Dix Hills Park Golf Course

Dix Hills Park golf course is everything golf should be and if more courses were like it, a lot more people would play golf. Since Pebble Beach gained prominence and course designers like Pete Dye became celebrities, golf became about emulating the most difficult challenges the pros face. The evolution of modern equipment and the prominence of the Tiger Woods-​style bombers where golfers are highly-​tuned professional athletes that can drive the ball 350 yards has only exacerbated the problem. Golf is hard enough, the average golfer doesn’t need crowned greens with shaved false fronts/​fall-​offs, pins 4 paces from water hazards and 200 yard carries over fescue.
Fortunately courses like Dix Hills exist for mere mortals. At 9 holes and shy of 2000 yards, the course casually winds through rolling hills, with five par 3’s and four par 4’s. Aside from hole #2, downhill and almost 250 yards, the par 3’s are of reasonable length and the par 4’s are almost drivable, none longer than 310 yards. Longer hitters will enjoy the options the course provides, while avoiding the inevitable frustration playing with more casual players who aren’t very long or accurate. More than any other course I’ve played, lots of kids play at Dix Hills and the length of the course makes for a manageable 2 hours for the most incapable duffer.
There isn’t any water on the course, but there are some strategically placed bunkers, filled with soft sand and reasonably kept. Trees tightly line the course, requiring precision. The major drawback of Dix Hills (and thus the 3 star review) are the greens, which are overgrown and not well kept. Ball marks dot the surfaces, while many sections were burned off. At least two were accidentally gouged by leaking hydraulic fluid from grooming equipment.
Still, at $ 25 for non-​residents to walk on a weekend, the experience is a nice deal. Rates are even better for Huntington town residents and non-​peak hours.
In addition to the course, there is a 150 yard range (perfect to warm up with a small bucket before your round) with matts, a putting green where you can adapt to the glacial pace of the surfaces and a chipping area with a couple practice bunkers dangerously close to the 9^th green.

I don’t play golf so i can’t comment on the course. So just fair warning, this review is for the Summer Junior Golf Program they offer.
My son has done the summer junior camp for the past few years here and has had a great time. Then instructors are their resident pros led by George Dixon and they teach all the basics of the game at each session. They also have a more advance group which spends most of the day on the course, working on their game.
The camp is very accommodating, they will work with you to make sure you don’t lose a session because you couldn’t make it or are on vacation. They will get let you drop in on one of the other days.