Sunset Valley Golf Course
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About
Sunset Valley Golf Course is consistently ranked as one of the best public courses in New Jersey. It is one of four golf courses in the Morris County Parks system and it's considered the toughest. Located in Pompton Plains, the course is nestled in a wooded valley. It has a dramatic topography that provides plenty of ups and downs throughout the golf course. Golfers can expect a variety of elevation changes as well as a few blind shots and forced carries. Strategically placed bunkers come into play along the fast, undulating greens and mature trees line the rolling fairways. Water hazards come into play on a few holes too. Sunset Valley Golf Course's final three holes present one of the area's toughest finishes. The trio begins with the uphill par-5 16th and then finishes with two long par 4s.
| Tee | Par | Length | Rating | Slope |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue | 70 | 6338 yards | 71.8 | 130 |
| White | 70 | 5990 yards | 69.5 | 128 |
| White (W) | 70 | 5990 yards | 75.2 | 131 |
| Gold | 70 | 5679 yards | 69.5 | 128 |
| Gold (W) | 70 | 5679 yards | 73.3 | 128 |
| Red (W) | 70 | 5157 yards | 70.6 | 124 |
| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue M: 71.2/134 | 370 | 537 | 201 | 408 | 402 | 185 | 355 | 352 | 378 | 3188 | 384 | 329 | 203 | 342 | 396 | 147 | 542 | 433 | 404 | 3180 | 6368 |
| White M: 69.0/130 W: 75.1/138 | 345 | 500 | 176 | 384 | 374 | 166 | 335 | 325 | 356 | 2961 | 368 | 299 | 194 | 323 | 380 | 134 | 516 | 421 | 394 | 3029 | 5990 |
| Gold M: 67.6/126 W: 73.4/134 | 320 | 481 | 166 | 370 | 346 | 139 | 318 | 315 | 340 | 2795 | 345 | 295 | 188 | 303 | 360 | 130 | 477 | 409 | 377 | 2884 | 5679 |
| Red W: 70.4/128 | 285 | 392 | 149 | 314 | 334 | 114 | 289 | 291 | 317 | 2485 | 326 | 267 | 170 | 288 | 337 | 119 | 433 | 373 | 359 | 2672 | 5157 |
| Handicap | 13 | 1 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 14 | 16 | 12 | 8 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 6 | |||
| Par | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 35 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 35 | 70 |
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Photo submitted by mikegiuntas on 10/28/2023
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Photo submitted by bling11 on 05/13/2023
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Hill top tees Photo submitted by ahsan28 on 02/14/2023
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Photo submitted by ahsan28 on 01/20/2023
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Photo submitted by ahsan28 on 01/20/2023
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Photo submitted by Smac2far on 09/24/2020
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Photo submitted by jamall1 on 10/09/2019
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Photo submitted by kimhankun on 05/27/2019
Highly recommended!!
Great course! Needs cart service and better food setup. Greens are brutal tough!!
Great Value
Rained the night before but conditions were nice during tee time. Course was wet with some drainage issues but can’t complain. $24 for 18 holes, can’t beat that.
Challenging greens
Course was soaked due to huge rain storm hours earlier but I found it very enjoyable to play. Slopes on the greens was very challenging and fun. Great price for a great outing. Will definitely be back.
$78 for a twilight round…
Since when does it cost $78 to play a twilight round at a county course???? Same price at wild Turkey for that time. Greens were good but absolutely terrible and unfair pin locations. Snack stand was not open for anything besides a small bag of chips or a Hershey bar. Cart was in brutal condition for $23 a person.
Horrific Condition: A fall from grace
It used to be a nice course, now it is in awful shape. There’s barely any grass on the course.
I have been playing Sunset for many many years, and the course conditions have been getting progressively worse over the last several years. Seems like very little maintenance is being done. Very disappointed. One of my favorite tracks in the state, but can't play it anymore until they do some major work to bring it back to its past conditions
Not worth the $$$
Maybe the county card gets you in at a nice price. But $93 to play this with a cart is bananas. Course is worth ~$55. Its a typical NJ County Course. Above average layout, avg conditions relative to other munis. Many other courses in the area to play for that price with much better conditions.
Meh
Its a nice course and the staff is great. It is priced as a higher end course and its not. Its not a muni, but also not high end. Layout is straight forward but the greens are a bit slick. I play it once/twice a year and every time i tell myself not to come back. I just dont see it as a good value for the price and layout. Other players love it though so its likely just me. Maybe i will play it next year but unlikely again this year
Awesome course, just don’t walk it
I always walk when I play. However this course has so much elevation changes. I was dying
Loved the course though, very challenging and great design
Needs work
Maintenance has declined tremendously over last 5 years , used to be gem now just another cow track
Good layout, condition very good considering it’s February.
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