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Value
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4.6
Friendliness
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Pace
3.9
Amenities
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About

Holes 18
Type Semi-Private
Par 72
Length 6959 yards
Slope 136
Rating 72.3

Featuring more than 100 acres of sand, Union League National Golf Club in Swainton, N.J., is a semi-private golf course on the Jersey Shore. It's not all sand, though. The luxuriant fairways could almost be greens. The North/South at Sand Barrens G.C. measures 6,969 yards from the longest tees. The golf course kicks things off on No. 3, a 401-yard par 4 and one of the most popular holes on the course.
Formerly known as North/South at Sand Barrens Golf Club and Union League National Golf Club - North/South.

Course Details

Year Built 1997
Golf Season Year round
Architect Dana Fry (1997) Dr. Michael Hurdzan (1997)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes - included in green fees
Clubs Yes
GPS Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Golf School Academy Yes
Teaching Pro Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted VISA, MasterCard, Amex, Discover Welcomed
Metal Spikes Allowed No
Dress code Dress code strictly enforced for golf course AND practice facility. Please be prepared to comply. Collared golf shirts and proper length shorts required. No denim.

Reviews

3.9
218 Reviews (218)

What Golfers Are Saying

The 19th Hole is Great For:
Drinks 17
Patio Dining 12
19th Hole Scenic Views 7
Course Challenges Include:
Bunkers 47
Undulating Greens 25
Thick Rough 17
This course/club is great for:
Advanced Golfers 27
Wildlife/ Scenic Views 23
A Weekend Splurge 20
This Course's Location is:
Worth the Drive 25
Near Local Attractions 19
Convenient to the City 8

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Reviews 5
Handicap 5-9
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Fast greens. Competitive but not to tough

Course in great shape compared to other courses in the area

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 4
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Good for the time of year

Course was just aerated and they had a large crew working around the golfers that evening in preparation for early summer season when they are busiest. Enjoyed the course as usual and fairly reasonable for an even tee time

Conditions Average
Value Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 10
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Average weather
Used cart

In good condition for the winter they had.

The course was in good shape for the time of year and the winter they had. I've played this course in season and would give it 5 stars across the board.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Good weather
Used cart

Greens where great !!!

I have played Sand Barrens in the winter for the past 20 years and have never found the greens this good.
Normally the greens are ok. My only issue was that the fairways were a little muddy but were still very acceptable for December 15th. Only a few holes were cart paths only. We had a great day and played 36 holes in less than 8 hours.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Just ok

Theirs just too much going on. Between the ginormous sand traps and trees. You better be one heck of a shot off the tee box. If u don't hit the fairway forget it. Staff is great. Hot deal was nice. I won't go back. Theirs to many other nice places to play down the shore. The prices down their are unbeatable right now. Do brigantine or twisted dunes. The barrens is kind of a bummer. Believe me your not missing anything. Besides your ball

Conditions Average
Value Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Walked

great day

excellent day golf and weather
Looking for another chance to play.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 10
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

Nice layout

Sand Barrens has a nice layout with it's 27 hole design. You can rotate on to the 3 different nines on different outings. Our West/North on Tues was under perfect conditions. The tee boxes, fairways were perfect. The rough was deep and thick and made your recovery shots hard. The only real problem was the greens. They were hard and really fast. I've played at Disney the day after the PGA was there and thats what putting here was like. As with most amateurs, we had a hard time with this

Conditions Good
Value Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 57
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
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First Time Playing

A nice play

My wife and I played Sand Barrens on 10/24/14 under partly sunny skies, mild temps and a bit of wind. The course was lightly trafficked and we had lunch before our round. The food was good, if a tad overpriced. The major disappointment was that you cannot purchase alcohol on the course unless you're a member or sponsored by one, as they have a "private liquor license". I'd never heard of such a thing, but it IS New Jersey, so nothing should surprise me....The course is about 40 minutes from the AC strip, but its a fast drive down the Garden State Pkwy. once you get out of AC. The staff was very friendly and apologetic about the alcohol policy. The starter was knowledgeable and personable and gave us a lot of useful info. The course was in nice overall condition. The carts had an unusual but nice GPS system. Much of the sand is aesthetic and not really in play unless you're really spraying the ball. The traps are full of shale though, so watch the clubs. We picked a lot of stones out before hitting. The greens had been aerated a few weeks prior, but were well healed and rolling smooth. They're huge and full of undulations too. We enjoyed the course a lot. It has similarities to Twisted Dune but is more of a parkland style course where Twisted Dune is more links style.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 5
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

Like a Sponge

course absorbed a lot of water from weather and having been recently air rated.Greens were the fasted I played this year with tough pins. They had moved the tees forward because there was no roll, lots of plugging in fairways and first cut of rough. Still loved it very friendly staff. The cart path only was a killer next day.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

not what I though it would be

I really expected a better course but this doesn't live up to the hype. Glad I played it but won't be coming back

Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 4
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played
Average weather
Used cart

Great course, a huge turn around

Conditions are excellent and you should give it a look

Conditions Good
Value Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 4
Handicap 25+
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Excellent weather
Used cart

Great first time at Sand Barrens

I was anxious to try this course, and was not disappointed. The weather was great, and at noon on a Sunday the course was deserted. We played quickly, and found the greens fast and true, the fairways nice (though recently aerated), and the general views of the course beautiful. I loved it!

Conditions Good
Value Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Good weather
Used cart

Advertising on the GPS - really!

Liked everthing but having to listen to ads on the GPS. Seriously- ads on the GPS while you are trying to golf. No! No! No!

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Excellent weather
Used cart

End of summer fun

Played the course with my wife. Course was in good shape but round was slow. Lots of sand as the name inplies. Retired so it wasn't like we were pressed for time, but somebody need to tell a foursome three groups in front of us, "while we're young". The on course bathroom, women room was lock and didn't make the wife to happy and then to top it off at the end of the round we tried to buy a couple of drinks in the clubhouse. Couldn't because we weren't members. We were good enough to spend our golf dollars there but not good enough, to buy a couple of drinks. So we took our money and spent it elsewhere and may do so with our golf dollars next time.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Fair
Amenities Fair
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Challenging course

Great course . loved the large greens. Traps were tough (hard as concrete) so I tried to stay out of them. Overall the couse was in great shape.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 4
Handicap 5-9
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Fair weather
Used cart

very well maintained

I would only play this course if you can get a deal on golfnow, its very long with many hazards. you must use some course management to really score well and practice your sand wedge before you go. kind of a far drive for me but I really enjoyed it at a great price.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Great value

Great value but sign up to become free social member at least a day before playing because only members can buy alcohol.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Great value

Beautiful scenery. Great layout. Highly recommended. For sure playing here again.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 17
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

So glad to be back to the course I love

I've always been a big fan of Sand Barrens, except the past two years when things went a bit south. I'm so glad that they have been able to battle back from the stressed turf conditions and get the courses back to the outstanding conditions I knew from years ago. Played West-North combo this time out and had a hard time finding fault with any of the tees, fairways or greens. Greens rolled to what I guess to be about 10 and were very true. As with any public access track (and unfortunately many private ones nowadays) ball marks fail to be repaired and present their natural unevenness and delay of play while being fixed prior to putting. Staff from arrival, to pro shop, to food and beverage were all very cordial. Remember to apply for your free membership ahead of time (online) to Oaks Club if you want to purchase adult beverages. Can't wait to get back to Sand Barrens!! Highly recommend you make the effort to get there if you're in South Jersey / Atlantic City.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Vacation Golf

Great course if you are vacationing near by. I would make the trip down even if I wasn't vacationing near by.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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