The best private courses in Port Jefferson, New York
Course Vaults is a golf course logging app where members have logged 12,317 rounds in New York and rate what they played. These are the 25 highest-rated private clubs within about 25 miles of Port Jefferson, New York, ranked by those community scores.
Friar's Head
Riverhead, NY, USAPrivateBill Coore & Ben Crenshaw
- 4.7Conditions
- 4.6Layout
- 4.6Scenery
- 4.6Facilities
- Must play
- Views
- Pristine

Westhampton Country Club
Westhampton Beach, NY, USAPrivateSeth Raynor
- 4.3Conditions
- 4.2Layout
- 3.9Scenery
- 4.1Facilities
The course is short in length. It plays as a par 70 with two par 5s at 6500 yards from the tips. Its defenses are the bunkering, green contours, and prevailing winds that the course gets almost daily.
Written by
@rev
- Underrated
- Must play
- Walkable
Huntington Crescent Club
Huntington, NY, USAPrivateDevereux Emmet & Alfred H. Tull
- 4.7Conditions
- 3.2Layout
- 3.2Scenery
- 2.0Facilities
- Driving range
- Must play
- Pristine

Shorehaven Golf Club
East Norwalk, CT, USAPrivateRobert White
- 5.0Conditions
- 5.0Layout
- 5.0Scenery
- 4.5Facilities
- Challenging
- Driving range
- Grass range

The Course at Yale
New Haven, CT, USAPrivateCharles Macdonald
- 3.3Conditions
- 4.4Layout
- 3.2Scenery
- 2.8Facilities
I didn’t see the place before the reno but these green complexes are pretty mind-blowing. The par-3 templates are possibly the best i’ve played. And great routing—it’s not right in front of you but uses the land in interesting ways on almost every hole.
Written by
@tomh
- Challenging
- Must play
- Driving range

Wee Burn Country Club
Darien, CT, USAPrivateDevereux Emmet & Ron Forse
- 5.0Conditions
- NRLayout
- NRScenery
- NRFacilities
Some forgettable holes, but the good ones were pretty good. A little too quirky at times, but in phenomenal shape. Met Open played extremely difficult, think -1 was a 2 man playoff
Written by
@FlatironFlusher
- Driving range
- Restaurant
- Bar

Country Club of Darien
Darien, CT, USAPrivateAlfred H. Tull
- 5.0Conditions
- 4.0Layout
- 2.5Scenery
- 4.5Facilities
Course is really solid all around. Cool layout, interesting holes, a good mixture of different types of holes. Probably doesn’t get the respect it deserves because of all the good courses around it. Really fun.
Written by
@BirdiesAvenue
- Driving range
- Restaurant
- Bar

Huntington Country Club
Huntington, NY, USAPrivateDevereux Emmet & Robert Trent Jones Sr.
- 3.5Conditions
- 3.0Layout
- 2.3Scenery
- 2.5Facilities
A classic Deveruex Emmet course, Huntington is decently fun track. Layout and design is not spectacular, but the grounds crew does a very good job. Fast greens and more than 1 gettable 4s make it interesting.
Written by
@bedson
- Walkable
- Driving range
- Grass range

Brooklawn Country Club
Fairfield, CT, USAPrivateA .W. Tillinghast
- 4.0Conditions
- NRLayout
- NRScenery
- NRFacilities
My practice round the green was stimping at around a 12, after some rain that week it ended up being around a 9. Disappointing, but overall some really fun holes. 18 holes are kinda crammed into a small space so a lot of quirky holes especially on the back
Written by
@FlatironFlusher
- Driving range
- Must play
- Pristine
St. George's Golf & Country Club
East Setauket, NY, USAPrivateDevereux Emmet
- 4.3Conditions
- 4.6Layout
- 3.9Scenery
- 4.0Facilities
Had a Day yesterday at Devereux Emmet’s masterpiece. Long Island stands alone as the Mecca for unparalleled great golf courses in America. Everyone knows of NGLA, Shinnecock, Friars, Maidstone….the list goes on and on. But, only the true golf course crazy’s know of St George’s.
Written by
@wesley1
- Must play
- Fast greens
- Hidden gem
Cold Spring Country Club
Cold Spring Harbor, NY, USAPrivateSeth Raynor & Robert Trent Jones Sr.
- 4.0Conditions
- 3.0Layout
- 3.0Scenery
- 2.8Facilities
- Driving range
- Pristine
- Fast greens

Indian Hills Country Club
Northport, NY, USAPrivateAlfred H. Tull
- 4.5Conditions
- 4.0Layout
- 4.5Scenery
- NRFacilities
- Fast greens
- Strategic
- Scoreable

Baiting Hollow Club
Baiting Hollow, NY, USAPrivateRobert Trent Jones Sr. & Dr. Michael Hurdzan
- 5.0Conditions
- 4.3Layout
- 4.3Scenery
- 3.8Facilities
- Driving range
- Fast greens
- Restaurant

Nissequogue Golf Course
St. James, NY, USAPrivateStephen Kay & Edgar Senne
- 4.3Conditions
- 5.0Layout
- 5.0Scenery
- NRFacilities
- Driving range
- Hidden gem
- Restaurant

Pines/Valley (Alternate)
Colonial Springs Golf Club
East Farmingdale, NY, USAPrivateArthur Hills
- 4.0Conditions
- 4.0Layout
- 3.0Scenery
- 5.0Facilities
- Challenging
- Driving range
- Links

Country Club of Fairfield
Fairfield, CT, USAPrivateSeth Raynor
- 4.0Conditions
- 3.0Layout
- 5.0Scenery
- NRFacilities
- Driving range
- Must play
- Hidden gem

Patterson Club
Fairfield, CT, USAPrivateRobert Trent Jones Sr.
- 4.0Conditions
- 3.0Layout
- 3.0Scenery
- 3.5Facilities
- Driving range
- Restaurant
- Bar
Hampton Hills Golf & Country Club
Westhampton Beach, NY, USAPrivateFrancis J. Duane & Jason Straka
- 2.0Conditions
- 2.0Layout
- 1.0Scenery
- NRFacilities
- Driving range
- Fast greens
- Bar

The Vineyards Golf Club
Riverhead, NY, USAPrivateBuddy Johnson
- 5.0Conditions
- 3.5Layout
- 3.0Scenery
- 2.3Facilities
- Friendly
- Driving range
- Putting area

Aspetuck Valley Country Club
Weston, CT, USAPrivateHal Purdy
- Driving range
- Restaurant
- Bar

Hamlet Golf & Country Club
Commack, NY, USAPrivateStephen Kay
- 3.5Conditions
- 2.0Layout
- 3.0Scenery
- 2.3Facilities
A ton of par 3s I believe six on the scorecard and a few reachable par 5s. Not terribly difficult but not easy either. You will lose some balls in the trees and bushes but not a ton. Food is also solid.
Written by
@nturell22
- Driving range
- Grass range
- Fast greens

Long Island National Golf Club
Riverhead, NY, USAPrivateRobert Trent Jones, Jr.
- 4.0Conditions
- NRLayout
- NRScenery
- NRFacilities
- Restaurant
- Bar
- Driving range

Valley/Lakes (Alternate)
Colonial Springs Golf Club
East Farmingdale, NY, USAPrivateArthur Hills
- 2.5Conditions
- 5.0Layout
- 4.0Scenery
- 3.0Facilities
Fun track and nice layout, greens were in rough shape but somehow rolled really well.
Written by
@Dhanderson08
- Driving range
- Restaurant
- Bar

Sier Hill
Silvermine Golf Club
Norfolk, CT, USAPrivateJohn E. Warner
- 4.0Conditions
- 4.0Layout
- 1.0Scenery
- NRFacilities
- Driving range
- Hidden gem
- Restaurant

Brownson Country Club
Huntington, CT, USAPrivateCornish Sliva
- 1.0Conditions
- NRLayout
- NRScenery
- NRFacilities
- Driving range
- Restaurant
- Bar
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Course Vaults ranks private golf courses by Course Vaults Score (CV score), a community rating from golfers who have played and rated each course. Only open courses with at least 5 explicit ratings qualify, and this list is limited to private courses (not guest-friendly). City pages include private golf courses within about 25 miles of Port Jefferson, so nearby suburbs can appear on the same list. Rankings refresh about hourly as new ratings come in; each page shows when it was last generated.
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Common questions about private course rankings in Port Jefferson, New York.
The top private golf courses in Port Jefferson, New York on Course Vaults are led by Friar's Head with a Course Vaults score of 9.5. This page ranks 25 courses, including Friar's Head, Westhampton Country Club, Huntington Crescent Club.
Course Vaults ranks private golf courses by Course Vaults Score (CV score), a community rating from golfers who have played and rated each course. Only open courses with at least 5 explicit ratings qualify, and this list is limited to private courses (not guest-friendly). City pages include private golf courses within about 25 miles of Port Jefferson, so nearby suburbs can appear on the same list. Rankings refresh about hourly as new ratings come in; each page shows when it was last generated.
Yes. The Port Jefferson, New York list includes private golf courses within about 25 miles of Port Jefferson, not only courses whose city field is an exact match. Nearby suburbs can appear when they fall inside that metro radius.
Friar's Head is currently #1 among private courses in and around Port Jefferson, New York on Course Vaults at 9.5 out of 10.
This ranking was last refreshed Nov 12, 2026, 4:03 AM EST. The page revalidates about every hour as golfers add new explicit ratings that meet the 5-rating minimum.
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