Scotch Hills Country Club

Found a cheap tee time ($20) so it was worth a visit late in the day.
Course is unchanged as far as experience from past visits years ago, is that good or bad? Tight course, holes are very close together. Tee boxes on some holes are in play when other players hit errant shots. You have to be aware of all players around you. Almost got beaned by an errant shot, not the first near miss here, happens frequently IMO. No fore given by the group of kids, but they will learn.
Players of all skill levels there when we played. Foursome of 14 years olds who are beginners to a Foursome of big hitters hitting driver on every par four.
Rough isn’t cut short and is full clover making it challenging to find balls sometimes.
The group behind us hit up on us twice on the same hole. Makes no sense if you are big hitter to tee off on the 8th hole which is 360 yards? when I’m still in the fairway after my tee shot. I’ve met this type of player many times before, and it won’t be the last time. Once is an accident, twice, not so much. You know the type.
If you want a quick nine, come here. You could player twice if you want. BTW, It was called Scott Hills for a reason. The hills so you will be up and down a few hills, not a flat course.
When it’s busy, I feel like everyone is on top of each other which can’t be avoided, just tolerated. So come here with an open mind.
Advice to players would be to keep the driver in the bag and play irons off most the tees. Fairways other than hole one and eight aren’t wide. On Eight keep the ball left the fairway feeds to the right. There are a few blind tee shots on the par fours, no dog legs the holes are pretty straight.
Staff was friendly.
Value for money, average.

Decided to get 9 holes in with a few friends at the last minute and this course had lots of openings which made me a tad concerned. All that concern went away quickly. Really nice and slightly challenging course but a fun time was had by all. Will definitely be back!

Wanted to play 9 holes with my boys and this course was great. Interesting hole layouts with each hole offering a little something different. Definitely coming back.

Shadyrest was the first black American golf club in the US. It’s an exciting and very well-maintained Nine hole golf course in the heart of Scotch Plains. Great care is taken to maintain the grounds and the customer service in the pro shop is outstanding. You can’t go wrong playing a round in Shady rest.

I played just after the rain so everything was soaked. But even in that the condition was still great aside from what Mother Nature delivered. The guy at the counter was also very friendly and helpful. Definitely play here if you’re looking for a nice walkable 9 hole course

I like this course because it’s not too crowded, has 9 challenging holes (and many times you can play 18) for a very reasonable price. There are no real amenities but I don’t care about that. The conditions on Tuesday were okay but I found that I lost a lot of balls simply because I couldn’t find them amongst the fallen leaves.

I played this with my 11yr old, and it was great. It is a short course and was perfect for my young son. The pace of play was also great, we finished in 2 hrs.

Very tight course, very short, but potential to lose a lot of balls. Good course to practice on as price is cheap.

The starter was so professional ( Greg Sills) the way he treated all the players,, I would recommend this course any time you need to play 9 holes..

This is a cute little 9-hole course with a lot of history. If not for Golf Now, we wouldn't even know it existed. My GPS found it OK. There was plenty of room for parking. We thin that since it is only a 9-hole course, most people don't go here since they are mostly looking for 18-hole courses. This course was a pleasant surprise to find.