Morning, folks
Moved to Brooklyn from Philly relatively recently. Have been spending quite a bit of time at Marine Park and Forest Park and looking to join our local roost. Any recommendations on how to get involved?
Also, does anyone happen to have a coach recommendation in the Brooklyn area? Looking to do ongoing lessons this year and figured this group might have some experience with coaches in the area.
Thanks, Cap! Iāll likely go the county card route this season.
Iāve heard great things about Liz Breed from a few people. She teaches out of Five Iron now (not sure which specific locations). Another option until recently was Nick at Brooklyn Greens, but they recently went under and it doesnāt sound like heās currently in a place to be taking students, but this may change.
Just DMād you about joining the NY Metro Roost
Would you mind DMing me as well? Been here long enough now and just havenāt gotten around to it
Done
Hi All-relative new Nest member and looking to get involved more in the roost events. Iām in central CT and belong to Manchester CC. Iād be interested in getting some rounds in with anyone local and playing any roost events in the CT area. Just signed up on as a member RACDG NY Metro site.
Hi all - I moved to the city last fall and looking to join the NY Roost as well as learn all there is to know about NYC golf
I just DMāed!
Liz works at my club in the summer. She is great, but shes not for everyone
Afternoon gents ā Long time fan, first time caller hailing from Nassau County in LI (NJ transplant).
Presuming youāre still soliciting invites, would love to do a home/away
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Let me know if you have any more questions
Saw some responses, but figured Iād help put the nail in the coffin. May could mean beach season traffic, which would get compounded by a home Yankee/Met game, NYC parades, etc.
$100 is probably a conservative uber estimate for NYC to Garden City. NJ to Long Island could be a disaster; my parents live in Morristown and Iām near Glen Cove. I could do the trip in under 2 hours, or it could take 4. Just never know.
So I say all that just to ask, why not just stay in LI?
My girlfriend who is a beginner takes lessons with Liz - I sat in with her last lesson and was so impressed I booked one for myself.
Iām travelling with my wife and her company is putting her (us) up at a hotel in midtown.
Iām on LI for a few daysā golf before she flies in, then Manhattan together for four days and then the day I play GCGC and fly home her conference starts.
I would rent a car, maybe leave it in Queens and take the subway in/out of Manhattan. Or, take the LIRR and get an uber from train station to course.
You mentioned Newark, Iām guessing because your inbound flight is EWR? Thatās going to add time and expense if youāre not spending time in manhattan on the front of your trip. I would accept a higher cost flight (within reason) to go to JFK or LGA over EWR.
GCGC is valet only I believe, just a heads-up in case youāre renting a vehicle and plan on parking. Probably good to warn your uber driver if you go that way, too.
now thatās some info one only learns from experienceā¦ 
You can always pull the classic move of making a hard left in the lot and parking in the back near the employees/caddies.