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4.0
253 Reviews (253)
5 Stars
102
4 Stars
100
3 Stars
27
2 Stars
10
1 Stars
14
Conditions
3.8
Value
3.5
Layout
4.4
Friendliness
4.2
Pace
3.7
Amenities
4.1
78.5%
Recommend this course
211 out of 253 reviews
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3.8
12 Reviews (12)
5 Stars
6
4 Stars
1
3 Stars
3
2 Stars
0
1 Stars
2
Conditions
3.5
Value
3.2
Layout
4.3
Pace
3.2
Amenities
3.4
StaffFriendliness
3.9
58.3%
Recommend this course
7 out of 12 reviews
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4.0
34 Reviews (34)
5 Stars
15
4 Stars
12
3 Stars
3
2 Stars
1
1 Stars
3
Conditions
3.9
Value
3.5
Layout
4.5
Pace
3.6
Amenities
4.1
StaffFriendliness
4.1
76.5%
Recommend this course
26 out of 34 reviews
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About

Holes 18
Type Public/Resort
Par 71
Length 7202 yards
Slope 135
Rating 75.3

Wild Turkey Golf Club is one of New Jersey's top public courses. It is part of the Crystal Springs Resort, which offers six other courses including the popular Ballyowen and Crystal Springs golf courses. Wild Turkey combines characteristics from both. The layout has a unique design inspired by the interesting topography, which is most aptly described as "basin and ridge." The "basin" of the course is a wide-open expanse that offers plenty of room while the holes that play along the "ridge" of the golf course tumble across a variety of elevation changes. Due to the dramatic undulations of the terrain, it's a tough golf course to walk. Wild Turkey Golf Club's signature hole is the par-3 seventh. This tricky hole calls for a demanding carry over a quarry lake in order to reach the well protected green.

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Course Details

Year Built 2001
Fairways Creeping Bent Grass
Greens Creeping Bent Grass
Architect Roger Rulewich (2001)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Teaching Pro Yes
Pitching/Chipping Area Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted VISA, MasterCard, Amex Welcomed
Metal Spikes Allowed No
Dress code No denim, collared shirt and bermuda shorts required

Food & Beverage

Bar, Snacks, Restaurant

Available Facilities

Clubhouse, Conference Facilities, Banquet Facilities, Showers, Lockers

Accolades

  • Golf Advisor: Top 25 Most Improved U.S. Golf Courses (2022 #13)

Reviews

4.0
253 Reviews (253)

What Golfers Are Saying

The 19th Hole is Great For:
Drinks 17
19th Hole Scenic Views 14
Brunch 10
Course Challenges Include:
Elevation Changes 20
Bunkers 16
Forced Carries 15
This course/club is great for:
Wildlife/ Scenic Views 22
A Weekend Splurge 15
Advanced Golfers 14
This Course's Location is:
At a Resort 21
Worth the Drive 18
In the 'Burbs 12

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Excellent

Good conditions scenic excellent staff

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
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1.0
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Are they crazy ?

$150+ for a round in the winter ? This isn’t Augusta. Get real

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Poor
Friendliness Poor
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
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Reviews 57
Skill Intermediate
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3.0
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Not worth the $

Course was in rough shape. Tee boxes were terrible, greens were very bouncy. For the money we paid there should have been some maintenance to the course before we played.

Conditions Fair
Value Poor
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
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Reviews 7
Handicap 5-9
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5.0
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Absolutely Must Golf in Your Lifetime

This course is located in the wilderness of New Jersey cascaded by the mountains. For February this course was in better condition than courses are in the summer. Every player out there was really nice. It was an environment that placed people in a peaceful environment making a complete holistic experience.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
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Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
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5.0
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Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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Reviews 5
Skill Intermediate
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5.0
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Previously Played

Great course

Cold weather, but a great course to play anytime with great customer service.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
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Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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Reviews 3
Skill Advanced
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1.0
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Why bother being open….

To pay $70 and play a course that has no starter or has not done a single piece of course maintenance in clearly more than weeks.
CLOSE the course if you aren’t going to maintain it.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Good
Friendliness Poor
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
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Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
3.0
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Pace of play

Couldn’t get 12 holes in, in four and a half hours just sad. ☹️

Conditions Average
Value Poor
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
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Reviews 47
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
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Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Excellent
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Reviews 5
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
3.0
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart

"NJ Premier Golf Resort", said the commercial. HA!

The advertising during televised golf events in the NY area, makes this place look incredible. Congrats on the production company who put it together. You hooked us. But the let down, when reality hit, was painful.

Keep in mind we arrived an hour before our start time, which was before 9am. Everything should have been ready to go, and in good shape. It was not, and chaos seemed to be everywhere, including golfers coming off the course complaining that there were no flags on some greens.

Good:

-The course itself has some interesting moments in design, particularly holes 5-9, and 12-17
-The starter was kind and professional

Bad:

-$120 green fees, when it's worth maybe $60
-Bag Drop staff in the early morning were polite, but not very friendly/welcoming clear about procedure for new customers. Afternoon staff were more customer service oriented, but the damage had been done already, and there was nothing they could do to salvage our opinion
-Bag Drop filthy, disorganized
-Golf Cart filthy, covered in old grass, and seats wet with morning dew
-Pro Shop staff disinterested and clearly OVER IT
-Driving range short on baskets for balls
-Driving range mats in decent shape, but the slots for tees were shredded, so no opportunity to put tees in proper slots for driver warmup
-Balls included with green fee, but you only get about 25/30
-Grass clippings left all over rough and fairways, so greens COVERED in clippings
-Greens not cut or rolled
-Bunkers rock hard (5 days after heavy rain)
-Most rakes for bunkers are broken, bent, or missing teeth, and they're the small rakes, so it takes twice as long to rake any bunkers
-Didn't see the marshal until the 18th green, after a 5hr15min round that started BEFORE 9am, because the group ahead of us, WITH three carts for 4 players, was brutally slow, and was at least two holes behind the group in front of them
-Maintenance staff not paying attention to golfers on the course trying to hit into greens
-Maintenance staff forgot to put tee markers back on at least 6 of 18 holes, after cutting, and with elevated tees relative to the cart paths, we had lots of trouble figuring out where our tees were

This is a public resort with a semi-private membership base, that allows public play. Members think they own the place, and rip up fairways with their custom golf carts with studded tires. Management needs to require certification of privately owned golf carts for use on this course. Members also refuse to abide by the facilities' rules regarding first tee times, to the point where members tee themselves off and end up running into the back of maintenance teams trying to maintain upkeep.

The staff is exhausted from an extremely busy season, and likely being abused by an entitled membership base that barely pays $7K for 5 golf courses. The greedy ownership/management is solely responsible the poor morale, likely due to staff being overworked, unappreciated, unrewarded, unrecognized, and disrespected. They hammer in too many golfers, too many weddings, too many corporate events, and they even have a music festival scheduled this Saturday, in addition to two weddings and 500+ golfers. Good luck finding parking, so prepare yourself for a shuttle bus.

Starter raved about Ballyowen as the gem of the place, so we will be back for that golf course, not the resort, the amenities, or the service. And we'll try to get the first time, so we can play a reasonably paced round.

Conditions Average
Value Poor
Layout Good
Friendliness Fair
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 33
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Wild turkey for all levels

The Wild Turkey, one of the female golf courses at Crystal Springs an amazing challenge for all skills levels along carries for the boys playing from the tips. Manageable from the other tees greens. Fabulous undulating fairways undulating greens lotta character wonderful sisters absolutely fabulous conditions the staff of foreign nine wonderful, fabulous reception. Look forward to enjoying any of Crystal Springs courses again thanks very much ciao

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 6
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 6
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 6
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 26
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
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Previously Played

Mr golf

Greens were aerated 9 days ago and listed as small holes but we're large holes.Overallgreens were best.Bunkers need work.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Good
Friendliness Fair
Pace Fair
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 25
Handicap 25+
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Starter - Needs a Service Attitude

Had an unpleasant reaction to my sim asking for a 2nd Score Card. It ruined the front nine for us. And, I left a message for the Mgmnt to call me - still waiting for a reply. The place is great - the experience was a letdown.

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