La Tourette Golf Course

"Great and Bad news. Bad news first. They Players Club is gone. However, American Golf is NOT running La Tourette and South Shore any longer. Expecting both courses to improve big time.."

"Of the 3 public courses on Staten Island, LaTourette is in better than excellent condition.. Greens are well manicured... The rough is about 2 inches long and was being mowed today... Fairways are smooth too ...Tee boxes a bit banged up, but still has plenty of sod.... and the deer are playing happily !!! An AmericanGolf property, it's the best of them all...."

"Major improvements were made to this golf course. Grass was clean cut, sand pits were refurbished recently and the putting greens were well maintained. Typical for a few minor brown spots, that's just nature. Overall I was very impressed. I can tell that a lot of work was done to make it a more enjoyable experience. Compared to when I last visited two years ago. I advise to bring a golf balls as you may loose a few of them on the holes where you need to hit over the creek, Adds to the fun! Very historic of a golf course too, I appreciated reading the plaques telling us the story of the golf course and seeing the photos inside the club house."

"Be forewarned you’re playing here because you want a convenient place to play golf on short notice. All the negative stuff you read here is true, but I still had fun with a friend, early in the season. See all the pictures. Played on a sunny Tuesday and it rained 3.5 days ago. The place is rundown, the parking lot is for SUVs, they are charging $3.50 for a bottle of water and the grill isn’t open yet. Fairways are in good shape, they recently punched the greens so they are slow, bumpy and sandy. Bunkers are totally unplayable because of water or no sand, so keep the balls down the middle. Otherwise, enjoy yourself!"

"Pity about the very wet conditions as this course can be great, not today and as I mentioned that was down tonthe rain. The place was sodden, what can you do. Greens were nice though, very good shape considering, teeboxes were beat up. Staff friendly as ever and always happy to help. It took a while play the full 18 due to an outing, but hey I was out in the nice warm sunny afternoon."