Garden City Country Club
206 Stewart Ave, Garden City, NY 11530, 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.
Garden City Country Club is an 18-hole golf course in Garden City, NY, playing 5,787–6,521 yards from 3 sets of tees (slope 123–132, course rating up to 71.8).
It's a flat walk, roughly 135 feet of total climb over 18 holes.
Expect 91 bunkers, with water on 1 hole; the back nine plays tougher.
The word on the course.
How golfers talk about it, summarized from public reviews. Their opinions, not our scoring.
Architecture-minded golfers know Garden City Country Club as a compact Walter Travis layout on the Hempstead Plains, often confused with the older Garden City Golf Club nearby but a distinct club at a different address. The quirk most often noted is the Long Island Rail Road cutting through the property and forcing an unusual out-and-back routing.
Consistently praised
- Travis pedigree and Golden Age bones at a modest yardage, which players who like positional golf appreciate.
- A routing that uses every inch of a constrained piece of land, including the bold choice of crossing the railroad mid-round.
- The privacy and old-line feel of the club itself, which architecture writers single out.
Worth knowing
- Some reviewers point out that multiple later architects have tinkered with the course, so the present version is not pure Travis.
Golfers recommend
- Do not mistake it for Garden City Golf Club a few blocks away; they are different clubs with different cultures.
- Play to the short side of pins and trust your wedge; this is not a course where you bomb your way out of trouble.
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 Gold tees, 6219 yds
How to play it
- Scoring chances at #12, #16, so make your birdies count.
- Card-wreckers at #6, #9, #14. 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 | 374 | 11 | |
| 2• | 3 | 177 | 15 | |
| 3• | 4 | 373 | 7 | |
| 4• | 4 | 375 | 13 | |
| 5• | 3 | 166 | 17 | |
| 6•• | 4 | 448 | 1 | Long 4Tough |
| 7• | 4 | 395 | 9 | |
| 8• | 4 | 419 | 5 | |
| 9• | 4 | 444 | 3 | Long 4Tough |
| Out | 34 | 3171 | ||
| 10• | 4 | 334 | 14 | |
| 11• | 3 | 165 | 18 | |
| 12• | 5 | 509 | 6 | Reachable |
| 13• | 3 | 194 | 16 | |
| 14• | 5 | 590 | 2 | Tough |
| 15• | 4 | 426 | 4 | |
| 16• | 5 | 500 | 10 | Reachable |
| 17• | 3 | 209 | 12 | Long 3 |
| 18• | 4 | 423 | 8 | |
| In | 36 | 3350 | ||
All tees & ratings
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | Par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black | 6521 | 71.8 | 132 | 70 |
| Gold | 6219 | 70.5 | 128 | 70 |
| Blue | 5787 | 68.1 | 123 | 70 |
Conditions & terrain.
Today's wind by hole, the climbs and drops, and a seven-day playability outlook.
Climbs & drops
Tee→green elevation change, estimated from terrain.
Where the trouble is.
Sand and water by hole, plotted from OpenStreetMap.
Most bunkered: #18 (10) · #7 (9) · #15 (9) · #16 (9). Water on 1 hole: #14.
Frequently asked.
- How long is Garden City Country Club?
- Garden City Country Club plays 5,787–6,521 yards across 3 sets of tees, to a par of 70 from the back tees.
- How difficult is Garden City Country Club?
- Its slope rating ranges 123–132, with a course rating up to 71.8. The back nine plays tougher.
- Which tees should I play at Garden City Country Club?
- A mid-handicap golfer (around 15) best fits the Gold tees at 6,219 yards. Match your own driver distance or handicap with the tee selector on this page.
- Is Garden City Country Club walkable?
- It's a flat walk, with roughly 135 feet of total elevation change over 18 holes.
- How many bunkers does Garden City Country Club have?
- Garden City Country Club has 91 bunkers, and water comes into play on 1 hole.
Nearby & similar.
Other courses within reach, and the closest matches by difficulty and length.