The best-value golf courses in New York
The public and guest-friendly golf courses in New York that Course Vaults golfers say are most worth the green fee. Each course needs value ratings from at least 5 different golfers who played it; 19 courses qualify.
Black
Bethpage State Park Golf Course
Farmingdale, NY, USAValue 4.5 out of 5 from 55 golfers
PublicA .W. Tillinghast & Rees Jones
- 4.5Conditions
- 4.4Layout
- 4.5Value
- 3.7Scenery
- 3.6Facilities
The Tillinghast design is home to some of the tightest fairways and thickest rough a golfer will find. You don't play Bethpage for the greens, you play for the journey to them. They're considerably flat and slow, which people dislike, but I think it adds a sense of fairness back to the golf course.
Written by
@rev
- Must play
- Challenging
- Great value
Red
Bethpage State Park Golf Course
Farmingdale, NY, USAValue 4.2 out of 5 from 17 golfers
PublicA .W. Tillinghast
- 3.5Conditions
- 3.8Layout
- 4.2Value
- 2.8Scenery
- 3.2Facilities
Always living in the shadow of its big brother the black course the red course is a true hidden gem. Without the black course right by its side im a firm believer this course would be seen as a top 5 public course in the state. Same thoughtful routing done by the legendary A.
Written by
@Tom Doakito
- Great value
- Walkable
- Challenging
Blue
Bethpage State Park Golf Course
Farmingdale, NY, USAValue 4.0 out of 5 from 8 golfers
PublicA .W. Tillinghast & Alfred H. Tull
- 3.6Conditions
- 3.4Layout
- 4.0Value
- 2.6Scenery
- 3.3Facilities
- Underrated
- Great value
- Must play
Montauk Downs State Park Golf Course
Montauk, NY, USAValue 4.0 out of 5 from 5 golfers
PublicRobert Trent Jones Sr. & Rees Jones
- 2.8Conditions
- 4.2Layout
- 4.0Value
- 4.0Scenery
- 3.8Facilities
- Hidden gem
- Challenging
- Great value
The Links at Union Vale
Lagrangeville, NY, USAValue 3.8 out of 5 from 6 golfers
PublicStephen Kay
- 4.0Conditions
- 3.1Layout
- 3.8Value
- 3.9Scenery
- 4.2Facilities
- Must play
- Hidden gem
- Cart attendant
(Yellow) Bethpage State Park Golf Course
Farmingdale, NY, USA
Value 3.8 out of 5 from 6 golfers
Marine Park Golf Course
Brooklyn, NY, USA
Value 3.8 out of 5 from 8 golfers
(Green) Bethpage State Park Golf Course
Farmingdale, NY, USA
Value 3.8 out of 5 from 5 golfers
Van Cortlandt Park Golf Club
Bronx, NY, USA
Value 3.6 out of 5 from 5 golfers
(Championship) Harbor Links Golf Club
Port Washington, NY, USA
Value 3.5 out of 5 from 6 golfers
Hudson Hills Golf Course
Ossining, NY, USA
Value 3.2 out of 5 from 5 golfers
Douglaston Golf Club
Douglaston, NY, USA
Value 3.1 out of 5 from 5 golfers
Golf Club at Mansion Ridge
Monroe, NY, USA
Value 3.0 out of 5 from 5 golfers
Pound Ridge Golf Club
Pound Ridge, NY, USA
Value 2.9 out of 5 from 10 golfers
Patriot Hills Golf Club
Stony Point, NY, USA
Value 2.7 out of 5 from 7 golfers
Bally's Golf Links at Ferry Point
Bronx, NY, USA
Value 2.5 out of 5 from 19 golfers
Pelham Bay Split Rock Golf Club
Bronx, NY, USA
Value 2.5 out of 5 from 6 golfers
Lido Golf Course
Lido Beach, NY, USA
Value 2.5 out of 5 from 5 golfers
Forest Park Golf Course
Woodhaven, NY, USA
Value 2.2 out of 5 from 6 golfers
How we rank
This ranking uses each golfer’s value rating, on a 0.5–5 scale. Value is how worth the price a golfer felt the round was. Only public and guest-friendly courses are ranked, since private clubs rarely have value ratings. Every golfer counts once per course: repeat rounds are averaged first, then the course score is the average across golfers. A course needs value ratings from at least 5 different golfers. Ties go to the course with more golfers, then the higher Course Vaults score. Only open courses with a published Course Vaults score (at least 5 explicit ratings) are eligible, and a page is published only when at least 5 courses qualify. State pages include courses across New York. Rankings refresh about hourly.
FAQ
Black at Bethpage State Park Golf Course is #1 on Course Vaults in New York at Value 4.5/5 (55 golfers). 19 courses qualify for this list.
This ranking uses each golfer’s value rating, on a 0.5–5 scale. Value is how worth the price a golfer felt the round was. Only public and guest-friendly courses are ranked, since private clubs rarely have value ratings. Every golfer counts once per course: repeat rounds are averaged first, then the course score is the average across golfers. A course needs value ratings from at least 5 different golfers. Ties go to the course with more golfers, then the higher Course Vaults score. Only open courses with a published Course Vaults score (at least 5 explicit ratings) are eligible, and a page is published only when at least 5 courses qualify. State pages include courses across New York. Rankings refresh about hourly.
A course appears once at least 5 different golfers have rated its value on Course Vaults and it is open to the public or to guests. Log your round and rate it in the app to help it qualify.
This page was last generated Nov 12, 2026, 3:49 AM EST. Scores and eligibility are recomputed about every hour.
