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3.6
1133 Reviews (1133)
5 Stars
247
4 Stars
482
3 Stars
211
2 Stars
105
1 Stars
88
Conditions
3.3
Value
3.6
Layout
4.2
Friendliness
4.3
Pace
3.9
Amenities
3.9
72.7%
Recommend this course
819 out of 1133 reviews
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Average Rating
Avg Rating
3.4
58 Reviews (58)
5 Stars
12
4 Stars
19
3 Stars
12
2 Stars
11
1 Stars
4
Conditions
3.0
Value
3.6
Layout
4.4
Pace
3.8
Amenities
3.7
StaffFriendliness
4.3
65.5%
Recommend this course
38 out of 58 reviews
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Average Rating
Avg Rating
3.4
273 Reviews (273)
5 Stars
35
4 Stars
120
3 Stars
56
2 Stars
40
1 Stars
22
Conditions
3.1
Value
3.5
Layout
4.1
Pace
3.8
Amenities
3.8
StaffFriendliness
4.3
64.8%
Recommend this course
177 out of 273 reviews
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About

Holes 18
Type Private
Style Links
Par 72
Length 7158 yards
Slope 142
Rating 75.0

Course Details

Year Built 1998
Fairways Bent Grass
Greens Bent Grass
Architect Steve Smyers (1998)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes
GPS Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Golf School Academy Yes
Teaching Pro Yes
Pitching/Chipping Area Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted Visa, Mastercard, Discover and American Express
Metal Spikes Allowed No
Walking Allowed Yes
Dress code collared shirts, denim jeans not permitted

Food & Beverage

Bar, Restaurant

Reviews

3.6
1133 Reviews (1133)

What Golfers Are Saying

The 19th Hole is Great For:
Drinks 18
Patio Dining 12
Dinner 8
Course Challenges Include:
Bunkers 28
Undulating Greens 12
Thick Rough 11
This course/club is great for:
Locals 17
Advanced Golfers 16
Entertaining Clients 14
This Course's Location is:
In the 'Burbs 21
Worth the Drive 16
Convenient to the City 6

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Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 25+
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Clay Traps

Sad to see the way sand traps have been completely neglected on this course -- there is literally no sand! Quite a few traps were small ponds. The course has a lot of traps, and none of them had any sand, not even the traps around the greens. It's a shame because the rest of the course is in very good shape. This situation with the traps has been going on for years now, just getting worse. Without sand in the traps, a round of golf here should not be over $35 with cart, and it is routinely a lot more.

Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Fair
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Beginner
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Beginner
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once every three months
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played

Consistent

Course is in good condition, greens are great, fairways are great, bunkers are terrible, more of a $30-40 course. Will be back

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Royce Brook East

Great layout for this course that must have been a gem in its day. Fairways and greens in good shape but the numerous bunkers that are key features of the design, have not been maintained and several were inundated with water from recent rainfall. Disappointed but still a fun round overall .

Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 22
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

No sand

Sand traps were mostly filled with water or muddy.
Front 9 moved along well but somehow the back was all back up.

Conditions Average
Value Fair
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 9
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
3.0
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart
Conditions Fair
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 5
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

poor pace and no bunkers

Bunkers were in poor condition, some were non existent, unerstand with rain they can get flooded but these were just bare and grass growing in the middle.

Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays Twice a year
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Bunkers

This was one of my favorite courses. The bunker upkeep wasn’t so good two years ago and seem to have gotten worse. Until some care is made on this I would not recommend it. The outside restaurant area has also not been kept up

Conditions Fair
Layout Good
Friendliness Fair
Pace Excellent
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Okay

Course is great
Only complaint is the bunkers are complete trash filled with water
Other than that the course is great and good value

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart
Conditions Average
Value Fair
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 15
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Bunkers????

Fantastic layout with good fairway and tee box conditions. However, how a place with great overall conditions not have a single bunker in service and playable? Every single bunker from fairway to green side was red clay, no sand, and most had a foot of water and mud in them or weeds growing out of them. Overall it was a nice course but I wouldn’t pay $95 to play there again until they renovate the bunkers.

Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 3
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Bunkers are a joke

They shouldn’t charge that much given that the bunkers are the worst I’ve ever seen.

Conditions Average
Value Fair
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
2.0
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart

Awful bunkers and carts

I played the east course yesterday, 9/3/23. While the layout is challenging, the value for the price is not worth it. I paid only $51 as some sort of online special (about 1/2 of the usual green fee), but even that was overpaying for the condition of the bunkers. Don't believe the pictures of the bunkers on the website or in ads. NONE of them were what I would deem playable. If they weren't flooded, they were dried mud for a surface with weeds growing in them. Not what I would expect from a course that normally charges twice what I paid for a round. Also, the carts left much to be desired. My cart died on the 4th hole, and I had to be rescued after calling the clubhouse. No problem, these things happen I thought. By the 5th hole, my rescue cart also died. After another call to the clubhouse, I was told to lift up the seat, flip a switch on the battery off and on again, and then that would work. That did work but I had to do it at least another 10-15 times for the rest of the round. Again, for the price they charge, one would expect much better.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
2.0
Previously Played

This used to be such a nice course.

This used to one of my favorite courses to play but haven’t played it in over a year. Played it today and this course took a really bad turn. Pace a play is terrible and bunkers were a joke and unplayable. Greens and tee boxes were in decent shape but the fairways was hit or miss. It’s such a fun track and pity to see is so poorly managed.

Conditions Average
Value Poor
Layout Good
Friendliness Fair
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 4
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

There is no bunker maintenance

The East course is beautifully laid out and used to be one of the top public courses you can play in NJ. However, it looks like this part of the course may be turning into housing developments soon…? and therefore the grounds crew is clearly putting zero effort into maintaining their bunkers. The fairways, tee boxes, rough, and greens were all either acceptable to good condition but the bunkers were atrocious. They are either completely dried up concrete feeling mud or filled with standing water that’s becoming basically a pond. Many of the bunkers even have vegetation growing now… basically no sand remaining. With these conditions, the course / pro shop should warn you of the current situation. At the prices they charge, having no playable bunkers is not worthwhile.

I really hope they don’t build a housing development there and start maintaining the course better again. It’s definitely one of the nicer layouts in the area.

Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Average
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