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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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Avg Rating
3.4
270 Reviews (270)
5 Stars
35
4 Stars
117
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
4.2
64.4%
Recommend this course
174 out of 270 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 16
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart

Not Worth the $

Past few years since property will now become a housing development for the public course, the amount of attention has gone way down. Traps are poor at best, unmaintained, greens scratchy and fairway areas burned out despite all the rain we've had, and clearly not worth the amount of money anymore. What a shame, was a premier course for many years.

Conditions Fair
Value Poor
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 7
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
2.0
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Sad to see the condition

RB - East WAS one of the best public courses in New Jersey. It is in terrible shape with weeds everywhere, bunkers are just puddles & rocks and bug infested. Stay Away!

I don't know how they get away charging $ 95 for a round. Clubhouse and staff though is very friendly.

West (Private) is still in good shape.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 49
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Fair

Bunkers appear to be untouched all year. Filled with casual water, weeds off all sorts, grass, rocks ECT. Only thing missing was sand. Tee boxes a little bear up as well. Fairways had considerable fungus. On three plus side greens rolled well. Heard they were selling 18 holes too a developer.

Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Layout Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 41
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Good Round

I have always enjoyed Royce Brook, a nice track in a quiet location. The public course is nice, but there has been no sand in the MANY sand traps all season, plus there has been water in many of them for months- not good. We realize half or more of this course is closing down because of the housing development they unfortunately agreed to, but really, how much does sand cost?!? They took a great course and made it difficult to enjoy with these rock hard or flooded traps

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Fair
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 7
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
3.0
First Time Playing

A mixed bag

Royce Brook has two courses the East which is public and the West which is private. Played the East course today. Staff was very friendly and we played as a twosome which was appreciated. This was our first time playing this course. The overall layout of the course and holes was quite good. The fairways, rough and greens were very nice. Pace of play was ok. We played behind a foursome that was a bit slow but playing as a twosome we expected to wait on some holes and shots.
However we have never seen or played on a course that had sand traps as poorly maintained as the ones on this course. The traps were filled with dirt with weeds and water and have seemed to never been raked which was a shame because the placement of the bunkers was excellent and if cleaned out and filled with proper sand (as is done on the West course) this course could be really nice.
Additionally there are no hole yardage markers on the tee boxes, no map of the holes on the scorecard, there was no drinkable water on the whole course and no cart came around. Stopped at the halfway house for drinks and snacks and it was closed.
This course has a chance to be really nice if they cared about making some basic improvements but it seems like they don't.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Fair
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
3.0
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Not the Course I remembered! NO SAND........MUD bunkers!!!

This is not the course I remembered; the sand bunkers and immediate area are not well maintained at all. They should be called MUD bunkers. Edge of bunkers not maintained at all, overgrown with weeds. Not worth the money and will not play there again

Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Layout Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Fair
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Poorly maintained

The sand traps are filled with weeds and standing water. There are no ball washers, trash receptacles, or water jugs. The fairways and greens are nice, but the rest of the place is run down

Conditions Average
Value Fair
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Fair
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
1.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Bunkers were underwater

The bunkers are never tended here. Theyre basically lakes. 95 bucks for that is crazy

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Poor
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a month
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Not happy

Sand traps were filled with water and weeds. A ripoff for $95. I’ve played here before and it was much nicer. Something’s going on there. Super slow round. 5 hours.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Fair
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Underinvested course

Sand traps were terrible. No drainage and overgrowth around all traps. No one at the pro shop. Not worth the price.

Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Excellent
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Poor conditions

Course had a great layout but EVERY single bunker was full of water anx unplayable, some tee boxes either had a fungus or weeds sprouting up. Also the nats were out of control, need to throw some pesticides down. My playing partner and I were guessing the shortcomings came from a lack of funding.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 15
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Traps need to drain and in need of sand

The course has good fairways and greens. The sand traps are filled with water and where the traps are low with water, there is no sand.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 4
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 811
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Challenging and rewarding

Very fun course! Challenging at times but overall not to hard. My only gripe is the sand traps. The east course has a lot of sand traps with stagnant water. Some of them have turned into small ponds. Other than that very nice course.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 12
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart

Booked a 10:30 for the East Course. When I arrived they say there is a tournament on East Course and they can not get us out for about an hour. Then the starters advise that the privateWest course is available and you can play quickly , but , it will cost and additional $25 which the starter pocketed as it was not the course policy. So they did not honor my tee time and coerced an additional amout out of me. The sand traps around the greens have no sand whatsoever, except on 2 holes. Tee boxes, fairways and greens were nice. Would not return until they overall the bunkers.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 22
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Fair
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Wet weather
Used cart

Down hill slide

Our group plays this course every year and the condiditons have gradually have gone down hill. 10 years ago, this course was a resort-style course. One of the features of this course is the numerous bunkers around the fairways and the greens. The bunkers have little or no remaining sand and is down to the base clay. There was standing water in almost all the bunkers not allowing us to play out of the traps and forced to do a drop short of the bunker, which takes a lot of the fun out of the course. The greens are riddled with ball marks, but if your putt avoids them, it is a true roll. Stuggling to say that $65 for a cart is worth it.

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