McCullough's Emerald Golf Links
About
The golf course at McCullough's Emerald Golf Links is an 18-hole, public course that is situated within minutes of Atlantic City. Designer, Stephen Kay decided to pay tribute to famous European golf courses such as St. Andrew's in his design. The European influences are reflected in the open fairways, tricky strong winds, and undulating greens. The golf course also boasts the region's only 100-feet elevation changes.
McCullough's Emerald Golf Links' signature hole is the seventh; it is also the course's most unique. The hole features hazards like large bunkers and wide, rolling fairways. Water hazards also come into play on five holes. The acclaimed golf course is challenging but it does provide a truly unique golfing experience.
Tee | Par | Length | Rating | Slope |
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Tournament | 71 | 6535 yards | 71.7 | 130 |
Back | 71 | 6132 yards | 69.8 | 125 |
Blue | 71 | 5700 yards | 67.8 | 119 |
Forward | 71 | 4962 yards | 67.2 | 118 |
Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
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Blue M: 72.2/135 | 432 | 206 | 489 | 372 | 236 | 502 | 464 | 414 | 172 | 3287 | 466 | 341 | 443 | 203 | 517 | 283 | 136 | 501 | 358 | 3248 | 6535 |
White M: 70.6/128 W: 75.3/141 | 390 | 173 | 481 | 345 | 212 | 490 | 422 | 400 | 166 | 3079 | 437 | 314 | 434 | 180 | 491 | 272 | 126 | 451 | 348 | 3053 | 6132 |
Combo M: 69.0/126 | 390 | 140 | 481 | 345 | 189 | 490 | 333 | 400 | 166 | 2934 | 354 | 314 | 342 | 180 | 422 | 272 | 126 | 451 | 348 | 2809 | 5743 |
Gold M: 67.6/124 W: 71.3/130 | 302 | 140 | 413 | 323 | 189 | 457 | 333 | 279 | 160 | 2596 | 354 | 289 | 342 | 154 | 422 | 259 | 113 | 400 | 315 | 2648 | 5244 |
Red M: 64.2/110 W: 68.9/119 | 270 | 105 | 350 | 298 | 158 | 401 | 291 | 279 | 123 | 2275 | 286 | 249 | 299 | 126 | 336 | 221 | 92 | 325 | 253 | 2187 | 4462 |
Handicap | 4 | 18 | 8 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 16 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 13 | 11 | 17 | 15 | 5 | 9 | |||
Par | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 35 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 36 | 71 |
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Under rated Golf Club; lucked out big time!
Spent the night in AC so was in the area looking for a new course. Due to weather I had the course to myself mid-day on a wet Sunday round. Challenging, yet fair layout for links style. Greens were immaculate at the time and responding beautifully due to the steady light rain. Thanks to the friendly staff and starter, as well as the ranger/manager riding the course, I got some good advice on where and how to hit em. Some beautiful holes, especially the Par 5s with a couple of choices off the tee and blind approaches. Shot 1 under on the back 9; they have some more get-able holes i.e. par-5 14th, and 15/16 across the road. Interesting layout and can imagine the angles and choices of approaches are much more limited when things dry out; these greens must roll really quick and are tough to hold when the wind picks up. I wouldn't suggest playing from the tips unless you're a true low handicapper; these guys saved me by telling me to play from the regular back tees. Must be tough sledding when you have steady 15-18 mph wind on a typical day. Just going off my first experience, I will definitely be back later this year to see how fair it plays on a dry day. I've played several links style courses but in general this was definitely my best experience in Atlantic county. It trumps Twisted Dunes and probably a better bang for your buck than the Bay course at Seaview if your anywhere near or above intermediate level player.
Big Al
Nice course, played on a hot deal so made it affordable. A nice layout but too many blind shots for me. As we all know golf is a hard enough game as is without not knowing where to hit the ball. With that said it is worth playing.
Great Golfing Experience!
Course is in great shape. It was very windy, so along with some blind shots, course was a little difficult. Legs are a little tired the next day from a lot of elevated tee boxes. Staff from bag drop to pro shop, from starter to groundskeeper were excellent. Bonus, the food and service from the restaurant, Vagabond, was great too!
I Always Enjoy this Course
Pace was a little off. Greens were challenging. It was a real nice weather day.
Solid course if you can snag a deal
Course was in solid condition and pace of play was excellent AFTER the GolfNow issue that forced us to sit in the pro shop for 30min while they tried to confirm that we actually paid for the round — annoying start to the day but ultimately not the course's fault.
Greens are firmer and quicker in true links style, and my only complaint is some of the holes were not cut perfectly, resulting in a lip-out that shouldn't have been.
Overpriced like most shore courses, and it sounds like they are dropping GolfNow later this year, but if you can get a deal, would definitely recommend it.
Great track
Great layout and elevation changes.
Beautiful vistas.
Not a course for beginners .
Greens were hard and fast, some were a little spotty.
Only thing lacking is a range to warm up.
spring and fall course or early am
Nice course it was hot and they ran out of water otherwise good
One of my favorites
Always a great round.
Course in great shape.
Layout challenging.
Best Weather Day of the Year
Sunny and just a slight breeze. Fun course to play. It can be a little confusing if you aren’t using GPS. For me, just a few things keeping it from 5 stars all around are, no GPS on carts, slow greens and trying to grab a few beers 🍺 after 9 is tuff as the bar tenders (never looked in our direction) don’t seem to differentiate the guys passing through and the regular crowd.
Bag attendants get 5 stars as they are bright helpful and efficient.
Excellent course, great condition
My friends and I have played this course many times in the past. The course is always in great shape. The layout of the course is really nice. The staff is very accommodating and friendly.
Very Nice
Nice challenging course. Conditions were great. I scored a Hot Deal on an off day and it was foggy, so I can't really comment on pace of play. I have driven by more than once to see a backup on the 1st tee on popular golf days.
Overall, I will definitely go again.