, gw, sw, 3-hybrid, 3wood and driver.
Hole 1 - short 4 with slight dogleg right. Bunker left.
2 - long 4 with slight dogleg right. Fairway bunkers left. Approach usually plays farther than is and water on right. Bunkers left and front-right.
3 - short 4 dogleg left. Make sure you get past the 150 marker on your tee shot otherwise you will still be blocked on your approach. Long fairway bunker at end of fairway and impossible to hit a hook long enough to get past it.
4 - short, drivable 4 with bunkers/sand area left and right.
5 - mid-long 3. Bunkers left and right.
6 - straight 4. Long fairway bunker right and green bunkers left and back right.
7 - straight 3. Bunkers left and right.
8 - straight 5 but all balls run out to the right. A slight running draw hugging the left is the preferred shot and will give you a 2nd shot to the green. Bunker right.
9 - short 4 very birdie-able. Bunker left and right.
10 - mid 3. Bunker right.
11 - true 5. Tee shot before the water and 2nd over. Water on the right on 2nd. Green is fast, tough and has lots of breaks and par is a great score here. Bunkers left and right.
12 - straight 4. Bunkers left and right.
13 - long, long 4. Against the wind, this is a 5. Bunkers right and backside.
14 - dogleg right 5. Get tee shot far enough and closer to the middle-left otherwise you’re hitting a blind 2nd and may even be blocked out on the right still.
15 - short 3. Bunker right.
16 - dogleg right 4. Stay away from the right and get it at least to the 150 marker away from the right otherwise you are blocked still. Huge mound on front left-side of the green.
17 - straight 3 over the water. Bunkers left and right.
18 - straight 4 drive over the water. Balls seem to run out to the right. Green looks fast but is a little bit slower due to the shade. Big breaks. Big bunker left.

The conditions at this course were horrible. If the greens had patches of dirt, and the “rough” was dirt. So even after you hit a beautiful fairway shot you still had the chance to putt through a patch of dirt. Take your money elsewhere with the huge amount of golf courses we have on LI.

40 minute delayed tee off time. Than waited on the first 11 holes. On the 12th hole we got a little behind and guess what a ranger? Shows up and accuses us of slow play. Says a group behind us called in to report us! Holes 15 - 18 had to wait again on every tee box.

This course has the worst conditions I’ve ever seen. Never coming back here. Rolling oaks and pine ridge are neck and neck for worst course on the island.

Pace of play would have been better if the group in front us played quicker

Amazing nice fairway maintenance
Green is fast n gorgeous
All staffs very kindly concern
Thank you very much

Slow pace of play. Staff Always complaining about driving carts into the woods looking for balls but every par 3 is roped off and there course drainage leads to all cart paths so they will blame you everytime. Every tee box is chunked down to the dirt and blotchy. Greens are decent for the two days a year they’re not aerated. Cart paths are literal drainage puddles its horrible. Bunkers are soaked = wet dirt + not actually bunkers. Your just gonna take a pure divot and get wet dirt all over you for hitting a great shot. I am a a great golfer and a 9 handicap. I also play everywhere. This course is just not it. This is my second to closest local course compared to willow creek and by god is light and day. It is like aristotles cave theory. You’ll never believe there is something so good until you experience it. Btw willow creek = very good not amazing. Pine ridge = rushed by groups of okd people who play from the golds and shoot 100+. Rushed by women who dont hit it past there own tee box but have a cheap membership so they think its ok. And rushed by the literal employees because there is never a starter there drivinf range is hitting into an open sump, and the cashier rushes you out no matter what day of the week and so dont plan on teeing off at your paid for and scheduled time. Show up 20 min late and they will expect your early and force you out with the other group ahead. Hate this place greens horrible tee boxes horrible tee line =death. Cart paths are swimming pools but holes roped off. Absolute no god for a real caring golfer or even someone who doesnt want to spend $35 walking a horrible course just to look for your ball in the trees which are also just filled 3 feet high with leaves from the past 5 years.

As with most courses this time of year, it's tough to rate because the grass needs to grow in. That being said, the layout is excellent. The back 9 is especially challenging with some very long holes and challenging greens. However, the sand traps need a lot of work for the upcoming season-- some have no sand, some have sand but have not been raked, others are washed out, and collars are worn. Greens were is good condition-- all open!