# Bally's Golf Links at Ferry Point: The Complete Guide

Source: https://thecourserankings.com/blog/bally-s-golf-links-at-ferry-point-the-complete-guide/

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The closest premium round to Manhattan is a Nicklaus links on Bronx waterfront, with the Whitestone Bridge in frame and the skyline on the horizon. It is also the most debated value in metro golf. Both facts belong in the guide.

**Our take:** Ferry Point is a special occasion course at its price, roughly $175 resident and $230 to $265 visitor at peak in recent listings, and as a special occasion it delivers: conditioning, views, and a real test of wind golf.

## The course

A links style layout on open, rolling ground, all wind and fescue and angles, maintained to private club standard. The closing stretch along the water is the round's peak. Played from the correct tees it is strategic. Played from the tips in a two club wind it is a survival exercise, and the staff will tell you so.

## Getting there and booking

Thirty to forty minutes by car from Downtown Manhattan, effectively no transit option. Book ahead in season, earlier for weekend mornings. NYC residency brings the rate down meaningfully, so residents should register the discount properly at booking rather than at the desk.

## When it is worth it

A client day, a visiting golfer you want to impress without leaving the city, a birthday round, a twilight evening when the skyline lights up. When it is not: as a weekly game, when Bethpage's resident math exists, or on a calm cheap Tuesday at a county course.

## The operation

Full service clubhouse, a proper restaurant, the Michael Breed academy for lessons, and event space that hosts half the golf adjacent weddings in the Bronx. Arrive early enough to use the range, which is part of what the fee buys.

## Reader responses

Ferry Point regulars and skeptics: is it a $250 course in a $100 town, or the city's one true premium round?

Please cite a specific hole, a price, or a round you have played. Selected reader responses are featured in follow up coverage.

## FAQ

**Who operates Ferry Point now?**

Bally's Corporation took over the former Trump Golf Links in 2023, and the course operates as Bally's Golf Links at Ferry Point.

**Prices in this guide were checked in October 2026 against published course listings and recent reporting. Greens fees move by season, day, and residency, so confirm the exact rate when you book. Private clubs do not publish initiation fees or dues. Every private figure here is an estimate band based on public reporting, labeled as an estimate, and the only accurate number comes from a club's membership office.**

**Reader responses are open.** Please cite a specific hole, a price, or a round you have played.