Donald Trump enjoys few things more than golf and has built some well-regarded courses. Yet many New Yorkers clearly prefer to play anywhere but at the one he completed in the Bronx.

Rounds played this year at the Trump Golf Links at Ferry Point were down 11% through mid-September, according to data from the city. The decline is nearly five times larger than the national trend and considerably bigger than the 3.5% overall drop in traffic at golf courses in the city through October, according to research firm Golf Datatech.

A Trump Organization spokeswoman didn't respond to a request for comment.

Trump was excited to open the city-owned course that bears his name in May 2015. He got a 20-year lease from the Bloomberg administration that doesn't charge him rent until 2019. Trump reached the agreement after city leaders spent $127 million over many years to turn a former garbage dump into a public golf course but could not quite finish it.

"I was able to do it. I got it open," Trump told Crain's last year.

That claim bothered former Parks Commissioner Adrian Benepe.

"Mr. Trump seems to be inventing his own history of this project," Benepe said. "In fact, all of the heavy lifting of turning this garbage dump into a golf course—including design and all the heavy construction—was done by the city of New York using public funding. There was no saving required."

Asked about that, Trump replied: "Wrong, that's just wrong. They know it's wrong."

The course was widely acclaimed and at first became a popular spot for prominent nonprofits to hold fundraisers.

Golf.com praised its "superb, strong Jack Nicklaus design" and said the course would appeal to pros and amateurs alike with its wide fairways and "greens that practically melt into their surroundings."

Hank's Yanks, a nonprofit run by Yankees co-owner Hank Steinbrenner, has held an event attended by many current and former stars every summer since Trump Ferry Point opened. The event's director did not respond to a call or email message asking if the charity plans to return next year.

The City Parks Foundation also held a fundraiser at Ferry Point in 2015 and again in 2016. A spokeswoman said plans for 2018 have not been finalized.

But there's no question that some golfers are avoiding the course. In 2016, as Trump waged his controversial presidential campaign, traffic at his Bronx venue fell by nearly 5% while rising by about that much across all city-owned golf courses. The decline at Trump Ferry Point has accelerated this year.

Trump's brand has declined considerably in New York, which is heavily Democratic, since he was elected. The Trump SoHo hotel is in the process of dropping the president's name, Niketown recently decided to leave a Trump-owned property on East 57th Street before its lease expired, and Dean & DeLuca canceled plans to open at the Trump Building at 40 Wall St.

Cost is probably another reason New Yorkers are not playing as much at Trump Ferry Point, which charges residents $175 to play 18 holes on weekends and nonresidents $227.

In contrast, a city-owned golf course in the Bronx's Van Cortlandt Park charges only $51. Van Cortlandt saw an 8% increase in rounds played last year. This year, through August, it was on pace for a 12% jump, according to city data.