Mill Pond Golf Course
300 Mill Rd, Medford, NY 11763, USA
Tap a hole for its details · gold dots = bunkers, blue = water · the Wind and Elevation buttons color each hole by today’s wind and by climb · OpenStreetMap
The lay of the land.
How the course above sets up: its routing, character, and what to expect.
Mill Pond Golf Course is an 18-hole golf course in Medford, NY, playing 5,156–6,304 yards from 3 sets of tees (slope 114–127, course rating up to 70.5).
It's a flat walk, roughly 115 feet of total climb over 18 holes.
Expect 62 bunkers, with water on 3 holes; the back nine plays tougher.
The word on the course.
How golfers talk about it, summarized from public reviews. Their opinions, not our scoring.
Players describe Mill Pond as a links-style Suffolk daily-fee with striking fescue, mounding and an exposed feel that punishes sidehill misses, generally praised for conditioning and a friendly staff, with pace of play the recurring sore spot.
Consistently praised
- Visual fescue, mounding and water give it more character than typical mid-tier munis.
- Conditioning and friendliness get steady praise.
Worth knowing
- Backups off the first tee and stacked par 3s are a common complaint.
Golfers recommend
- Aim away from the fescue mounds, an uphill or buried lie there is a real card-wrecker.
- Account for wind, the openness amplifies it.
Tee fit & expected score.
Set your handicap for the right tees, a realistic score, and the holes where you'll get a stroke.
Play the Blue tees, 6304 yds (or White)
How to play it
- Scoring chances at #3, so make your birdies count.
- Card-wreckers at #3, #15. Bogey is fine here; don't compound mistakes.
- 2 reachable par 5s, so get aggressive for eagle looks.
Tagged scorecard.
Per-hole tags for hazards, length, and scoring chances from your selected tee.
| Hole | Par | Yds | SI | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1• | 4 | 378 | 10 | |
| 2• | 4 | 398 | 6 | |
| 3• | 5 | 478 | 2 | ReachableTough |
| 4 | 3 | 152 | 18 | |
| 5• | 4 | 322 | 16 | Birdie |
| 6• | 3 | 178 | 14 | |
| 7• | 4 | 396 | 12 | |
| 8• | 4 | 409 | 4 | |
| 9• | 4 | 400 | 8 | |
| Out | 35 | 3111 | ||
| 10• | 3 | 190 | 11 | |
| 11• | 4 | 363 | 9 | |
| 12• | 5 | 518 | 3 | ReachableTough |
| 13• | 4 | 351 | 15 | Birdie |
| 14• | 3 | 170 | 17 | |
| 15• | 4 | 444 | 1 | Long 4Tough |
| 16• | 3 | 210 | 13 | Long 3 |
| 17• | 4 | 414 | 7 | |
| 18• | 5 | 533 | 5 | |
| In | 35 | 3193 | ||
All tees & ratings
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | Par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue | 6304 | 70.5 | 127 | 70 |
| White | 5946 | 68.8 | 122 | 70 |
| Gold | 5156 | 64.7 | 114 | 70 |
Conditions & terrain.
Today's wind by hole, the climbs and drops, and a seven-day playability outlook.
Wind today
Climbs & drops
Tee→green elevation change, estimated from terrain.
7-day outlook
Best window this week: Wed 06-03 · 95/100
Where the trouble is.
Sand and water by hole, plotted from OpenStreetMap.
Most bunkered: #12 (9) · #8 (8) · #2 (6) · #3 (6). Water on 3 holes: #2, #11, #13.
Frequently asked.
- How long is Mill Pond Golf Course?
- Mill Pond Golf Course plays 5,156–6,304 yards across 3 sets of tees, to a par of 70 from the back tees.
- How difficult is Mill Pond Golf Course?
- Its slope rating ranges 114–127, with a course rating up to 70.5. The back nine plays tougher.
- Which tees should I play at Mill Pond Golf Course?
- A mid-handicap golfer (around 15) best fits the Blue tees at 6,304 yards. Match your own driver distance or handicap with the tee selector on this page.
- Is Mill Pond Golf Course walkable?
- It's a flat walk, with roughly 115 feet of total elevation change over 18 holes.
- How many bunkers does Mill Pond Golf Course have?
- Mill Pond Golf Course has 62 bunkers, and water comes into play on 3 holes.
Nearby & similar.
Other courses within reach, and the closest matches by difficulty and length.