+ Baskets: In decent shape and seem to be catching well and have white poles on top that help pick them out from behind bushes

+ Navigation: No issues here, even the above average map here isn't necessary

+ Amenities: Restrooms at the club house; Benches & garbage at every tee

+ Challenge: There are some unique challenges here - from the pictures you can't tell but the main challenge here are the winds and rough (poison ivy). Out of 80+ courses this is the first time I've seen these two things come together to be THE defining characteristic of a course

- Tees: Natural tees I don't mind, but the stone markers alluded to in other reviews can be hard to find, overgrown w/ grass, and are not in a consistent spot relative to the ball golf tees, so it becomes a bit of a scavenger hunt.

- Signage: Signs are for the ball golf course & baskets are set further afield than the golf holes so distances listed don't apply

- Elevation: Flatter than a pancake, like, Kansas-level flat. A couple holes have elevated baskets which is nice, adding the idea of some dimension to your putt a couple times.

- Variety: While you might vary a little between FH & BH, there's very little shot shaping, and little variety in distances. The place is pretty vanilla. Once you've played a couple holes you've gotten a taste for the rest of the course. Nothing here in terms of the Butter Pecan at Heckscher or the Rocky Road at Calverton.

- Mosquitoes: Bring bug spray. Just trust me on this.

- Design: Designed as a ball golf pitch-n-putt there's not much that comes across as remarkable to a DG'er. That said it plays a loop and, unless the wind takes your disc, no crossing fairways.

- Challenge/Maintenance: The aforementioned combination of wind and poison ivy, while adding a unique challenge, can become frustrating as all Hell. By themselves it'd still be interesting, maybe even fun, but put together it's a recipe for playing it safe and being happy with your bogies. As such I'd suggest beginners stay far, far away, and experienced recreational players to bring plenty of discs they don't mind losing. The poison ivy is seriously that bad. The fairways are immaculate but off-fairway there's no way to get a disc back w/o serious risk of getting hit with the stuff. It's everywhere. The rough consists of thickets of bushes and brambles that would make me think twice on a good day, but add the poison ivy that's woven itself into every nook and cranny and it's a lost cause. A disc gator is your only option, and that's if you can even find the disc from the edge of the thicket to begin with.

- P2P: Not always a con to me necessarily, but $8 for vanilla golf and the inability to retrieve any discs that go into the rough made that seem pretty pricey after the round was over.

I'd been trying to play Cedar Beach for years. I visit Long Island semi-regularly and have played both Heckscher and Calverton on previous trips, so I was excited to finally cross Cedar Beach off my list. I may have gotten my hopes up.

Upon arrival I was reminded of a putt-putt course w/o the bells and whistles. No windmill, no clown face spitting balls back at you, but I thought it would still give me a unique time though perhaps a bit bland. Suffice it to say I was surprised how challenging it became for all the wrong reasons.

Amidst the meticulously manicured fairways, with dozens of small island rabbits hopping about doing small island rabbit things is the, 1-2 punch of constant sea winds and that omnipresent poison ivy. It's been said numerous times in numerous reviews, but it really can't be understated.

Baggers will enjoy it once for that simple thrill that comes w/ bagging but even if I lived nearby I'd hesitate to go back. The course really is for ball golf first, in its design and the fact that you're expected to yield to the ballers - one thing that also left me with a bad taste in my mouth: As I got to tee 18 I noticed I had 9 ballers at the basket for 18, all of them practicing putting. After waiting within sight of them for 15 minutes I surmised that they were basically telling me they weren't budging, so I didn't get to play that last hole. Not a big deal as it was a hole just like every other one on the course so I didn't miss much, but I was also irked by the fact that they were not only being kinda rude, but also using the basket as a purse holder (see my photo in the "Not Cool Pic" thread). My sister-in-law, being a local, was ready to go, as she put it, "all Long Island on them", but I managed to talk her down to a loud snide comment as we passed them by. Again, not a big deal as it was the same hole as the previous 17. Once you've played one or two here, you've basically played them all. Vanilla golf.

In summation, unless you're a bagger, I would definitely head to Heckscher or Calverton for DG on Long Island - they are leagues above Cedar Beach in almost every way. I'm not thrilled to give it a 1.5, but between the wind, poison ivy, yuppies, and monotony, I can't justify anything higher. Fix any one of these (not the wind of course), and we'll be getting somewhere. Get rid of poison ivy and the attitude of the locals, and then we'd really be getting somewhere. I actually liked the idea of constant wind at first because, with the short distances, it seemed like GREAT practice but it was not to be.