Known to golfers as "Vannie", its the oldest municipal course in the United States. It is also one of the few reachable by subway. The 620-yard hole 2 is one a several long par 5s.
$ (Inexpensive)Golf Course Statistics: 6,102 yards, par 70, slope 122 - designed by Tom Bendelow (1885). This is a public course.
Founded in 1885, Van Cortlandt Golf Course is the oldest municipal golf course in America. Many legendary patrons, which included Babe Ruth, Willie Mays, Joe Louis, Willie Nelson, and Three Stooges, have played this historic golf course. With its wide tree-lined fairways, the golf course is renowned for its long Par 5's.
Known as "Vannie" by the locals, Van Cortlandt Golf Course is the most easily accessable golf course via Subway in NYC.